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Our all-ages team provides social activities, physical and mental health supports

Transportation, home maintenance, check-ins and social activities.

Apatisiwin and Homeward Bound Programs

Food Support
Community lunches weekdays 11:30-12:45

Daycare options, EarlyON support, Youth and Teen activities and supports.

All DNFC Programs list
Adult Programs & Supports
The program's mandate is to reduce family violence , promote healthy lifestyles, and provide culture-based programming and healing. The program provides services to individuals, families, and the community.
Healing and Wellness
This program is designed to increase participation in sports, physical fitness and to provide nutrition and smoking prevention/cessation supports for healthier living amongst urban Indigenous people. The program also offers and promotes better spiritual/mental wellness.
Urban Indigenous Healthy
Living Program
Ensures that the needs of the Indigenous community are addressed by undertaking
health promotion, education, referrals and linking with Indigenous and mainstream health providers.
Health Outreach Worker
Wiisinadaa: Let's Eat! is a community-based and Indigenous-specific diabetes prevention program that seeks to improve health outcomes for urban Indigenous people of all ages by increasing access, knowledge and skills related to healthy eating, preparing nutritious and traditional foods, and Indigenous ways of knowing.
Wiisinaadaa: Let's Eat!
Diabetes Educator provides one-on-one diabetes support services/walk-in clinics, increased access to diabetes resources, group educational sessions and outreach clinics, as well as foot care services.
Diabetes Education
Program
To provide support and services for gender and sexuality diverse people within Friendship Centre communities; to utilize existing Indigenous community capacity to support self-defined youth needs from a culture-based framework; and to support a Trauma-informed approach to community-building and inclusion.
Indigenous Mentor
(KAN) provides Indigenous cultural based programming and community services delivered to Indigenous men and male youth. KAN focuses on engagement, empowerment and overall well being.
Kizhaay
Anishinaabe Niin
The program assists accused offenders to better understand their rights, options and responsibilities when appearing before the courts through the guidance of a court worker.
Indigenous Combined
Court Worker
Employment and Training
Provides employment training, employment-related supports and initiatives to unemployed and/or underemployed Indigenous people living in the urban area of Dryden and surrounding urban area.
Apatisiwin Employment
and Training
This program integrates key local support to help single urban Indigenous mothers enhance their lives. Our participants are single urban Indigenous mothers who are unemployed or under-employed and are motivated to make change in their lives through post-secondary education and employment.
Urban Indigenous
Homeward Bound
Children & Youth Programs
Our EarlyON Child and Family Centre, located within the Homeward Bound building, provides opportunities for children from birth to 6 years of age to participate in play and inquiry-based programs with an emphasis on Indigenous culture, and helps support parents and caregivers in their roles.
EarlyOn Centre
All are welcome!
AGES: Parents & Children 0-6
Our family-age grouping KDSB Licensed Daycare provides childcare for children aged 0-13 for all-day, before and after-school, for full-time and part-time needs. Our Registered ECEs and Child-caregivers provide activities for learning based on the foundations of Belonging, Well-Being, Engagement and Expression with the incorporation of indigenous teachings and activities.
Homeward
Bound Daycare
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AGES: 0-13
Provides support and guidance to urban Indigenous children (ages 7-12) who are at risk in our community. Through needs-driven activities and one-on-one services, the program incorporates traditional and cultural teachings and values to encourage healthy lifestyle choices, as well as personal and academic success.
Akwe:Go
Urban Indigenous Children
AGES: 7-12
This is an Urban Indigenous Youth Program which is specifically designed to provide urban Indigenous "at risk" youth between the ages of 13-18 with support, tools, and healthy activities that will build upon their ability to make healthy choices.
Wasa-Nabin
Urban Indigenous Youth
AGES: 13-18
Urban Indigenous Healthy Kids: Focuses on providing education on healthy eating and increase physical fitness levels for children and families; implements culture-based activities to enhance well-being and traditional knowledge.
Healthy Kids
Urban Indigenous Children & Youth
AGES: 0-18
Elderly Supports
A transportation, friendly visit and security check service. The program primarily focuses on senior Indigenous individuals; however, our clients include the elderly and frail, physically disabled and chronically ill patients.
Community
Connections
Program
Life long care provides a variety of services that focus on health promotion, prevention of illness and rehabilitative care for clients. Programming includes activities geared specifically toward promoting healthier lifestyles (nutrition and physical fitness), health care management, self-care, traditional and cultural ceremonies and always strives to promote social inclusion.
Life Long
Care Program
This program provides services for those of urban Indigenous decent who are elderly, frail or disabled. Services include home maintenance repair (dish washing, cleaning floors and carpets, garbage disposal, rbathroom cleaning, product assembly etc.), security checks, fiendly visiting, and senior social activities.
Life Long Care
Home Maintenance

