Kina Gbezhgomi Child and Family Services
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Kina Gbezhgomi Child and Family Services is a child and family services agency.[1]
In Anishinabek News
- July 2014: Kina Gbezhgomi Child and Family Services employed Winnie Wassegijig in Wikwemikong starting in 2006.[2]
- December 2016: Joanne Koehler previously worked for this organization during her career in the Indigenous child welfare field.[3]
- April 2022: The organization signed a protocol agreement with the N'Swakamok Native Friendship Centre in March 2022 to enhance service coordination. It provides protection and prevention services for seven member First Nations and families in the Sudbury and Manitoulin districts. The agency operates from offices in Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory, M'Chigeeng First Nation, and Sudbury. Its name translates to "All of us, we are one."[4]
- April 2022: The organization signed a protocol agreement with the N'Swakamok Native Friendship Centre on March 29, 2022. It provides prevention and protection services to seven First Nations on Manitoulin Island and in the Sudbury district. The agency maintains offices in Sudbury, Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory, and M'Chigeeng First Nation.[5]
- March 2023: Kina Gbezhgomi Child and Family Services employs Dustin Peltier as a funding specialist.[6]
- June 2023: The agency received the Community Partnership Award from the Greater Sudbury Police Service in May 2023. The organization participates in the Mooz Akinonmaaget Maa Aki moose hunt initiative to support Indigenous youth well-being. Staff members from the agency's cultural team assisted with the annual moose hunts held in 2021 and 2022.[7]
- December 2024: The agency officially opened a new youth support centre in Sudbury on November 20, 2024. It provides care for 236 families and supports seven First Nations and their affiliates in the Sudbury and Manitoulin areas. The organisation established a youth advisory council to provide feedback on policies and programming for transitional housing.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Hope, healing, and a new beginning: new Indigenous youth space opens in Sudbury", Anishinabek News, 5 December 2024 (archived copy; original article).
- ↑ "Winnie earns degree after ‘healing journey’", Anishinabek News, 9 July 2014 (archived copy; original article).
- ↑ "An historical venture in child protection", Anishinabek News, 23 December 2016 (archived copy; original article).
- ↑ "Kina Gbezhgomi Child and Family Services and N’Swakamok Native Friendship Centre create new protocol agreement", Anishinabek News, 1 April 2022 (archived copy; original article).
- ↑ "Indigenous groups sign new protocol agreement to clearly define their responsibilities", Anishinabek News, 22 April 2022 (archived copy; original article).
- ↑ "Sam on Sports: Dustin Peltier", Anishinabek News, 10 March 2023 (archived copy; original article).
- ↑ "Kina Gbezhgomi Child and Family Services recipient of Greater Sudbury Police Service Community Partnership Award", Anishinabek News, 24 June 2023 (archived copy; original article).