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Operates as a program under the Healing and Wellness Branch

Offers services, ongoing support and education to enhance the lives of young children and families

• Prevents children from becoming at-risk because of certain conditions such as family violence, poverty, abuse, neglect and unhealthy living conditions
• Promotes healthier child development through early childhood interventions
• Provides information on children's nutrition, areas of injury prevention, and the mental health of the child
• Provides services that allow for skill teaching, ongoing support and education as a means to assist families in the healing process
• Offers drop-in parent and child programs for families and caregivers of children

Programs include:

• Parent and Tot Drop-In Program
• Parenting Program with workshops which include input from members and child care for children
• Healthy Lifestyles for family members wanting information on traditional ways
• Cultural events and community gatherings

• Offers inquiry and play-based learning to improve a child's developmental health and well-being
• Provides professionally trained staff
• Offers families a place to interact

Library Services

• Offers families, educators, and childcare professionals centralized access to resources and information
• Provides information and referrals to other children's services
• Offers a toy lending library
• Offers a free community membership to borrow resources and materials

Indoor Active Playspace

• Provides children and families the opportunity to be more physically active all year round in a safe and fun environment

Dad's Night Drop-In

• Provides dads a place to engage with their children and network with other fathers
• Welcomes dads, step dads, grandpas, uncles and other male role models

Programs may vary and also include:

• Rainbow Family Group
• Babies Day
• Connect
• Time with Toddlers
• Open Spaces

• Offers a mobile outdoor program that brings the playgroup year-round to various neighbourhoods within the city
• Partners with Our Kids Count and Healthy Kids Thunder Bay to provide interactive outdoor play and activities for community children

Provides a program focused on improving the health and social development of preschool children and their families

• Strives to meet the emotional, social, health, nutritional and psychological needs of the child
• Offers programs that will culturally connect and spiritually root children in the traditional language and history of family, community and Nation
• Involves parents, elders and community members as much as possible

Provides the following:

• A variety of school readiness programs such as learning shapes and numbers, building vocabulary and reading
• Supervised indoor and outdoor playtime and gym activities
• Nutritious snacks

Services and activities include:

• Community garden participation
• Cultural craft teaching
• Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Day
• Health Fair
• Healthy Luncheon
• New baby packages
• Regalia making workshops

Provides social and political support to Indigenous women and their families by means of getting together in groups, socials and cultural activities

• A non-profit organization that works to empower and support Indigenous women and their families
• Ensures that Indigenous women and their families have equal access to justice, education, health services, environmental stewardship, and economic development

Offers the following programs:

• Aakwa'ode'ewin (Courage for Change)
• Aboriginal Diabetes Education and Awareness
• Aboriginal Responsible Gambling Awareness
• Indigenous Victim and Family Liaison Program
• Circles of Care
• Community Health Outreach
• Community Wellness Program
• Indigenous Anti-Human Trafficking Liaison
• Indigenous Healthy Babies Healthy Children
• Indigenous Women's Leadership
• Mental Health
• Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Family Support​
• Nihdawin​
• Ska-Be (Helper) Program
• Trauma-Informed Care Program
• Youth in Transition
• Youth in Transition Housing Support

Functions as a family centre, offering children and their families a place to learn, play, socialize and have fun

• Offers programs to children at no cost to parents
• Provides play opportunities for child/parent engagement
• Offers a variety of preschool programs to introduce children to math and reading
• Offers workshops on various parenting topics
• Answers questions about child's development
• Provides links to family services within the community
• Participates in various preschool programs with community partners
• Loans out adult resources on various parenting issues and child development issues
• Encourages parents and children to drop in anytime during regular hours to use the facility's indoor and outside play spaces and learning centres

Note: Lead agency is Children and Family Centre, Confederation College

A family centre that offers programs and services for children, youth, families and seniors

• Supports families with a variety of parenting programs and family activities
• Offers children, youth and seniors an opportunity to socialize with peers
• Coordinates a variety of activities, crafts and workshops including music lessons, regalia making, pottery instruction, family camping etc

Family Well Being Program includes the following services:

• Child and Youth Worker
• Community Wellness Worker
• Cultural Family and Youth Worker

• Offers the Community Action Program for Children (CAPC) that provides supportive programs and services for families with children 6 years of age and younger
• Provides support programs and services Offers support services on-site and throughout the city at partnering agencies

Focuses on the following programs:

• Child development
• Community development and outreach
• Cultural development and retention
• Family healing
• Family nutrition
• Parenting skills

Offers services, ongoing support and education to enhance the lives of young children and families

