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The Social Development department has been very busy in the past year. In addition to completing the first set of the Anishinabek Nation Child Welfare Law Development community consultation sessions, we have also completed a draft Child Welfare Law Strategic Plan and we will be rolling out this plan over the next year. We will be looking to engage a number of partners and stakeholders to get their views on what the Child Welfare Law should include. This includes getting the feedback of parents, community members, community frontline workers, leaders, young people and anyone else who would like to participate. We will be posting updates regularly to this website as well as the Anishinabek Nation ‘s Facebook Group. When the Social Development department is not providing a voice to the Anishinabek Nation on issues affecting our families and children at various meetings with Ontario and Federal governments or providing technical support to the Anishinabek Nation leadership, we have been providing technical assistance and capacity support to our First Nations across the Anishinabek Nation. We have provided Band Representative Training as well as the Rites of Passage Fireweed Project training to communities. We will continue to run the Rites of Passage training until July 16, 2010. Within the next year we hope to have a draft Anishinabek Nation Child Welfare Law that we can present to community members and the Chiefs in Assembly and move forward with its implementation. We also will continue to provide input into the Tripartite discussions. We will continue to advocate and provide policy analysis for First Nation Daycares, Child Care programming, and Social Assistance Programs, as well as manage and administer the Federal Family Violence Program and Federal Disability Funding to First Nations communities. Links 1. FN Child & Family Service Agencies located in Anishinabek Nation Here are a list of the First Nation Child and Family Service Agencies that are located in the Anishinabek Nation 1.d) Weechi-it-te-win Family Services Weechi-it-te-win Family Services is a community oriented, community based, Native staffed child and family service agency. Weechi-it-te-win serves 10 area First Nations communities located in the Rainy Lake District of Ontario. http://www.weechi.ca/ 1.c) Tikinagan - Child & Family Services Tikinagan Child and Family Services has been created by the people on Nishnawbe-Aski Nation to strengthen our children, our families and our communities. http://www.knet.ca/agencies/tikinagan2.html 1.a) Kunuwanimano Child and Family Services Kunuwanimano delivers child welfare services to 11 First Nation communities within their catchement area. The Kunuwanimano catchment area encompasses a broad region in Northeastern Ontario that ranges from Hornepayne to Matachewan First Nation and includes eleven Aboriginal First Nation communities. The Kunuwanimano head office is located on Wahgoshig First Nation with the main office located in the city of Timmins. http://www.kunuwanimano.com/ 1.b) Dilico Anishinabek Family Care Dilico programs and services are available for Aboriginal and First Nation residents of any age in Dilico’s jurisdiction and for children in the care of Dilico and their caregivers. Dilico's catchment area includes: Fort William, Red Rock (Lake Helen), Whitesand, Kiashke Zaaging Anishinaabek (Gull Bay), Long Lake #58, Animbigoo Zaagi’igan Anishinaabek, Bingwi Neyaashi Anishinaabek (Sandpoint), Biingitiwaabik Zaaging Anishinaabek (Rocky Bay), Ginoogaming, Pays Plat, Pic Mobert, Pic River, and Michipicoten. http://dilico.com/ 1.e) Native Child and Family Services of Toronto Native Child and Family Services of Toronto strives to provide a life of quality, well-being, caring and healing for our children and families in the Toronto Native Community. We do this by creating a service model that is culture based and respects the values of Native people, the extended family and the right to self-determination. http://www.nativechild.org/ 1.f) NOG-DA-WIN-DA-MIN Family & Community Services Nog-da-win-da-min Family and Community Services is a Native Child Welfare Prevention service agency that works in collaboration with the seven First Nations in ensuring that children, youth and families receive culturally appropriate services. Nog-da-win-da-min offers various services and programs to the children, youth and families who are members of the First Nation communities. They are: Batchewana First Nation Garden River First Nation Thessalon First Nation Mississauga First Nation Serpent River First Nation Sagamok Anishnawbek Whitefish Lake First Nation http://www.nog.ca/ 2. Ontario Organizations 2.a) Ontario Native Welfare Administrators Association The Ontario Native Welfare Administrator's Association will strive to develop services that reflect native culture in form and content. The Association will promote and develop culturally appropriate training and delivery of social programs, policies and practices and recommend amendments as they apply toward First Nations people. www.onwaa.com 2.b) Ontario Association of Children’s Aid Societies OACAS is a membership