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Customary Care Program
Band Office 703 Ketemiikana Dr
Ojibways of Onigaming First Nation
Ojibways of Onigaming First Nation
807-270-2274
807-468-6224
807-275-5111
Mon-Fri 9 am-4 pmAlt Payday Fri 9 am-12 noon
Last Updated: Aug 21, 2025: Suggest an edit
Application
Intake assessment required
Eligibility / Target Population
- Members of Ojibways of Onigaming First Nation
- Children younger than 18 years of age and their families
Fees
None
Contacts
Brenda Kelly - Program Secretary
807-270-2274 Alt 807-270-9388 * brenda.kelly@aafs.ca
807-270-2274 Alt 807-270-9388 * brenda.kelly@aafs.ca
Languages
English
Language Notes
Ojibwe, available upon request
Area Served
Ojibways of Onigaming
Accessibility
Not Wheelchair Accessible
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
- Provides assistance and support to children in care
- Coordinates recruitment and maintenance of alternative care homes including completion of home studies
- Provides training for child care providers
- Offers support and guidance in reuniting siblings who are/have been part of the foster care system
- 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 youth drug abuse, 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
- Processes requests to have children in external foster care brought back to homes within the community
- Provides advocacy on behalf of the child and family
- Provides the option to children adopted by outside families to discover their birth family and heritage
- Provides records and information to Tribal Agency and external resources
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Last Updated: Aug 21, 2025: Suggest an edit