• Prevents children from becoming at-risk because of certain conditions such as family violence, poverty, abuse, neglect and unhealthy living conditions by offering information and education on effective parenting and good life teachings
• Promotes healthier child development through early childhood interventions including information sessions on pre-parenting preparation and child development
• Provides information on children's nutrition, injury prevention, and child mental health
• Provides a lunch during daily programs

Provides public education and information in the areas of but not limited to:

• Developing family values that are culturally based
• Developmental needs of infants, toddlers and preschool aged children
• Positive parenting
• Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS), Fetal Alcohol Effects (FAE) and Fetal Smoking Syndrome

Activities and programs can include:

• Hand drumming sessions
• Nature and sensory exploration
• Odamino Playgroup drop-in
• Storytelling and craft times
• Teddy Bear picnics

Functions as a family centre, offering children and their families a place to learn, play, socialize and have fun

• Offers programs to children at no cost to parents
• Provides play opportunities for child/parent engagement
• Offers a variety of preschool programs to introduce children to math and reading
• Offers workshops on various parenting topics
• Answers questions about child's development
• Provides links to family services within the community
• Participates in various preschool programs with community partners
• Loans out adult resources on various parenting issues and child development issues
• Encourages parents and children to drop in anytime during regular hours to use the facility's indoor and outside play spaces and learning centres

Note: Lead agency is Children and Family Centre, Confederation College

Functions as a family centre, offering children and their families a place to learn, play, socialize and have fun

• Offers programs to children at no cost to parents
• Provides play opportunities for child/parent engagement
• Offers a variety of preschool programs to introduce children to math and reading
• Offers workshops on various parenting topics
• Answers questions about child's development
• Provides links to family services within the community
• Participates in various preschool programs with community partners
• Loans out adult resources on various parenting issues and child development issues
• Encourages parents and children to drop in anytime during regular hours to use the facility's indoor and outside play spaces and learning centres

Note: Lead agency is Rural Family Resource Centre

Functions as a family centre, offering children and their families a place to learn, play, socialize and have fun

• Offers programs to children at no cost to parents
• Provides play opportunities for child/parent engagement
• Offers a variety of preschool programs to introduce children to math and reading
• Offers workshops on various parenting topics
• Answers questions about child's development
• Provides links to family services within the community
• Participates in various preschool programs with community partners
• Loans out adult resources on various parenting issues and child development issues
• Encourages parents and children to drop in anytime during regular hours to use the facility's indoor and outside play spaces and learning centres

Note: Lead agency is Rural Family Resource Centre

Functions as a family centre, offering children and their families a place to learn, play, socialize and have fun

• Offers programs to children at no cost to parents
• Provides play opportunities for child/parent engagement
• Offers a variety of preschool programs to introduce children to math and reading
• Offers workshops on various parenting topics
• Answers questions about child's development
• Provides links to family services within the community
• Participates in various preschool programs with community partners
• Loans out adult resources on various parenting issues and child development issues
• Encourages parents and children to drop in anytime during regular hours to use the facility's indoor and outside play spaces and learning centres

Note: Lead agency is Rural Family Resource Centre

• Offers a welcoming, inclusive, clean and safe environment where children can play and explore
• Encourages parents and caregivers to participate in the planning and implementation of programs

Offers the following programs and services, including:

• Early Years programming
• Community Action Program for Children (CAPC)
• Baby Beginnings
• Early Literacy
• Programs to promote the health and well-being of children and families
• Programs to help improve the health and well-being of pregnant women and new mothers

NOTE: Not all programs listed may be available at each site, call to confirm

• Offers a welcoming, inclusive, clean and safe environment where children can play and explore
• Encourages parents and caregivers to participate in the planning and implementation of programs

Offers the following programs and services, including:

• Early Years programming
• Community Action Program for Children (CAPC)
• Baby Beginnings
• Early Literacy
• Programs to promote the health and well-being of children and families
• Programs to help improve the health and well-being of pregnant women and new mothers

NOTE: Not all programs listed may be available at each site, call to confirm

• Offers a welcoming, inclusive, clean and safe environment where children can play and explore
• Encourages parents and caregivers to participate in the planning and implementation of programs

Offers the following programs and services, including:

• Early Years programming
• Community Action Program for Children (CAPC)
• Baby Beginnings
• Early Literacy
• Programs to promote the health and well-being of children and families
• Programs to help improve the health and well-being of pregnant women and new mothers

NOTE: Not all programs listed may be available at each site, call to confirm

• Offers a welcoming, inclusive, clean and safe environment where children can play and explore
• Encourages parents and caregivers to participate in the planning and implementation of programs

Offers the following programs and services, including:

• Early Years programming
• Community Action Program for Children (CAPC)
• Baby Beginnings
• Early Literacy
• Programs to promote the health and well-being of children and families
• Programs to help improve the health and well-being of pregnant women and new mothers

