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Rehabilitative Care in Central East
Soins de réadaptation en Ontario du Centre-Est
Program: Aakwiinowin and Family Services - Child Care Services
Organizations: Gakijiwanong Anishinaabe Nation
Gakijiwanong Anishinaabe Nation - Band Office
Description of Services: Delivers child care and protection services and family support services to community members
  • Administers services for Weechi-it-te-Win Family Services, a mandated Native Child Welfare Agency in Fort Frances
  • Partners with community police officers and local nursing staff to identify and support troubled families
Alternative Care Program
  • Provides assistance and support to children in care
  • Coordinates recruitment and maintenance of alternative care homes including completion of home studies
  • Provides training for child care providers
  • Offers support and guidance in reuniting siblings who are/have been part of the foster care system
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 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
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
Requirements
Fees: None
Eligibility - Population(s) Served:
  • Members of Lac La Croix First Nation

  • Children 18 years of age and younger and their families
Application: Intake assessment required
Accessibility: Wheelchair Accessible      Wheelchair Accessible
Languages: English
Contact Information
Phone Numbers: 807-485-2487
Fax: 807-485-2565
Email: reception@llcfn.com
Website: www.laclacroixfn.ca/
Address: c/o c/o Customary Care Resource Team
PO Box 640 c/o Customary Care Resource Team
Fort Frances, ON
P9A 3N9
Street
Address:
105 Aakwiinowin Rd
Lac La Croix First Nation
Map
Location:
  • Located at Aakwiinowin Rd in Lac La Croix First Nation
  • Functions as a child care and family support centre for the Lac La Croix First Nation
Hours: Mon-Fri 9 am-12 noon, 1 pm-4:30 pm


Closed at 12 noon every second Fri

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