- Description
- Provides group homes to support the needs of Indigenous children.
Service provides:
- group homes for high needs Indigenous children that have been apprehended and require care in a culturally sensitive atmosphere
Includes:
- cultural, emotional, spiritual and physical support
- advocacy
- safe, consistent, nurturing, family-like environment
- helping clients develop and maintain contact with their family and peers
- personalized, holistic, integrated programming that assesses and meets the individual needs of the child
- access to staff trained in suicide prevention, critical crisis intervention, first aid, and medical administration
- Laverne's Lodge, Kokum's Youth and Kokum's House (Grandma's House)
- Eligibility
- Yes, Service targeted to:
- Indigenous children and youth
- 0 to 17 years
- high needs
- been apprehended by Child and Family Services Authority
- and require care in a culturally sensitive atmosphere
- Application Process
- Service Access: Professional Referral Required, To access service:
- referral required from Child and Family Services Authority
Referral Process: No
Waiting Period: No,
- Telephone
- 780-984-0565
- Fax
- 1-844-273-4208 (Toll Free)
- Web Site
- http://www.bcrsociety.ab.ca
- kelly@bcrsociety.ab.ca
- Fees
- Fee: No
Fee Reduction: No
Membership Fee: No - Accessibility
- Wheelchair access: Yes -
Other disabled access: No - - Topic(s)
- Agency Information
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- Last Verified On
- May 7, 2024
- Address
- 12046 77 Street
Edmonton, AB, T5B 4G9
Open in Google Maps - Hours of Operation
- Mon08:30 AM to 04:30 PMTue08:30 AM to 04:30 PMWed08:30 AM to 04:30 PMThu08:30 AM to 04:30 PMFri08:30 AM to 04:30 PM
Closed 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM. Program dates and times are subject to change.
