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Community Care Program
RR 1
La Vallée
La Vallée
807-486-3407
807-274-3201
Fax: 807-486-3138
Band Office: Mon-Thu 9 am-4:30 pm, Fri 9 am-2:30 pm
Last updated: Jul 26, 2024: Suggest an edit
Application
Intake assessment required
Eligibility - Population(s) Served
- Members of Naicatchewenin First Nation
- Children younger than 18 years of age and their families
Fees
None
Contacts
Janice Smith - Alternative Care Coordinator
807-486-3407 Ext 205 * janice.smith@bellnet.ca
Gary Smith - Community Care Supervisor
807-486-3407 Ext 228 * gary.smith@bellnet.ca
807-486-3407 Ext 205 * janice.smith@bellnet.ca
Gary Smith - Community Care Supervisor
807-486-3407 Ext 228 * gary.smith@bellnet.ca
Languages
English
Language Note
Ojibway, upon request
Accessibility
Not 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
- 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 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
- 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: Jul 26, 2024: Suggest an edit
