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Program: Healthy Babies Healthy Children

Organizations: Wabauskang First Nation
Wabauskang First Nation - Band Office
Description of Services: Delivers a parenting support program and promotes healthy child development
  • Provides group information and educational sessions on topics about healthy pregnancy, birth and taking care of baby at home
  • Provides information on the stages of pregnancy
  • Offers parents handbook of pregnancy and baby care (Baby's Best Chance)
Program participants are provided with:
  • Follow up via telephone within 48 hours of discharge from hospital
  • Home visits pre birth to prepare family for new arrival
  • Home visits post birth to offer support to new mothers
  • Milk coupon program
  • Home visits during child's early years to offer development guidance
  • Referrals to other programs and services

Fees: None
Eligibility - Population(s) Served:
  • Members of Wabauskang First Nation with children younger than 6 years of age

  • Indigenous children at-risk
Application:
  • Program registration required

  • Requires prior arrangements for home visits
Accessibility: Not Wheelchair Accessible      Not Wheelchair Accessible
Languages: English

Phone Numbers: 807-529-3174
Fax: 807-529-3007
Email: wabauskangfn@hotmail.com
Address: PO Box 339
Ear Falls, ON
P0V 1T0
Street
Address:
Wabauskang Band Office 131 Main St, Wabauskang 21
Wabauskang First Nation
Location:
  • Band Office is located at Main St in the community of Wabauskang First Nation
  • Community is approx 30 km S of Ear Falls off Hwy 105, near the small town of Perrault Falls; 70 km N of Vermilion Bay along E shores of Wabauskang Lake
Hours: Mon-Fri 8:30 am-4:30 pm
Contacts: Dorothy Moore - Healthy Babies Healthy Children Coordinator
807-529-3174
Angie Petiquan - Health Director
807-529-6329 Ext 1 * healthdirector@wabauskangfirstnation.ca

 
This information is provided by thehealthline.ca. It was last completely updated on: 12/2/2024

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