First Nation Tools for Success

First Nation Tools for success empowers communities and individuals working in addictions, prevention, and child protection with the knowledge, skills, and cultural understanding necessary to provide practical, holistic support to First Nations individuals and families. These tools combine traditional ways of knowing and community-based knowledge to create a comprehensive approach to recovery and wellness that aligns with the values and needs of First Nation communities.

Key First Nation Tools:

  1. First Nation Intake and Assessment Tool (Child Protection)

  2. First Nation Prevention Assessment Tool (Prevention)

  3. First Nation Recovery and Wellness Standards of Care (Addiction)

  4. First Nation Wrap Around Tipi Tool (Community Services)

Outcomes and Impact

The ultimate goal of our First Nation Tool Sharing is to ensure that First Nation communities are incorporating community specific knowledge in their service delivery to their members.

The impact of our training includes:

First Nation Intake and Assessment Tool (Child Protection)

  1. Decrease in the number of child apprehensions

  2. Increased planning to reduce the amount of time of First Nation children are in-care

  3. Decrease in children being removed from their First Nation community

First Nation Prevention Assessment Tool (Prevention)

  1. Increase in Primary Prevention activities

  2. Increase in Secondary Prevention Services

  3. Decrease in Tertiary Prevention Services

First Nation Recovery and Wellness Standards of Care (Addiction)

  1. Decrease in overall community addictions

  2. Increase in community-specific interventions

  3. Increase in community continuum of care services for community members

First Nation Wrap Around Tipi Tool (Community Services)

  1. Increase in essential community program collaboration

  2. Decrease in community departments working in silos

  3. Increase in community collectiveness in resolving community issues internally