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Buffalo Spirit – Kichi’ ‛inendamowin: Respect
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Family Wellness Unit
Family Wellness Services
In addition we help parents identify their strengths and build upon those skills. They can access resources they need to better care for their children such as:
- in-home supports
- parenting programs
- adolescent supports
- individual and family counselling
- life skills training
- family mediation
- youth programs
- healing and cultural teachings
- elder services
- family recreation
- mentoring
- advocacy
- and family support.
The Family Wellness Program provides services for individual families that begins with a voluntary assessment.
The Family Wellness Program also develops programs, workshops, and activities that are open to all community members and work collaborative with other community organizations.
To see upcoming Family Wellness events and programs click here.
Men’s Wellness Circle – June 11th
Men’s Wellness Circle – June 12th
Men’s Wellness Circle – June 13th
Babysitting Course
Traditional Parenting – April 23rd
Traditional Parenting – April 30th
Traditional Parenting – May 7th
Traditional Parenting – May 21st
Traditional Parenting – May 28th
Traditional Parenting – June 4th
Medicine Harvest Spring Series – April 26th
Medicine Harvest Spring Series – May 29th
Awakening Sisterhood Women’s Wellness Retreat
Women’s Wellness Workshops – April 24th
Women’s Wellness Workshops – May 1st
Women’s Wellness Workshops – May 8th
Maple Syrup Festival
Moose Hide Campaign Day
Capture Your Surroundings Photography Contest
Family Ojibwe Language Classes – May 1st
Family Ojibwe Language Classes – May 8th
Family Ojibwe Language Classes – May 15th
Family Ojibwe Language Classes – May 22nd
Family Ojibwe Language Classes – May 29th
Family Ojibwe Language Classes – June 5th
Program and Services
Training:
- Budgeting
- Transportation – out of community shopping
Programs:
- Domestic Violence
- Traditional Parenting
- Healthy Choices
- Mentoring Program
- Grief and Loss
- Anger Management/Anti-aggression
- Youth
- Life Skills
- Advocacy
Community Engagement
The following Family Wellness Initiatives have been undertaken:
- Winter outerwear donations for both schools in Community (jackets, mitts, toques)
- Back to School BBQ
- Back to school backpacks with supplies
- Hygiene packs
Family Wellness Unit also contributes to the following:
- Various community events
- Merchandise bingo fundraisers, (i.e. high school graduation/Jr. High Christmas Bingo)
- Youth/We Day
- Off-reserve Member Christmas Feast
- Annual Pow Wow Celebration
- Christmas food hampers
The Family Wellness Program consists of:
- 1 Supervisor
- 1 Prevention Administrative Assistant
- 2 Prevention Workers
- 2 Prevention Service Facilitators
The Family Wellness program is a short term family focused program that assists families in crisis by providing support services to prevent children from coming into agency care.
The program is voluntary and strength based, which provides a range of prevention and early intervention services that includes but not limited to:
- Case planning that builds on identified strengths and needs
- Strengthens healthy family dynamics,
- Reduces risk factors in order to prevent family disruption