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Child and Family Services
Band Office
Northwest Angle 33 First Nation
Northwest Angle 33 First Nation
807-226-9926
Fax: 807-733-2681
Mon-Fri 7:30 am-12 noon, 1 pm-4:30 pm
Last updated: Oct 16, 2024: Suggest an edit
Application
Intake assessment required
Eligibility - Population(s) Served
- Members of Northwest Angle #33 First Nation
- Children younger than 18 years of age in need of care and their families
Fees
None
Languages
English
Language Note
Ojibway, available upon request
Accessibility
Not Wheelchair Accessible
Description of Services:
Delivers child care and protection services and family support services to community members
Coordinates foster care child placement in the following order of priority:
- 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
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
- 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 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
- Provides referrals to other programs and supports
Last updated: Oct 16, 2024: Suggest an edit
