Waabinong Head Start Family Resource Centre - OM for/pour Indigenous For Life
Waabinong Head Start Family Resource Centre - OM for/pour Indigenous For Life
Grant programYouth Opportunities Fund
Grant typeYOF - Family Innovations
Amount awarded$300,000
Duration36 months
Year2023-2024
Location served
Algoma, Cochrane, Manitoulin & Sudbury?
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Population servedIndigenous parents, guardians, and caregivers (i.e., First Nations, Metis and/or Inuit), Parents, guardians, and caregivers and/or their children who are two-spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and/or questioning, intersex, asexual (2SLGBTQIA+), Parents, guardians, and caregivers and/or their children living with disabilities or special needs, Parents, guardians, and caregivers living in rural, remote and/or Northern communities, Parents, guardians, and caregivers and/or their children in conflict or at risk of being in conflict with the law, Parents, guardians, and caregivers at risk of contact or in contact with child welfare services, Parents, guardians, and caregivers in low income situations, Parents, guardians, and caregivers and/or their children living with mental health needs and/or addictions
Age groupNot applicable
Description Delivering a project at the idea or conceptual stage with a $300,000 grant over 3 years to create healing opportunities through cultural, peer-based supports, systems learning, skills building, outdoor bush building, and family inclusive events and gatherings for Indigenous, straight, cisgender, 2 Spirit dads/caregivers and participant families in the Robinson Huron Treaty territory.
Grant resultSupporting parents, guardians and caregivers to effectively navigate, access, and influence systems that affect family well-being