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Anishinaabe Abinoojii Sub Office - Child Welfare Authority
Anishinaabe Abinoojii Sub Office
Wabaseemoong Independent Nations
Wabaseemoong Independent Nations
807-927-2222
Fax: 807-927-2045
Mon-Fri 8:30 am-12 noon, 1 pm-4:30 pm
Last updated: Jul 25, 2024: Suggest an edit
Application
Intake assessment required
Eligibility - Population(s) Served
- Members of Wabaseemoong (Whitedog) Independent Nations
- Children younger than 18 years of age in need of care and their families
Fees
None
Contacts
Betsy Mandamin - Executive Director
betsy.mandamin@wabaseemoong.ca
betsy.mandamin@wabaseemoong.ca
Languages
English
Language Note
Cree, Ojibway; available upon request
Accessibility
Not Wheelchair Accessible
Description of Services:
Delivers child care protection/prevention services and family support services to community members
Coordinates foster care child placement in the following order of priority:
- Enacted own Customary Care Code in Jan 2021 which gives Wabaseemoong Independent Nation complete authority over their child welfare system; functions independently as Wabaseemoong Child Welfare Authority
- 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 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
- Provides referrals to other programs and supports
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Last updated: Jul 25, 2024: Suggest an edit
