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Aakwiinowin and Family Services - Child Care Services
105 Aakwiinowin Rd
Lac La Croix First Nation
Lac La Croix First Nation
807-485-2487
Fax: 807-485-2565
Mon-Fri 9 am-12 noon, 1 pm-4:30 pm
Closed at 12 noon every second Fri
Closed at 12 noon every second Fri
Last updated: May 7, 2025: Suggest an edit
Application
Intake assessment required
Eligibility - Population(s) Served
- Members of Lac La Croix First Nation
- Children 18 years of age and younger and their families
Fees
None
Languages
English
Language Note
Ojibwe, upon request
Accessibility
Wheelchair Accessible
Description of Services:
Delivers child care and protection services and family support services to community members
- Administers services for Weechi-it-te-Win Family Services, a mandated Native Child Welfare Agency in Fort Frances
- Partners with community police officers and local nursing staff to identify and support troubled families
- Provides assistance and support to children in care
- Coordinates recruitment and maintenance of alternative care homes including completion of home studies
- Provides training for child care providers
- Offers support and guidance in reuniting siblings who are/have been part of the foster care system
- 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 struggling with problematic substance use, 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
- Processes requests to have children in external foster care brought back to homes within the community
- Provides advocacy on behalf of the child and family
- 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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Last updated: May 7, 2025: Suggest an edit
