Community Care Program contacts by community:

  • Big Grassy First Nation: 807-488-5917
  • Big Island First Nation (Anishinaabeg of Naongashiing): 807-488-5536
  • Couchiching First Nation: 807-274-7418
  • Lac La Croix: 807-485-2487
  • Naicatchewenin First Nation: 807-486-3407
  • Nigigoonsiminikaaning First Nation: 807-481-1110
  • Rainy River First Nation: 807-482-2479
  • Seine River First Nation: 807-599-1139
  • Stanjikoming (Mitaanjigamiing) First Nation: 807-274-2188

Community Care Program

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1455 Idylwild Dr Nanicost Building
Fort Frances
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807-274-3201
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807-274-3201
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Numéro sans frais: 1-800-465-2911
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Télécopie: 807-274-8435
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Procédé et formulaires

Intake assessment required

Admissibilité / population desservie

Children younger than 18 years of age and their families who are members of any of the 9 First Nations communities in the Rainy Lake Tribal Region




Family Support Services

  • Emergency financial assistance is provided ONLY in extenuating circumstances and each case is treated and considered separately; referral for assistance must come from the Band Council


  • Home visitation is available for families who have children in alternative care; request for visitation must come from birth family

Frais

None

Contacts

Arlene Bruyere-Parker - Director, Naaniigaan Abinoojii
807-274-3201 Ext 4043 * arlene.parker@weechi.ca

Langues

English

Notes sur la langue

Ojibway, upon request

Note sur l'accessibilité

Fully accessible

Description des services:

Oversees the delivery of child care and protection services and provides family support services
  • Administers services through each of the 9 Rainy Lake Tribal Area First Nations communities on an individual basis
  • Coordinates program through Family Services Workers and Family Counsellors who are members of the community in which they work
  • Ensures compliance by each community to child protection measures
Family Support Services
Offers an array of family support services including but not limited to:
  • Advocacy and referral to external agencies
  • Assessment and planning of child's and family's needs
  • Counselling
  • Emergency financial assistance for basic needs only in cases where the welfare of child/children is at-risk
  • Home visitation arrangements and supervison to enable parents to visit with their children living in alternative care
Prevention Services
  • Provides public education about parenting skills and assisting children through difficult times
  • Develops healthy social and recreational programs for families
  • Hosts community forums to address issues such as youth drug abuse, 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
Repatriation Services
  • Processes requests to have children in external foster care brought back to homes within the community
  • Acts as a liaison between the Band/Tribal Agency and external agencies
  • Provides advocacy on behalf of the child and family
Outreach Services
  • Provides the option to children adopted by outside families to discover their birth family and heritage
  • Provides records and information to Tribal Agency and external resources

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