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Child and Family Services
Regina Bay Band Office
Northwest Angle 37 First Nation
Northwest Angle 37 First Nation
807-226-5353
Fax: 807-226-1164
Mon-Thu 9 am-12 noon, 1 pm-4:30 pm
Last Updated: May 27, 2025: Suggest an edit
Application
Intake assessment required
Eligibility / Target Population
- Members of Animakee Wa Zhing #37 First Nation (Northwest Angle 37)
- Children 18 years of age and younger in need of care and their families
Fees
None
Contacts
Sharon Kavanaugh - Senior Prevention Worker
807-226-5353 Ext 1016 * sharon.kavanaugh@aafs.ca
807-226-5353 Ext 1016 * sharon.kavanaugh@aafs.ca
Languages
English
Accessibility
Not Wheelchair Accessible
Description of Services
Delivers child care and protection services and family support services to community members
Customary Care (Foster Care)
Coordinates foster care child placement in the following order of priority:
Prevention Services
- Administers services for Anishinaabe Abinoojii Family Services, a mandated Native Child Welfare Agency in Kenora
- Partners with community police officers and local nursing staff to identify and support troubled families
Customary Care (Foster Care)
Coordinates foster care child placement in the following order of priority:
- With immediate or extended family members in the community
- With other community members
- With extended family outside the community
- With a family in another Native community
- With a non-Aboriginal family as a last consideration
Prevention Services
- Teaches parenting skills and assisting children through difficult times
- Develops and administers healthy social and recreational programs for families
- Hosts community forums to address issues such as problematic substance use in youth, inadequate housing, schooling problems and after school activities
- Organizes elders meetings that address traditional child rearing methods
- Provides information sessions about understanding substance dependency and resulting family violence, and overcoming oppression by understanding cultural realities
- Provides referrals to other programs and supports
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