Offers services, ongoing support and education to assist families in the healing process

• 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
  
• Offers culturally relevant and traditional programming, such as Community Kitchen and Circle Time

Provides public education and information in the areas of:

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

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 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
  
• Loans out items such as high chairs and playpens

Drop In Playtime

Encourages parents and children to drop in anytime during regular hours to use the play space and learning centres

Parent Workshops

Make the Connection

Preschool Programs

• ABC's/123's
  
• Esso Family Math
  
• Kids Cooking
  
• Rock N Read

Outreach Programs

St Michael's Gym- Have a Ball Sportsplex- Fun Fitness for Kid's

• Coordinates a toy lending library and delivers programs and services in conjunction with the Aboriginal Healthy Babies Healthy Children (AHBHC) program to promote child development and to enhance the lives of both child and parent
  
• Offers daily/weekly rotating activities such as arts and crafts, baking, circle and story times, cultural activities and teachings, swimming and educational sessions on topics such as Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

Regular programs can include but are not limited to:

• Community Kitchen
  
• Cooking With Kids
  
• Drop In Play and Learn Sessions
  
• Mini Chef Program
  
• Moms and Babes

Toy Lending Library

• Lends a variety of toys and equipment such as playpens and strollers for use at home for a maximum of 2 weeks
  
• Provides monthly milk coupons for pre/post natal families