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Family Support Services

AON Administration Building
Anishinaabeg Of Naongashiing/Big Island First Nation

807-488-5602

Toll-Free: 1-888-238-0102

Fax: 807-488-5942

www.bigisland.ca

Band Office: Mon-Thu 9 am-4:30 pm, Fri 9 am-1 pm

Last updated: Apr 3, 2025: Suggest an edit

Intake assessment required

Members of Anishinaabeg of Naongashiing First Nation
Children younger than 18 years of age and their families
Emergency financial assistance is provided ONLY in extenuating circumstances and each case is treated and considered separately
Home visitation is available for families who have children in alternative care; request for visitation must come from birth family

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Rhonda Big George - Family Support Worker
807-488-5602 Ext 211 * familycounsellor@naongashiing.ca

English

Ojibway, upon request

Not Wheelchair Accessible

Offers community based family counselling for children, teens, men, women and families as a group

Provides assessments and case management services

Provides services of traditional healers

Offers community workshops to raise awareness of issues affecting families including problematic substance use and family violence

Supports community initiatives that promote family healing such as traditional gatherings

Also offers the following family support services including but not limited to:

Advocacy and referral to external agencies
Assistance in the planning of child's and family's needs
Emergency financial assistance for basic needs only in cases where the welfare of child/children is at-risk
Home visitation arrangements and supervision to enable parents to visit with their children living in alternative care

Last updated: Apr 3, 2025: Suggest an edit