Program Vision

Strengthening Homefires Cultural Support Program is an early intervention and prevention program to support our participants to provide a strength-based approach to enhance families’ capacities by addressing understanding, strength, needs and goal settings.

In Home Support

  •  Home visitation (rebuilding our Homefires)
  •  Sharing circles, to enhance family building capacity
  •  Traditional Parenting
  •  Household management (budgeting, family scheduling, rules and boundaries, healthy relationships)
  •  Blended families (Unifying different family dynamics)
  •  Addictions and family violence awareness (cycles and impacts of addiction and family violence)
  •  Decision making and conflict management (impacts and consequences)
  •  Grief and loss

Program outcomes

  •  Provide culturally safe spaces to strengthen a families understanding of traditions, customs, and practices grounded in Indigenous ways of knowing
  •  Increase positive outcomes of child safety, child well-being through intentional collaboration with HUB and Spoke groups for betterment of families
  •  Families will learn the effects of Indigenous history and intergenerational trauma regarding parenting, gained knowledge and skills to build resilience
  •  Understanding the rules, roles and responsibilities of different families units and increase natural supports for families
  •  Strengthening protective factors to reduce risk and create resilience in the face of challenges
  •  Understand the stages of grief and loss that can influence parenting and interactions with family and community

Strengthening Homefires Cultural Program View

Creating Hope Society practices from an Indigenous worldview that is holistic, hopeful and strengths based. For the Strengthening Homefires Cultural Program to be effective it is imperative that all caregivers are attuned to the often hidden impacts of multigenerational experiences that have influenced current life experiences of parents.

 

 

How to access services

Referrals can be brought forth from:

City of Leduc Family & Community Support Services
Phone: 780-980-7177
And / or
Creating Hope Society
Cultural Support Team Lead
Delores Gladue
Phone: 780-477-7961 ext. 203
Email: SHCS.Lead@www.creatinghopesociety.ca

YMCA Northern Central
Lisa Brown
Phone: 780-377-3730
And / Or
Creating Hope Society
Cultural Support Team Lead
Delores Gladue
Phone: 780-477-7961 ext. 203
Email: SHCS.Lead@www.creatinghopesociety.ca

County of Leduc Family & Community Support Services for residents of Leduc County, Beaumont, Devon, Calmar, Thorsby, and Warburg
Phone: 780-979-2385
And / Or
Creating Hope Society
Cultural Support Team Lead
Delores Gladue
Phone: 780-477-7961 ext. 203
Email: SHCS.Lead@www.creatinghopesociety.ca

Fort Saskatchewan Families First Society HUB
Phone: 780-998-5595
And / Or
Creating Hope Society
Cultural Support Team Lead
Delores Gladue
Phone: 780-477-7961 ext. 203
Email: SHCS.Lead@www.creatinghopesociety.ca