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Community Support Services

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Band Office
Nigigoonsiminikaaning First Nation
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807-481-1110
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Fax: 807-481-1026
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Band Office: Mon-Fri 8:30 am-4:30 pm
Last updated: Jul 30, 2024: Suggest an edit

Application

Intake assessment required

Eligibility - Population(s) Served

  • Members of Nigigoonsiminikaaning First Nation

  • Children younger than 18 years of age and their families

Fees

None

Contacts

Nora Johnson - Child in Care Worker
807-481-1110 Ext 209

Languages

English

Accessibility

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Description of Services:

Delivers child care and protection services and family support services to community members for Weechi-it-te-Win Family Services

Prevention Services
  • 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
Repatriation Services
  • 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
Outreach Services
  • 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 30, 2024: Suggest an edit
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