Specific
Allocations
These programs and services are initiatives designated for delivery by named parties. These allocations are based on plans and proposals submitted by these parties during the development of the Aboriginal Family Healing Strategy and the Aboriginal Health Policy.
Community
Development Support Worker Program
The Community Development Support Worker Program provides for one (or more) full-time equivalent position(s) to develop and/or enhance skills and capacity of AHWS-funded programs and projects to achieve desired program and service outcomes.
Community Wellness Workers
These community-based workers provide: family violence awareness, educationand prevention programs, school programs, co-ordination of existingservices (social, health, policing) to respond to violent situations,referral to counselling and treatment.
These workers also provide links to legal services or appropriate treatment services, liaison with non-Aboriginal agencies as appropriate, case management services, community patrols, community healing, attemptedsuicide prevention and intervention and first response to community emergencies.
Crisis Intervention Worker
The focus is for full-time equivalent Crisis Intervention Workers to provide client-based services including: suicide prevention/intervention services, referrals, support and case management to clients to address/respond to attempted suicide and family violence situations. The workers will provide services in remote northern First Nations communities. The Workers will assist clients to develop post-intervention action plans and crisis intervention debriefing sessions to reduce the risk of recurrence of violence and/or suicide attempts. Aboriginal cultural approaches will be reflected or used as a part of the suicide and family violence activities and services.
Health
Policy Analysts
The focus is for full-time equivalent Health Policy Analysts, in Aboriginal organizations, to address the broader areas of family violence and health policy and programming in the Aboriginal community. Implementation of the Aboriginal Healing and Wellness Strategy involves discussion between government and the Aboriginal organizations, ongoing liaison, consultation with Aboriginal communities, and participation in other policy development pursuant to the overall Strategy.
Working with member Aboriginal communities and organizations, the Analysts will identify/determine what are the existing and emerging health and wellness concerns with Aboriginal communities particularly related to the reduction of family violence, primary health care, health promotion, illness prevention. The analysts will monitor, analyse, and communicate local, regional and/or provincial level health and healing needs with a view to improve the overall health and well-being of Aboriginal people living in Ontario. Aboriginal cultural approaches will be reflected or used as a part of the activities and services.
Health
Outreach Worker
This component funds full-time equivalent urban Aboriginal community health workers in locations that are not approved for Aboriginal Health Access Centres. The focus of Health Outreach Workers is to organize and facilitate health promotion, illness prevention and family violence workshops and seminars, refer clients to link with Aboriginal cultural resource people and appropriate health service providers/agencies as well as provide client support and home visits. In addition, workers will liaise with Aboriginal and mainstream health service providers/agencies to increase access to client services and to increase Aboriginal representation on health decision-making bodies. Aboriginal cultural approaches will be reflected or used as a part of the activities and services.
Project and Community Support Program
The purpose of the province-wide Project and Community Support Program is to identify and assist AHWS-funded programs and projects that are experiencing difficulty to ensure and facilitate on-going capacity to achieve Strategy and program objectives.
Training
This component is used to fund professional development, curriculum
development and training for Aboriginal Healing and Wellness Strategy
program workers.
Specialized
Projects
The following Specialized Projects were proposed by First Nations/Aboriginal
Parties to this agreement during the development of the Aboriginal Family
Healing Strategy and the Aboriginal Health Policy. Funding has been allocated
to specific parties or program sponsors or through an open call for proposals
for the provision of these programs and services.
Aboriginal Health
Access Centres
These centres are similar to Community Health Centres (most of which are currently located in cities within southern Ontario). They offer culturally-appropriate primary care to Aboriginal families across the province. Programs may include: pre and post natal care, nutrition, health education, disease prevention, counselling, traditional healing, etc.
Aboriginal Health Planning Authorities
These authorities are responsible for planning related to community, regional, secondary and tertiary health services necessary to support the implementation of the Aboriginal Healing Wellness Strategy.
Family Violence Healing Progams
Targeted funds have been provided for Ganohkwa Sra and le thi nisten: Ha le thi non ronh kawa to expand pre-existing family violence programs.
Healing
Lodges
These facilities offer Traditional Healing approaches to address the underlying impacts of sexual assault, physical, mental and emotional abuse, and family dysfunction. The primary focus is on client-based activities that are provided through residential programs.
Information
Clearinghouse
This centre collects, compiles, catalogues and distributes Aboriginal-specific information, resource materials, research and documents to Aboriginal communities and groups regarding family violence, family healing and health.
Maternal
and Child Centre
This centre provides pre and post-natal care to Aboriginal women and families in the Six Nations/southwest areas. Services will be provided by midwives, rather than physicians and may incorporate traditional midwifery practices. The concept includes the provision of beds for use by women during the active delivery of the baby.
Outpatient
Hostels
The hostels provide short-term accommodation for Aboriginal people accessing health care in Timmins, and Kenora. Hostels offer meals and accommodation, transfers between airports and the hostel and translation services to clients.
Patient Advocates
The Ontario Aboriginal Health Advocacy Initiative (OAHAI) addresses, in a culturally appropriate manner, issues and concerns with regard to the equitable access to and quality of health services within Aboriginal, First Nations and Métis communities throughout Ontario. The Initiative is not a direct advocacy services for Aboriginal clients. Health Advocacy Developers facilitate awareness through Aboriginal health services providers, and organization representatives about health service issues, systems, protocols and approaches for dealing with barriers to access and quality of health services.
Shelters
Women’s/Family shelters and safe houses have been established in a number of locations, building on the network of existing Aboriginal services, to provide a safe, short-term residence for women and their children who are seeking safety from partners, families or selves. Programming may include client based non-residential services such as follow-up/aftercare and support, and participant based activities to prevent violence.
Translator Services
Language translation services are provided to facilitate communication with medical and other health practitioners regarding symptoms; diagnosis; care; treatment and follow-up services.
Treatment Centres
Focus is on the residential treatment of youth with addiction problems in a residential setting as well as to provide support to their families and communities with respect to intake and aftercare. If the facility is providing residential services to children and youth 16 years of age and under, they must be licensed.
Aboriginal Healthy Babies/Healthy Children Program
This program’s objectives are to improve the long term health prospects of children aged 0 - 6 years. The program includes pre-and post-natal screening and assessment, home visiting, service co-ordination and support for service integration.
