Anishinaabe Abinoojii Family Services - Customary Care Services

Program:	Customary Care Services

Organizations:	Anishinaabe Abinoojii Family Services

Phone Numbers:	807-468-6224

Crisis:	1-866-420-9990

Fax:	807-468-6643


Email:	intake@aafs.ca

Website:	www.aafs.ca/

Address:	Wauzhushk Onigum Nation PO Box 1360 Kenora, ON P9N 3X7

Street Address:	20 Main St S Kenora

Location:	Located at the Lake of the Woods Professional Centre building on Main St S in Kenora Situated directly across from Kenora City Hall Closest intersection is at Main St S and McClellan Ave

Accessibility:	Not Wheelchair Accessible

Hours:	Office: Mon-Fri 8:30 am-4:30 pm Emergencies: Mon-Sun 24 hours

Contacts:	Sean Spencer - Executive Director 807-468-6224 Ext 1020 * sean.spencer@aafs.ca Wes Reid - Director of Finance and Administration 807 548-1099 * wes.reid@aafs.ca

Service Description:	Facilitates customary care (foster care) arrangements with priority always given to the recognition and rights of an Anishinaabe child to be placed with extended family, their own community and their clan Provides foster care child placement in the following order of priority: With a family in another native community With immediate or extended family members in the community With other community members With extended family outside the community With a non-Aboriginal family as a last consideration Semi Independent Living Program Provides life skills training to children in care Helps to prepare them for the transition to independent living

Fees:	None

Application:	Intake Assessment required for all programs

Eligibility - Population(s) Served:	First Nations children and youth 17 years of age and younger, on/off-reserve from the First Nation communities of Naotkamegwanning, Wauzhushk Onigum Nation, Asubpeeschoseewagong Netum Anishinabek, Niisaachewan Anishinaabe nation, Washagamis Bay First Nation, Shoal Lake 40 First Nation, Iskatewizaagegan #39 Independent First Nation, Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation, Eagle Lake First Nation, Wabauskang First Nation, Ojibways of Onigaming First Nation

Languages:	English ; Ojibwe


This information was last completely updated on: 7-2-2026

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