Family Enhancement Program
Creating Happier, Healthier Families
Empowering families to make positive change
This program provides NCN children and families with ongoing support by involving them in positive activities and connecting them to other resources within the community. The program empowers families to make positive change through early intervention, prevention, education and family supports.
Family Enhancement has assisted more than 760 families (and counting) with prevention services such as onetime assistance for families in need, assistance with respite services, community donations towards memorial feasts and bereavement, culture family camps, and opportunities to participate in the Rediscovery of Family camps.
It has hosted workshops for Women & Girls and for Men & Boys, and is often able to provide childcare so that parents can attend sessions.
Services Include:
- Family camps
- Cultural activities (ribbon skirts, drum making, medicine picking, beading)
- Respite & support services
- Family mediation
- Goal setting
Goals & Objectives
- To demonstrate how traditional values, beliefs & culture can improve relationships
- To help participants identify issues that have a negative impact on family functioning & to find practical solutions that can be used every day
- To collaborate & strengthen connections to other NCN services & programs
This program currently operates in Nelson House. If you are in a different community, contact your local sub-office to ask about similar opportunities.