Native Child And Family Services
Website: https://nativechild.org/.
Address: 30 College St, Toronto Ontario.
Postal Code: M5G 1K2.
Number: (416) 969-8510
Email: info@nativechild.org
Description:
About Us - Native Child and Family Services of Toronto (NCFST) is a multi-
service urban Aboriginal agency providing holistic, culture-based programs and
services for Aboriginal children and families. NCFST strives to provide a life of
quality, well-being, healing, and self-determination for children and families in the
Toronto urban Aboriginal community. We do this by implementing a service
model that is culture-based and respects the values of Aboriginal people, the
extended family and the right to self-determination. Established in 1986, by Elders,
knowledge keepers, grassroots leaders, and community members, NCFST has been
supporting Aboriginal children and families in Toronto for more than three
decades. In 2004 NCFST was directed by the Aboriginal community to accept a
child welfare mandate to decolonize Aboriginal child welfare in the City of
Toronto. NCFST continues to do this work through the integration of holistic,
culturally-based prevention services that are child centered, family focused, and
community driven.Guided by the vision of providing holistic, culture-based
integrated services with the guidance of the Aboriginal community, NCFST offers
a full range of prevention programs, treatment and healing services, early years
programs, youth programs, and cultural and recreational programs to all members
of Toronto’s urban Aboriginal community.
Mission Statement - Native Child and Family Services of Toronto strives to
provide a life of quality, well-being, caring and healing for our children and
families in the Toronto Native Community. We do this by creating a service model
that is culture-based and respects the values of Native people, the extended family
and the right to self-determination.
Service Model - Founded in 1986, our service model was developed through four
days of ceremony by Aboriginal Elders, knowledge keepers and community
leaders. It directs us to develop a holistic and sustainable multi-service
organization to support the quality of life of Aboriginal children and their families
in Toronto. The community that came together to create NCFST was responding
to the impacts of residential schooling and a European model of child welfare on
Aboriginal children and families. Our service model directs us to develop and
deliver integrated services for healing, wellness, and family supports sufficient to
provide Aboriginal children and their families with multiple pathways to a quality
life. We do this by developing programs and services that are grounded in
Aboriginal values, knowledge, best practice and worldview.
