Newo Yotina Friendship Centre Incorporated
1. Housing support - providing housing through case work and supportive housing placements and referrals. Casework is conducted at the centre through the housing support and community integration workers. 2. Health support - provide one on one emotional support and referrals fo
About Newo Yotina Friendship Centre Incorporated
1. Housing support - providing housing through case work and supportive housing placements and referrals. Casework is conducted at the centre through the housing support and community integration workers. 2. Health support - provide one on one emotional support and referrals for residential school day school and 60s scoop survivors and peer support groups weekly conducted by resolution health support workers. 3. Cultural support - provide access to cultural activities and spiritual practices including daily smudging and the centre and access to ceremonies conducted off site such as sweet lodges. 4. Community drop in - provide community breakfast and lunch program for those living with food insecurity issue. Provide necessities such as menstrual hygiene and personal hygiene items new socks and underwear seasonal approprate outerwear for those living in poverty and chronic homelessness. Provide access to computers with internet public phone faxing printing and public washrooms. 5. Powwow and traditional language programs - programs run separately from each otherm and both provide 2x weekly classes for all ages september through march to promote physical wellness and cultural identity. Programs facilitate by contracted instructors alongside staff members. 6. Youth programs - provide 2x weekly programming year-fround for youth ages 12-18 years old that promotes wellness cultural identity and leadership skills 7. Overdose prevention site - provide supervision for people who use drugs through injection by a licensed paramedic. The site provides safe tools such as harm reduction education support referrals to mental health and addiction practitioners and free drug supply testing. Weekly hep c testing is also available onsite. 8. Drop in support group - a variety of drop in support groups such as beading circle integeneration trauma support group healing through arts grief and loss financial literacy and rental education groups are also hosted
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