Welcome to Tikinagan Child and Family Services. We live and work in 30 First Nations in Northwestern Ontario. Founded by our Chiefs and Elders in 1984, we have developed services and strategies which reflect the spirit and intent of our founding principles and values - respect, trust, commitment to our culture, our languages and our Elders, and a passion to be accountable to our communities, leaders and membership.
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Tikinagan Child and Family Services Phone: 1 807 737-3466 |
For Tikinagan the solutions for our families are to be found within our communities, within our families, within ourselves. As one of Canada's first Aboriginal child welfare organizations, we celebrated a significant milestone in recent years: relocating a majority of our workers and offices to our communities and thus becoming an essential part of the First Nations we serve. We believe that our role is to be there in the community, mentoring young parents, supporting families who are seeking to regain their equilibrium, but in the end ensuring that children are protected when they need it.
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A new, modular Tikinagan office was trucked to Slate Falls in two pieces last winter road season. At one point during the delivery, in -38 Celsius weather, the truck got stuck. An excavator was used to pull it through the ditch. The office officially opened in October 2011. -photo by Doug Pierce
Tikinagan Child and Family Services recently opened two agency-operated homes in Pikangikum, allowing more children in Tikinagan care to stay in the community.
Kari Jacobson, Tikinagan service manager for residential care, says the homes will be used for emergency placements, with children cared for by live-in foster parents.
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