- Description
- Delivers child care and protection services and family support services to community members
- Administers services in partnership with Dilico Anishinabek Family Care
- Provides one-on-one counselling in areas such as bullying
- Educates children, families and community about rights and responsibilities under the Child and Family Services Act
- Advocates on behalf of clients and their rights in regards to the legal system
- Offers a variety of parenting programs
- Teaches parenting skills and assisting children through difficult times
- Develops and administers healthy social and recreational programs for families
- Hosts community forums to address issues such as youth struggling with problematic substance use, inadequate housing, schooling problems and after school activities
- Organizes traditional healing circles with elders for women and youth
- Provides information sessions about understanding substance dependency and resulting family violence, and overcoming oppression by understanding cultural realities
- Provides referral services to local and outside service providers including treatment and healing centres
- Provides assistance with voluntary/customary care placements
- 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 including awareness on child welfare matters including roles and responsibilities of the customary care/foster care worker
- Comments
- Dilico Anishinabek Family Care office in Longlac located at 118 Forestry Rd, ph: 807-876-2267; fax: 807-876-2312 Alternate Family Support Worker is Cecil Mendowagon
- Eligibility
- Members of Ginoogaming First Nation
- Children younger than 18 years of age and their families
- Application Process
- Open to referrals from any source
- Intake assessment required
- Documents Required
- Completed intake assessment required
- Office
- 807-876-2732 - Health Centre
- Family Support Worker
- 807-876-4214 - Alternate FSW 807-876-1156
- Fax
- 807-876-1614
- Web Site
- http://www.ginoogamingfn.ca
- Mailing Address
- PO Box 89
c/o Health Centre
Longlac, ON, P0T 2A0
Canada - Languages
- English
- Contact
- Tamara Loney, Family Support Worker
- Fees
- None
- Topic(s)
- Social Media
- Agency Information
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- Copyright
- 211 Ontario North
- Last Verified On
- September 4, 2025
- Address
- 203 Balsam Rd
Ginoogaming First Nation, ON, P0T 2A0- New Ginoogaming Health Centre is located at Balsam Rd in the community of Ginoogaming First Nation, 5 min S of Longlac
- Closest intersection is at Balsam Rd and Spruce St
- Situated near the Training Centre
Open in Google Maps - Accessibility
- Fully Accessible
- Hours of Operation
- Mon-Fri 8:30 am-4:30 pmMon0830 to 1630Tue0830 to 1630Wed0830 to 1630Thu0830 to 1630Fri0830 to 1630
- Service Area(s)
- Ginoogaming First Nation