NOTE: Not all programs listed may be available at each site, call to confirm

• Offers a welcoming, inclusive, clean and safe environment where children can play and explore
• Encourages parents and caregivers to participate in the planning and implementation of programs

Offers the following programs and services, including:

• Early Years programming
• Community Action Program for Children (CAPC)
• Baby Beginnings
• Early Literacy
• Programs to promote the health and well-being of children and families
• Programs to help improve the health and well-being of pregnant women and new mothers

NOTE: Not all programs listed may be available at each site, call to confirm

Functions as a family centre, offering children and their families a place to learn, play and socialize

• Offers programs to children at no cost to parents
• Provides play centres with toys and materials for children
• Offers a variety of preschool programs
• Offers workshops on various parenting topics
• Answers questions about child's development
• Provides links to family services within the community
• Participates in various preschool programs with community partners
• Loans out adult resources on various parenting issues and child development issues
• Encourages parents and children to drop in anytime during regular hours to use the play space and learning centres
• May offer infant programs and loan of items such as baby monitors, high chairs etc; contact office for information

Counselling, crisis intervention, and support programs, including anger management and conflict resolution, and counselling education and volunteer training

Telephone Counselling
Immediate emotional support, crisis intervention or suicide prevention

• links to appropriate emergency services
• individual, group and family counselling
• community outreach counselling and visitation for clients facing barriers to accessing services
• information and referral
• translation and interpretation
• counselling education and volunteer training program
• public education and awareness
• health promotion, including recreation and social activities

Telephone Crisis Intervention Services
24-hour emotional support for individuals experiencing distress, grief, conflict, depression or other crisis; also available virtually (Zoom) and by email

In-person Counselling Services
Anonymous, confidential counselling for individuals, groups, couples and families

Violence Prevention Education
Anger management and conflict resolution classes and workshops

Health Programs
Health promotion and support

• home hospice program and palliative care provided by trained volunteers
• healthy lifestyle workshops
• smoke-free education for youth
• diabetes prevention program
• visitation for community members who are ill

Children's Programs
Includes homework club, early learning programs for kindergarten to grade 6, and summer camp

Parenting Programs
Parenting skills workshops, including parent and child activities, early years development, and separate programs for mothers and fathers

Seniors Programs
Includes reassurance, counselling, visitation, and outreach services

• English café
• recreation including singing, art and digital storytelling classes
• online virtual seminars

Youth Programs
Employment seminars, career development, leadership training, life skills workshops, and mentoring

• 2-weeks summer volunteering retreat (August)
• tobacco-free campaign program
• facilitation skills workshop
• recreational activities including Expressive Arts workshops

COVID-19 (9 Jun 2020) Tungasuvvingat Inuit Food Bank is open for Inuk in need of food support. * Contact TI worker for details or call Paulina at 613-857-1709. * All TI non-essential services programming are suspended until further notice. Mamisarvik Healing Centre is an essential service for the participants. * This information is regularly updated on their Facebook page.

Community centre that provides services adapted to the needs of Inuit clients

The Family Well-Being Program (1071 Richmond Rd): Prevention-focused, culturally-responsive supports to promote healthy communities * supports families to heal from the effects of intergenerational trauma, reduce violence * addresses the over-representation of Indigenous children and youth in child welfare and youth justice systems Child development and nutrition * cultural development and retention * parenting and care-taking skills * community development * pre and postnatal program

Youth Program (1071 Richmond Rd, 297 Savard): Various programs that promote Inuit culture and language * life skills education * promotes exercise * provides alternatives to negative environments

Counselling Services: assists clients with day to day personal and emotion struggles * Inuit Residential School Program provides support to former IRS students and their families.

Community Support Program, Drop In (297 Savard Ave): supportive environment attempting to duplicate the community spirit and cultural surrounding of the Inuit homelands * socialization opportunities * settlement services, housing assistance and information and referral to legal, medical and social services * Interpretation services and assistance in obtaining non-insured health benefits * weekly Inuit women's healing circle * men's group and Community Kitchen, Weekly Food Bank

Housing Support Services (297 Savard Ave): housing-based case management program for clients who are chronically or episodically homeless * general Housing assistance * crisis intervention services

Inuit Court and Justice Programs (604 Laurier West): offers supports to Inuit involved with the legal system. Restorative Justice model and Gladue Services

Exiting Sex Trade/Anti Human Trafficking Program (604 Laurier West): offers support to Inuit involved in the sex trade being trafficked or at risk in a harm reduction model

Employment Services (1071 Richmond Rd): assistance with writing resumes, cover letters, finding employment or training assists in the removal of barriers in the road to long-term employment

Cultural Programming : Cultural events and activities throughout the year * Inuit craft workshops * Elders Tea