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Program: Family Support Services

Organizations: Anishinaabeg of Naongashiing
Anishinaabeg of Naongashiing - Band Office
Description of Services:
  • Offers community based family counselling for children, teens, men, women and families as a group
  • Provides assessments and case management services
  • Provides services of traditional healers
  • Offers community workshops to raise awareness of issues affecting families including problematic substance use and family violence
  • Supports community initiatives that promote family healing such as traditional gatherings
    • Also offers the following family support services including but not limited to:
    • Advocacy and referral to external agencies
    • Assistance in the planning of child's and family's needs
    • Emergency financial assistance for basic needs only in cases where the welfare of child/children is at-risk
    • Home visitation arrangements and supervision to enable parents to visit with their children living in alternative care

    Fees: None
    Eligibility - Population(s) Served:
    • Members of Anishinaabeg of Naongashiing First Nation

    • Children younger than 18 years of age and their families

    • Emergency financial assistance is provided ONLY in extenuating circumstances and each case is treated and considered separately

    • Home visitation is available for families who have children in alternative care; request for visitation must come from birth family
    Application: Intake assessment required
    Accessibility: Not Wheelchair Accessible      Not Wheelchair Accessible
    Languages: English

    Phone Numbers: 807-488-5602
    Toll-Free: 1-888-238-0102
    Fax: 807-488-5942
    Email: ccpreception@naongashiing.ca
    Website: www.bigisland.ca
    Address: PO Box 335 RR 1
    Morson, ON
    P0W 1J0
    Street
    Address:     		AON Administration Building
    Anishinaabeg Of Naongashiing/Big Island First Nation
    Location:
    • Community is along SE shores of Lake of the Woods, 70 km N of town of Rainy River on Hwy 621
    • Anishinaabeg of Naongashiing consists of: the most populated reserve Saug-A-Gaw-Sing 1 (under 1 square mi in size), Big Island 31D, Big Isla
    Hours: Band Office: Mon-Thu 9 am-4:30 pm, Fri 9 am-1 pm
    Contacts: Rhonda Big George - Family Support Worker
    807-488-5602 Ext 211 * familycounsellor@naongashiing.ca

     
    This information is provided by thehealthline.ca. It was last completely updated on: 4/3/2025

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