Thunder Bay Aboriginal Family Support Program
The Thunder Bay Aboriginal Family Support Program is conveniently located at the following address:
Thunder Bay Indigenous Friendship Centre
401 Cumberland Street North
Thunder Bay, ONTARIO
P7A 4P7
For more information please contact the following individual:
Rhonda Turbide
Telephone: (807) 345-5840 x9090
Fax: (807) 344-8945
Email: rhonda.turbide@tbifc.ca
Alternate email: info@tbifc.ca
Website: http://tbifc.ca
Population Served
- Aboriginal/Metis/Inuit
- Low Income
- Single Parents
- Teen Pregnancy/Parent
- Urban
Programs/Services
- Attachment (parent-child)
- Breastfeeding
- Car seat safety
- Child safety
- Collective food preparation and/or purchasing
- Cultural awareness
- Drop-in activities
- Family Support
- Family violence prevention/support
- Father involvement
- Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) information and services
- Food budgeting
- Food safety training
- Food security assistance
- Healthy living activities/physical activities
- Home environment safety (child proofing)
- Home visits
- Knowledge of child development and basic child care
- Literacy/language development
- Mental health support or education
- Nutrition consultation/education & Prenatal Nutrition
- Obesity prevention
- Outreach activities
- Positive parenting
- Postnatal support or education
- Postpartum depression
- Provision of resources (e.g., toy lending, resource library, chothing, baby equipment)
- School Readiness
- Self-esteem
- Social isolation
- Substance abuse/addiction
- Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
- Tobacco reduction/cessation as it relates to fetal & infant health
- Toy and play safety education
- Transportation service