All Programs
Provides employment training, employment-related supports and initiatives to unemployed and/or underemployed Indigenous people living in the urban area of Dryden and surrounding urban area.
Apatisiwin Employment
and Training
This program integrates key local support to help single urban Indigenous mothers enhance their lives. Our participants are single urban Indigenous mothers who are unemployed or under-employed and are motivated to make change in their lives through post-secondary education and employment.
Urban Indigenous
Homeward Bound
The program's mandate is to reduce family violence , promote healthy lifestyles, and provide culture-based programming and healing. The program provides services to individuals, families, and the community.
Healing and Wellness
Urban Indigenous Healthy Living Program. This program is designed to increase participation in sports, physical fitness and to provide nutrition and smoking prevention/cessation supports for healthier living amongst urban Indigenous people. The program also offers and promotes better spiritual/mental wellness.
Urban Indigenous Healthy
Living Program
Ensures that the needs of the Indigenous community are addressed by undertaking
health promotion, education, referrals and linking with Indigenous and mainstream health providers.
Health Outreach Worker
Diabetes Educator provides one-on-one diabetes support services/walk-in clinics, increased access to diabetes resources, group educational sessions and outreach clinics, as well as foot care services.
Diabetes Education
Program
To provide support and services for gender and sexuality diverse people within Friendship Centre communities; to utilize existing Indigenous community capacity to support self-defined youth needs from a culture-based framework; and to support a Trauma-informed approach to community-building and inclusion.
Indigenous Mentor
(KAN) provides Indigenous cultural based programming and community services delivered to Indigenous men and male youth. KAN focuses on engagement, empowerment and overall well being.
Kizhaay
Anishinaabe Niin
A transportation, friendly visit and security check service. The program primarily focuses on senior Indigenous individuals; however, our clients include the elderly and frail, physically disabled and chronically ill patients.
Community
Connections
Program
Life long care provides a variety of services that focus on health promotion, prevention of illness and rehabilitative care for clients. Programming includes activities geared specifically toward promoting healthier lifestyles (nutrition and physical fitness), health care management, self-care, traditional and cultural ceremonies and always strives to promote social inclusion.
Life Long
Care Program
This program provides services for those of urban Indigenous decent who are elderly, frail or disabled. Services include home maintenance repair (dish washing, cleaning floors and carpets, garbage disposal, rbathroom cleaning, product assembly etc.), security checks, fiendly visiting, and senior social activities.
Life Long Care
Home Maintenance
The program assists accused offenders to better understand their rights, options and responsibilities when appearing before the courts through the guidance of a court worker.
Indigenous Combined
Court Worker
Our EarlyON Child and Family Centre, located within the Homeward Bound building, provides opportunities for children from birth to 6 years of age to participate in play and inquiry-based programs with an emphasis on Indigenous culture, and helps support parents and caregivers in their roles.
EarlyOn Centre
Our family-age grouping KDSB Licensed Daycare provides childcare for children aged 0-12 for all-day, before and after-school, for full-time and part-time needs. Our Registered ECEs and Child-caregivers provide activities for learning based on the foundations of Belonging, Well-Being, Engagement and Expression with the incorporation of indigenous teachings and activities.
Homeward
Bound Daycare
Provides support and guidance to urban Indigenous children (ages 7-12) who are at risk in our community. Through needs-driven activities and one-on-one services, the program incorporates traditional and cultural teachings and values to encourage healthy lifestyle choices, as well as personal and academic success.
Akwe:Go
Urban Indigenous Children
AGES: 7-12
This is an Urban Indigenous Youth Program which is specifically designed to provide urban Indigenous "at risk" youth between the ages of 13-18 with support, tools, and healthy activities that will build upon their ability to make healthy choices.
Wasa-Nabin
Urban Indigenous Youth
AGES: 13-18
Urban Indigenous Healthy Kids: Focuses on providing education on healthy eating and in-crease physical fitness levels for children and families; implements culture-based activities to enhance well-being and traditional knowledge.