organization representing CASs in Ontario. The Association has served its members, the community, the public and the government in a variety of ways since 1912. These services have included the promotion of child welfare issues, government relations, advocacy, policy development, communications, research and special projects, member support, quality assurance in child welfare practice, and training for all protection workers throughout the province. www.oacas.org 2.c) Ministry of Children & Youth Services In 2003, the Ministry of Children and Youth Services was created to: make it easier for families to find the services to give kids the best start in life, make it easier for families to access the services they need at all stages of a child's development, and help youth become productive adults. http://www.gov.on.ca/children 2.d) College of Early Childhood Educators The College of Early Childhood Educators is a professional self-regulatory organization for early childhood educators formed to protect the public interest and focused on quality and standards in the practice of early childhood education. www.collegeofece.on.ca 2.e) License Appeal Tribunal/Ontario The Licence Appeal Tribunal is an adjudicative agency, created on April 1, 2000 under the Licence Appeal Tribunal Act, 1999. The Ontario government, as part of its mandate to provide a more streamlined, responsive and efficient justice system, has consolidated four appeal boards - the licensing appeal responsibility of the Child and Family Services Review Board, the Commercial Registration Appeal Tribunal, the Licence Suspension Appeal Board and the Private Vocational Review Board - into the Licence Appeal Tribunal The Tribunal carries on the duties of the above boards but is also capable of adding appeal functions, should the need arise. The Tribunal provides a fair, efficient, impartial and independent means to appeal decisions concerning compensation claims and licensing activities regulated by the Ministry of Children and Youth Services, the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services, the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing, the Ministry of Consumer Services, the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities and the Ministry of Transportation. www.lat.gov.on.ca 2.f) Office of the Provincial Advocate for Children and Youth The Office of the Provincial Advocate reports directly to the Legislature and provides an independent voice for children and youth, including children with special needs and First Nations children. The advocates receive and respond to concerns from children, youth and families who are seeking or receiving services under the Child and Family Services Act and the Education Act (Provincial and Demonstration Schools). http://provincialadvocate.on.ca/ 3. National and International Organizations 3.a) First Nations Child and Family Caring Society www.fncaringsociety.com 3.b) CANGRANDS National Kinship Support CANGRANDS is a not-for-profit organization devoted to providing kinship support for caregiver families across Canada. http://cangrands.com/ 3.c) National Indian Child Welfare Association (NICWA) The National Indian Child Welfare Association (NICWA) is a national voice for American Indian children and families. We are the most comprehensive source of information on American Indian child welfare and the only national American Indian organization focused specifically on the tribal capacity to prevent child abuse and neglect. (USA) www.nicwa.org 3.d) Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care (SNAICC) The Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care (SNAICC) is the national non government peak body in Australia representing the interests of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and families. (Australia) www.snaicc.asn.au 4. Documentaries 4.a) Red Road Where does a bricklayer, raised on British afternoon tea, who speaks some Italian and counts among his ancestors the great Sioux leaders Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse, begin the process of piecing his life together? http://novamulti.com/red_road.htm 4.b) Lost Sparrow Some questions are never answered. Some answers are hard to take. Three decades ago, two Crow Indian brothers ran away from home and no one knew why. Their sudden and mysterious deaths sent shockwaves through a tiny upstate New York community. This is their adoptive brother’s journey to bring Bobby and Tyler home and confront a painful truth that shattered his family. http://lostsparrowmovie.com/ 4.c) 3rd World Canada Set in the backdrop of the aftermath of the suicide of three parents, the documentary explores the impact of 3rd world conditions on the children left behind and a community’s courage in looking after them. http://acazabon.weebly.com/buzz.html Documents Anishinabek Nation Pendleton Blanket Order Form File: AnishinabekPendletonOrderForm.pdf Anishinabek Nation Pendleton Blanket Flyer File: PendletonFlyer.pdf Contacts For additional information about Anishinabek Nation Child Welfare Law or any information regarding the content of this page, please contact:
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