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Community Care Program Office - Community Care Program

319 Ojibwe Rd Apt 3
Mishkosiminiziibiing/Big Grassy First Nation
Mishkosiminiziibiing/Big Grassy First Nation

807-488-5917

807-274-3201

Toll-Free: 1-866-933-3023

Fax: 807-488-5503

Mon-Fri 9 am-4:30 pm
Alternate Fridays 9 am-12 noon
Alternate Fridays 9 am-12 noon
Last updated: Oct 15, 2024: Suggest an edit
Application
Intake assessment required
Eligibility - Population(s) Served
- Members of Mishkosiminiziibiing First Nation
- Children younger than 18 years of age and their families
Fees
None
Contacts
Charmaine Hunter - Program Secretary
807-488-5917 Ext 201
Tanis Tom - Director
807-488-5917 Ext 212 * ccpsupervisor@biggrassy.ca
807-488-5917 Ext 201
Tanis Tom - Director
807-488-5917 Ext 212 * ccpsupervisor@biggrassy.ca
Languages
English
Language Note
Ojibway, available upon request
Accessibility

Description of Services:
Delivers child care and protection services and family support services to community members
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 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: Oct 15, 2024: Suggest an edit
