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Community Care Program

108 Main St
Mitaanjigamiing First Nation
Mitaanjigamiing First Nation

807-274-2188

Fax: 807-274-8597

Band Office: Mon-Fri 8:30 am-4:30 pm
Last updated: Jul 18, 2024: Suggest an edit
Application
Intake assessment required
Eligibility - Population(s) Served
- Members of Mitaanjigamiing First Nation
- Children younger than 18 years of age and their families
Fees
None
Contacts
Ethan Anderson - Ganawendaasowin Administrator
807-274-6460 Ext 408 * gdw.acadmin@mitaanjigamiing.ca
Naomi Field - Ganawendaasowin Supervisor
807-274-2327Ext 402 * ganasupervisor@mitaanjigamiing.ca
807-274-6460 Ext 408 * gdw.acadmin@mitaanjigamiing.ca
Naomi Field - Ganawendaasowin Supervisor
807-274-2327Ext 402 * ganasupervisor@mitaanjigamiing.ca
Languages
English
Language Note
Ojibway, upon request
Area(s) Served
Mitaanjigamiing First Nation
Accessibility

Description of Services:
Delivers child care and protection services and family support services to community members for Weechi-it-te-win Family Services
Alternative Care Program
Alternative Care Program
- 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 struggling with problematic drug 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: Jul 18, 2024: Suggest an edit
