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Program: Child and Family Services

Organizations: Animakee Wa Zhing #37 First Nation
Animakee Wa Zhing #37 First Nation - Main Band Office - Regina Bay
Description of Services: Delivers child care and protection services and family support services to community members
  • Administers services for Anishinaabe Abinoojii Family Services, a mandated Native Child Welfare Agency in Kenora
  • Partners with community police officers and local nursing staff to identify and support troubled families

Customary Care (Foster Care)
Coordinates 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

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 problematic substance use in youth, 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
  • Provides referrals to other programs and supports

Fees: None
Eligibility - Population(s) Served:
  • Members of Animakee Wa Zhing #37 First Nation (Northwest Angle 37)

  • Children 18 years of age and younger in need of care and their families
Application: Intake assessment required
Accessibility: Not Wheelchair Accessible      Not Wheelchair Accessible
Languages: English

Phone Numbers: 807-226-5353
Fax: 807-226-1164
Website: www.animakeewazhing37.com/
Address: PO Box 267
Kenora, ON
P0X 1N0
Street
Address:
Regina Bay Band Office
Northwest Angle 37 First Nation
Location:
  • Serves as the main office for Animakee Wa Zhing #37 First Nation
  • Regina Bay community is on the E side of Lake of the Woods approx 60 mi SE of Kenora off Hwy 71
  • Animakee Wa Zhing #37 consists of 2 main communities: Regina Bay, t
Hours: Mon-Thu 9 am-12 noon, 1 pm-4:30 pm
Contacts: Sharon Kavanaugh - Senior Prevention Worker
807-226-5353 Ext 1016 * sharon.kavanaugh@aafs.ca

 
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