OUR SERVICES
Hinton Aboriginal Head Start Program
The Hinton Aboriginal Head Start Program is a program of the Hinton Friendship Centre Society, funded by the Public Health Agency of Canada. It is designed for Indigenous children 3 to 5 years old.
Our Mission:
Our Aboriginal Head Start program aims to provide children and their families opportunities to increase their knowledge, pride, and connection to their indigenous heritage. To give vulnerable children and their families opportunities and support to live a healthy lifestyle. To promote the development of the whole child through an integrated curriculum that is child-centred, play-based, and culturally enriched, recognizing and building upon each child’s uniqueness, level of development, and learning needs and interests.
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Promotes positive parent-child relationships and improves parenting knowledge and skills. Foster healthy child development, and help families access the network of informal and formal services and support available in their own communities. Promote family wellness and help build strong communities. Program intake can start prenatally, and Family Home Visitor continues to work with the family until the child is five years of age.
Covering Grande Cache and Hinton
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Hinton:
Grande Cache:
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We are working with families with children. Provide encouragement, support, and guidance to alleviate problems on a day-to-day basis. Provide information and assistance to families regarding access to appropriate community resources. Establish a networking system with other agencies to improve services for clients. Prevent, reduce, or eliminate behaviours that may place a child, family, or community at risk.
Contact
Tammy Porsnuk RSW
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We serve youth that attends by listening to their needs and program ideas. We have an active youth council and life skills programming. We offer workshops and training opportunities for the youth as they grow older. We know it’s in our best interest to keep the youth connected with the Friendship Centre movement by offering valuable opportunities.
We make traditional opportunities a priority and follow the teachings of the Medicine Wheel by using it as our template for programming, encompassing Mental, Emotional, Physical and Spiritual components. We offer land-based and cultural opportunities when available.
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The Indigenous Language and Culture Program (ILC) is a partnership program that delivers Indigenous language classes to students at Crescent Valley School. ILC is federally funded by Heritage Canada and promotes the representation of local Indigenous languages and cultures to elementary students at Crescent Valley School.
The program teaches the Plains Cree (Y dialect), Saulteaux, and Michif language and culture to the junior elementary students at Crescent Valley School. Some of the topics covered by our program include local history, customs, animals, artists, traditional food, and ceremonies. ILC student grade ranges from kindergarten to grade 3, and we provide this unique learning opportunity to approximately 160 students. Every student receives 30 minutes of daily instruction on Indigenous Language and Culture.
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The Mamowichihitowin Program is an inclusive therapy service provider. We have diversity in the age, gender, and ethnicity of clients and community we serve.
Some of our services include support for;
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People who have experienced or perpetrated sexual violence
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Individuals/families with children (up to 18) who have experienced neglect or abuse
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Indigenous (Status/non-status/Metis/Inuit) people affected by colonial trauma
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More information at www.mcwp.ca