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• Provides individualized 24 hour emergency service to victims and survivors of sexual assault and/or domestic violence
• Provides emergency medical assessment and treatment

Provides initial emergency care only with the patient's informed consent, and may include all or part of the following:

• Assessment and treatment of injuries
• Testing/treatment/prevention of sexually transmitted infections (STI), including HIV
• Emergency contraceptives
• Reassurance and emotional support
• Collection of forensic evidence including photographs
• Risk assessment and safety planning
• Referral for medical follow-up
• Referral to appropriate social agencies
• Referral to shelter and or other relevant community resources
• Police involvement, at victims request
• Storage of forensic evidence for up to six months if the patient is uncertain about involving the authorities

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

• Acts as a family and children's services liaison between Nipissing First Nation and the Children's Aid Societies from any location
• Offers family and child support with home visiting, office visits and court attendance with child welfare issues within the district

Foster Care

Provides the following services to families in the system:

• Advocacy
• Case management
• Access services
• Community resources
• Referrals to other agencies and programs
• Remains in contact with the family until services are accessed or until needed services are accessed and family can advocate for themselves
• Provides assistance in the recruitment of new foster families within the community
• Endeavours to keep children within their home communities

Prevention Services

• Provides programs and services to children and youth to enhance their well being, including life skills mentoring, recreational activities, social activities and healthy lifestyles workshops
• Provides educational programs and resources to parents and families to strengthen family units

After School Kids Social

• Provides a safe and healthy environment for children to attend after school until parents arrive home from work

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

• Acts as a family and children's services liaison between Temagami First Nation and the Children's Aid Societies from any location
• Offers family and child support with home visiting, office visits and court attendance with child welfare issues within the district

Foster Care

Provides the following services to families in the system:

• Advocacy
• Case management
• Access services
• Community resources
• Referrals to other agencies and programs
• Remains in contact with the family until services are accessed or until needed services are accessed and family can advocate for themselves
• Provides assistance in the recruitment of new foster families within the community
• Endeavours to keep children within their home communities

Prevention Services

• Provides programs and services to children and youth to enhance their well being, including life skills mentoring, recreational activities, social activities and healthy lifestyles workshops
• Provides educational programs and resources to parents and families to strengthen family units

Child protection and children's mental health agency promoting, supporting and protecting the mental, physical, emotional and social well-being of children and youth

• Branch offices located in Barrie, Bracebridge, Collingwood, Huntsville, Midland, and Orillia
• Investigates allegations of neglect and abuse and provides protection for children when necessary, programs include:
  • intake and assessment
  • family service
  • children in care
  • adoption
  • foster care
  • volunteer programs
  • after hours programs

Community Relations and Fundraising

• funding from this program is used to help offset the costs associated with prevention programs and educational opportunities
• Community Programs include Holday Sponsorship Program, Camp Program, Education Program and Basic Needs Program, see BAR2469 for more information

• Screens all referrals to Children's Aid for domestic violence
• Intervenes when a child's safety and well being is affected or if a child has been harmed, neglected, or is at risk of being physically, sexually, or emotionally abused

NOTE: If an individual is uncertain about the appropriateness of a referral, they can first speak with an Intake Screener or a child protection worker

Provides emergency medical treatment and counselling for children who have been victims of sexual assault or physical abuse

These services include:

• Counselling
• Consultation
• Medical/forensic assessment and treatment
• Referrals to Children's Aid Society (CAS)

Offers various programs and services including:

• Adoption
• Adoption Disclosure
• Child Protection
• Family Preservation
• Foster Care
• Integrated Services for Northern Children (ISNC
• Mental Health Services
• Preparing for Independence
• Secure Custody Services
• Supervised Access
• Timiskaming Brighter Futures

• Provides an alternative living arrangement for children and adults with an intellectual disability by matching the individual to a family
• Offers a long-term individualized program that meets the physical, behavioural, social and medical needs of the individual

This program may be a stepping-stone for individuals who wish to live independently in the community

Child protection and children's mental health agency promoting, supporting and protecting the mental, physical, emotional and social well-being of children and youth

• Branch offices located in Barrie, Bracebridge, Collingwood, Huntsville, Midland, and Orillia
• Investigates allegations of neglect and abuse and provides protection for children when necessary, programs include:
  • intake and assessment
  • family service
  • children in care
  • adoption
  • foster care
  • volunteer programs
  • after hours programs

Community Relations and Fundraising

• funding from this program is used to help offset the costs associated with prevention programs and educational opportunities
• Community Programs include Holday Sponsorship Program, Camp Program, Education Program and Basic Needs Program, see BAR2469 for more information

Services offered to members by the First Nation Government include:

• social services administration
• membership clerk
• elder home and community care support services
• community health and wellness worker
• mental health and addictions Worker
• child welfare prevention worker
• economic development
• recreation services for all ages
• education services for students

A service agency under provincial legislation to provide the following services: Voluntary Prevention and Protection Supports, Family Preservation Program, Foster Care Services, Adoption.

