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Community Support Services

Band Office
Nigigoonsiminikaaning First Nation
Nigigoonsiminikaaning First Nation

807-481-1110

Fax: 807-481-1026

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
807-481-1110 Ext 209
Languages
English
Accessibility

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
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
- 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: Jul 30, 2024: Suggest an edit
