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Address:
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Wauzhushk Onigum Nation PO Box 1360
Kenora, ON
P9N 3X7
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Location:
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- Located at the Lake of the Woods Professional Centre building on Main St S in Kenora
- Situated directly across from Kenora City Hall
- Closest intersection is at Main St S and McClellan Ave
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Accessibility:
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Not Wheelchair Accessible
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Hours:
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Office: Mon-Fri 8:30 am-4:30 pm
Emergencies: Mon-Sun 24 hours
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Service Description:
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Administers bicultural child protection and prevention services for First Nation children and youthFocus is on providing services that respect Anishinaabe heritage, culture and traditions
Facilitates customary care (foster care) arrangements with priority always given to the recognition and rights of an Anishinaabe child to be placed with extended family, their own community and their clan
Provides 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
Semi Independent Living Program- Provides life skills training to children in care
- Helps to prepare them for the transition to independent living
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Application:
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Intake Assessment required for all programs
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Eligibility / Target Population:
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First Nations children and youth 15 years of age and younger, on/off-reserve from the First Nation communities of Naotkamegwanning, Wauzhushk Onigum Nation, Asubpeeschoseewagong Netum Anishinabek, Wabaseemoong Independent Nation and Obashkaandagaang (Washagamis Bay)
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Languages:
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English
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Language Notes:
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Ojibway, Oji-Cree; upon request
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Area Served:
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Anishinabe of Wauzhushk Onigum, Grassy Narrows First Nation, Naotkamegwanning First Nation, Obashkaandagaang First Nation, and Kenora
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