Anishinaabe Abinoojii Family Services - Customary Care Services

Application

Intake Assessment required for all programs

Eligibility - Population(s) Served

First Nations children and youth 15 years of age and younger, on/off-reserve from the First Nation communities of Naotkamegwanning, Wauzhushk Onigum Nation, Asubpeeschoseewagong Netum Anishinabek, Wabaseemoong Independent Nation and Obashkaandagaang (Washagamis Bay)

Fees

None

Contacts

Sean Spencer - Director of Services
807-468-6224 Ext 224 * sean.spencer@aafs.ca

Languages

English

Language Note

Ojibway, Oji-Cree; upon request

Accessibility

Not Wheelchair Accessible

Description of Services:

Facilitates customary care (foster care) arrangements with priority always given to the recognition and rights of an Anishinaabe child to be placed with extended family, their own community and their clan

Provides 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

Semi Independent Living Program

Provides life skills training to children in care
Helps to prepare them for the transition to independent living