Please Note: Services may be impacted in response to COVID-19 (Coronavirus).
Please contact any service prior to visiting in person to receive up to date information on changes to their availability (e.g. hours of operation etc.)
Please contact any service prior to visiting in person to receive up to date information on changes to their availability (e.g. hours of operation etc.)
- Description
- Offers community based family counselling for children, teens, men, women and families as a group
- Provides assessments and case management services
- Provides services of traditional healers
- Offers community workshops to raise awareness of issues affecting families including substance abuse and family violence
- Supports community initiatives that promote family healing such as traditional gatherings
- Advocacy and referral to external agencies
- Assistance in the planning of child's and family's needs
- Emergency financial assistance for basic needs only in cases where the welfare of child/children is at-risk
- Home visitation arrangements and supervison to enable parents to visit with their children living in alternative care
- Eligibility
- Members of Mitaanjigamiing First Nation
- Children younger than 18 years of age and their families
- Emergency financial assistance is provided ONLY in extenuating circumstances and each case is treated and considered separately
- Home visitation is available for families who have children in alternative care; request for visitation must come from birth family
- Members of Mitaanjigamiing First Nation
- Application Process
- Intake assessment required
- Office
- 807-274-2188 - Band Office
- Crisis
- 807-274-3201 - Weechi-it-te-win Family Services
- Fax
- 807-274-8597
- After Hours Phone
- 807-274-3201 - Weechi-it-te-win Family Services
- Web Site
- https://www.mitaanjigamiing.ca
- secretary@mitaanjigamiing.ca
- Mailing Address
- PO Box 609
Fort Frances, ON, P9A 3M9
Canada - Languages
- English
- Contact
- Barb McMillen, Ganawendaasowin Administrator
Email: gdw.acadmin@mitaanjigamiing.ca
Phone: 807-274-2188 Ext 257 - Ganawendaasowin Supervisor
- Beverley Cochrane
Email: ganasupervisor@mitaanjigamiing.ca
Phone: 807-274-2188 Ext 229 - Fees
- None
- Documents Required
- Completed intake assessment required
- Accessibility
- Not Accessible
- Topic(s)
- Agency Information
- View Agency Profile
- Copyright
- 211 Ontario North
- Last Verified On
- February 19, 2022
- Address
- 108 Main St
Mitaanjigamiing First Nation, ON, P9A 3M9- Band Office is located at Main St in the community of Mitannjigamiing First Nation
- Community is 56 km NE of Fort Frances off Hwy 17 onto Hwy 611, on shores of Stanjikoming Bay on Rainy Lake
- Consists of 2 reserves; the main reserve of Rainy Lake 18C and a smaller Agency 1 reserve shared with 3 other First Nations
- Mitaanjigamiing means Where a smaller lake flows into a bigger lake
Open in Google Maps - Hours of Operation
- Mon0830 to 1630Tue0830 to 1630Wed0830 to 1630Thu0830 to 1630Fri0830 to 1630
Band Office: Mon-Fri 8:30 am-4:30 pm - Service Area(s)
- Mitaanjigamiing First Nation
