Ontario is funding a feasibility study to build a replacement facility for the Reverend Tommy Beardy Memorial Wee Che He Wayo-Gamik Family Treatment Centre in Muskrat Dam First Nation.
The centre provides people struggling with substance abuse with a unique treatment program to support and guide them. Entire families participate in the healing of the individual in treatment, with the help of councillors, daycare providers, tutors and youth workers. It focuses on family well-being, spirituality and traditional beliefs to create healthier relationships between parents in treatment and their children. This includes additional support as participants return to their communities. A new facility will allow the centre to increase capacity and expand programming.
Full article at: Ministry of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation