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Kitapinoonjiiminaanik Family Services
Kitapinoonjiiminaanik Family Services
Asubpeeschoseewagong Netum Anishinabek First Nation
Asubpeeschoseewagong Netum Anishinabek First Nation
807-925-2525
Fax: 807-925-1062
Mon-Fri 8:30 am-12 noon, 1 pm-4:30 pm
Last updated: Aug 7, 2024: Suggest an edit
Application
Intake assessment required
Eligibility - Population(s) Served
- Members of Grassy Narrows First Nation
- Children younger than 18 years of age in need of care and their families
Fees
None
Contacts
Theresa Stevens - Director of Services
theresa.stevens@aafs.ca
theresa.stevens@aafs.ca
Languages
English
Language Note
Ojibway, available upon request
Accessibility
Not Wheelchair Accessible
Description of Services:
Delivers child care, prevention and protection services and family support services to community members
Coordinates foster care child placement in the following order of priority:
- Administers services on behalf of Anishinaabe Abinoojii Family Services (AAFS), a mandated Native Child Welfare Agency in Kenora, but functions independently
- Received the transfer of both protection and prevention services from AAFS with a Signing Ceremony on Apr 30th, 2013
- Partners with community police officers and local nursing staff to identify and support troubled families
Coordinates foster care child placement in the following order of priority:
- With immediate or extended family members in the community
- With other community members
- With extended family outside the community
- With a family in another Native community
- With a non-Aboriginal family as a last consideration
- 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
- Provides referrals to other programs and supports
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Last updated: Aug 7, 2024: Suggest an edit
