Child and Family Services

Description:

Delivers child care and protection services and family support services to community members 

• Administers services for Tikinagan Child and Family Services, a mandated Native Child Welfare Agency in Sioux Lookout 
• Partners with community police officers and local nursing staff to identify and support troubled families

 
Alternative Care Program

• Provides assistance and support to children in care  
• Provides training for child care providers  
• Offers support and guidance in reuniting siblings who are/have been part of the foster care system

 
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 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

 
Repatriation Services

• 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

 
Hours:
 
Mon-Fri 9 am-12 noon, 1 pm-5 pm
 
 
Eligibility:

• Members of North Caribou Lake First Nation 
• Children under 18 years of age and their families

 
Contact:
 
Office phone: 807-469-1304
Toll Free Phone: 1-888-753-7124 
Reporting Child Abuse or Neglect: 1-800-465-3624
Fax: 807-469-1312
E-Mail: northcariboulakefirstnation@knet.ca
Primary Executive: Edna Quequish, Supervisor
Mailing Address: c/o Tikinagan Child & Family Services 
General Delivery 
Weagamow Lake, ON P0V 2Y0