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Program: Ska-Be (Helper) Program

Organizations: Ontario Native Women's Association
Ontario Native Women's Association - Thunder Bay - Administration
Description of Services:
  • Provides support services to improve the health and wellbeing of urban Indigenous elderly women and families and those with chronic illness or disabilities
  • Focus is on assisting individuals to achieve a good quality of life, reflective of needs and culture
    • Services include:
    • Access to traditional supports and ceremony
    • Assistance with maintaining the housefold
    • Housing supports
    • Individual community cultural care
    • Respite care
    • Transportation for appointments and cultural events

    Fees: None
    Eligibility - Population(s) Served: Urban Indigenous seniors and Indigenous persons with chronic illness or disabilities, with a particular focus on Indigenous women
    Application: Intake assessment required
    Accessibility: Partially Accessible      Partially Accessible
    Accessibility Notes: Partially Accessible - Parking -- No designated handicapped parking space; Entrance -- Accessible from street level but no automatic push button; Washroom -- Accessible
    Languages: English

    Phone Numbers: 1-800-667-0816
    Fax: 807-623-1104
    Email: reception@onwa.ca
    Website: www.onwa.ca/
    Address: 380 Ray Blvd
    Thunder Bay, ON
    P7B 4E6
    Location: Thunder Bay satellite office located on Ray Blvd near Queen St
    Hours: Mon-Fri 9 am-12 noon, 1 pm-5 pm

     
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