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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

COVID19 24-hour crisis line, telephone counselling and virtual programs available; restrictions and modifications for some programs; instruction provided to assist in online participation, and tablets available for lending to seniors without devices; visit TUTFS website for details, including registration information

Telephone Counselling
Immediate emotional support, crisis intervention or suicide prevention

• links to other appropriate emergency services
• face-to-face 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

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

Children's Programs

• Little Steps, Big Steps for kindergarten to grade 6
• homework club
• summer camp

Health Programs

• 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

Parenting Programs

• Focus on Early Years and Mothers
• Focus on Fathers
• parenting skills workshops, including workshop with parents and their children

Seniors Programs

• English café
• reassurance program including counselling and visitation
• outreach services
• recreation including singing, art and digital storytelling classes
• online virtual seminars such as Sing-A-Long Musical Class, Expressive Art Class, Dance Class

Violence Prevention Education
Anger management and conflict resolution classes and workshops

Youth Programs

• employment seminars, career development, leadership training, life skills workshops
• Mind and Motion Program, 2-weeks summer volunteering (August) retreat
• tobacco-free campaign program
• facilitation skills workshop
• mentoring program
• recreational activities

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