• Foster Care is provided for children admitted into the care of the Society.
• Adoption Services find homes for children whose parents cannot make a permanent home for them.

Child protection and children's mental health agency promoting, supporting and protecting the mental, physical, emotional and social well-being of children and youth

• Branch offices located in Barrie, Bracebridge, Collingwood, Huntsville, Midland, and Orillia
• Investigates allegations of neglect and abuse and provides protection for children when necessary, programs include:
  • intake and assessment
  • family service
  • children in care
  • adoption
  • foster care
  • volunteer programs
  • after hours programs

Community Relations and Fundraising

• funding from this program is used to help offset the costs associated with prevention programs and educational opportunities
• Community Programs include Holday Sponsorship Program, Camp Program, Education Program and Basic Needs Program, see BAR2469 for more information

Encompasses support and prevention services provided in the community for children and their families by providing the following programs and services:

• Family and parent education
• Family / support circles
• Life skills / cross cultural development
• Community education
• Social and recreational programs
• Cultural (Anishnaabe) awareness
• Advocacy and referral
• Prevention and early intervention strategies

Assists at the onset of a child protection investigation, apprehension and placements of Native children in agency foster care homes

• Recruits and retains Indigenous Foster caregivers and homes in accordance to rules and regulations outlined in the Child and Family Services Act
• Provides training and support to Indigenous Foster caregivers
• Provides assistance with voluntary/customary care placements within the catchment area
• Provides support and counselling services to children in care
• Provides consultation and advertising in areas relating to customary care and foster care procedures
• Provides preventative services at grass roots level including awareness on child welfare matters including roles and responsibilities of the customary care/foster care worker
• Provides repatriation services where needed by offering assistance and guidance, consultation and referral services
• Encourages customary care arrangements where applicable as a least intrusive measure

Rama Community and Family Services is an advocate of the safety, health and well being of the Rama community in the body, mind, spirit and emotions.

Works toward creating awareness for the protection and safety of children.

Serves as an umbrella organization from which an assortment of preventative programs stem.

Developed Biidaaban Circle to help the community cope with sexual, physical and mental abuse.

Provides child protection services within our community seven days a week, twenty four hours a day, to the children and families

• services include investigations of allegations of child abuse and neglect, support to families and out of home placement in approved adoptive, foster homes or group care programs
• programs and services are developed in response to the needs of the community and the child welfare mandate

COVID-19 Update

• Centre is currently closed to drop-in visitors, but remains open for investigations
• Staff are supporting children, youth and families both on-site and remotely, call 705-327-0118 for assistance

Regular Service
Safe, child-friendly centre providing services to children and youth who have experienced abuse

• multidisciplinary team members support and assist children/youth and families during the abuse disclosure process, any court proceedings and beyond
• offers a variety of abuse prevention presentations to safeguard children through discussion of healthy relationships, sexual consent, social media risks, positive decision making online, and the realities of sexual exploitation in our communities
• team members include police and child protection services, health care workers and victim services advocates

Holds an annual holiday giving campaign to support children, youth and families experiencing abuse, exploitation and/or trauma. Hope for the Holidays runs Nov 29, 2022 to January 6, 2023. Click on 'Donations & Funding' on website to make a donation.

Community Presentations
Presentations offered on Trauma and Human Trafficking

Trauma could include witnessing abuse or a traumatic event such as physical

• sexual and emotional abuse or death
• a specialized assessment is completed and an individualized treatment program developed

Some possible indicators of trauma:

• decline in school performance
• withdrawal, appears depressed
• hyperactive
• loss of interest in usual activities
• nightmares
• bedwetting, other regression
• change in appetite
• low self-esteem
• excessive guilt or shame
• pessimistic about the future
• repetitive play themes
• sexual knowledge beyond age
• problems with peer relationships
• sexually acting out
• phobias/fears
• anxiety

Receives child welfare concerns, provides emergency service 24 hours a day, calls received 24 hours a day.
The following non legal definitions describe what might constitute a situation which could require reporting to the agency and warrant child protection intervention

• Non-accidental infliction of physical harm
• Sexual abuse/harm
• Emotional harm
• Neglect

Ontario's Children Aid Societies work to help children remain in their families, when children cannot remain at home because of serious concerns about their safety and protection they come into the care of a child welfare agency that makes every effort to give a child a family and a home.

• where possible, the preferred option is to place the child with a member of the immediate or extended family or a member of the community, if that is not possible foster care may be the best alternative
• foster parents work with CAS staff as part of a team to develop a plan for each child in care