Health care and medical in Timmins, Ontario
Timmins Native Friendship Centre - AKWE:GO Program
Offered by Timmins Native Friendship Centre
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In short
Provides urban aboriginal children ages 7-12 with the support tools and healthy activities which will build upon and foster their inherent ability to make healthy choices.
- Who it is for
- Children, Families, Indigenous people, People with disabilities; Indigenous, People with disabilities, Cognitive or developmental, Family with children, Babies and toddlers (0-3), Children (4-12)
- What it helps with
- Help right now, Medical care, Help with drinking or drugs, Safety from harm, Learning and school, Knowing where to go, Skills for work, Help with my mental health, Help raising my kids, Support with memory, thinking or a disability, Help for my family, My culture and roots, Faith and spiritual practice, Making my own choices, A fresh start
- Where
- 179 Kirby Ave, Timmins, ON P4N 1K1
- How to reach
- Contact through Timmins Native Friendship Centre: (705) 268-6262 · reception@tnfc.ca · Website
- Last verified
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About this service
Provides urban aboriginal children ages 7-12 with the support tools and healthy activities which will build upon and foster their inherent ability to make healthy choices.
OBJECTIVES
- Provision of social supports to address self-esteem issues, victimization issues
- Through outreach, the program aims to increase access to culturally appropriate services for children in care and their families, and to include support and education for non-Aboriginal adoptive and foster parents
- Promotion of health and physical development
- Increase support for children in through institutional interventions, by providing school suspension supports, direct access to computers and literacy initiatives, and encouraging healthy relationships with peers and authority figures and;
- Increase support for children with FASD and/or Disabilities and their families by proving access to tutoring and mentoring, supervised physical activities and incorporating a parent support component.
Who can use it?
Indigenous children 7-12 years of age
How do I get in touch?
Call (705) 268-6262, email reception@tnfc.ca, or use the website.
Listed in Timmins, Ontario.
179 Kirby Ave, Timmins, ON P4N 1K1
179 Kirby Ave, Timmins, ON P4N 1K1Timmins, Ontario
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