Taking Care of Our Own
Our
Difference
"Taking Care of Our Own"
Mission
We are dedicated to assume our responsibilites for taking care of children in partnership with the community by:
Strengthening families through healing at home and in the community
Value, upholding, and bringing forward Onkwehon:we/Haudenosaunee Indigenous knowledge as functional practices of family wellness
Respect the expertise within the community
We demonstrate kindness and understanding to reinforce Ongwehon:we values in the practices of delivering, managing and administering our services. We strengthen the relationships of women and men in a gender balanced development of family systems.
Requests Year to date
1,249
Principals
1. The strength and well-being of our Nations rests in the strength and well-being of each of us individually, as members of extended families and Clans, and in the strength and quality of our relationships with each other and with Mother Earth.
2. The first and fundamental obligation and resource for the nurturance, and protection of our children and for the provision of emotional, mental, spiritual and physical, material support and healing to adults and the elderly rests with and in each family both immediate and extended family and/or Clan.
3. When the need for support and healing exceeds the capacity of immediate and extended family/Clan, our community as a whole has an obligation to provide support through a range of Community services.
4. Ogwadeni:deo Programs and Services provided are community specific:
-Designed and delivered in a manner that addresses local needs;
-Fully consistent with and reinforce our culture-based values;
-Incorporating traditional Haudenosaunee teachings and practices;
-Draw both guidance and practical assistance from those holding traditional and contemporary support obligations, and informal and formal processes of community sharing, caring, healing and cooperation;
-Reflect concern for the impact of present decisions on future generations.
1. The strength and well-being of our Nations rests in the strength and well-being of each of us individually, as members of extended families and Clans, and in the strength and quality of our relationships with each other and with Mother Earth.
2. The first and fundamental obligation and resource for the nurturance, and protection of our children and for the provision of emotional, mental, spiritual and physical, material support and healing to adults and the elderly rests with and in each family both immediate and extended family and/or Clan.
3. When the need for support and healing exceeds the capacity of immediate and extended family/Clan, our community as a whole has an obligation to provide support through a range of Community services.
4. Ogwadeni:deo Programs and Services provided are community specific:
-Designed and delivered in a manner that addresses local needs;
-Fully consistent with and reinforce our culture-based values;
-Incorporating traditional Haudenosaunee teachings and practices;
-Draw both guidance and practical assistance from those holding traditional
and contemporary support obligations, and informal and formal processes of community sharing, caring, healing and cooperation;
-Reflect concern for the impact of present decisions on future generations.
5. Ogwadeni:deo will provide services in an integrated, collaborative, holistic and family-focused manner, in partnership with other existing Community Services.
6. Ogwadeni:deo Programs and Services are provided in a manner that is collaborative, supportive, least intrusive, non-judgmental, non-adversarial and respectful of the individual and family needs.
7. Ogwadeni:deo Programs and Services are provided by a well-trained staff, capable of assisting in a manner that is consistent with, works with and strengthens the formal, informal and traditional patterns of community sharing, caring, healing and cooperation.
8. Ogwadeni:deo Programs and Services are community determined - designed and developed within the Six Nations community by and in consultation with our members.
9. Ogwadeni:deo Programs and Services are community based - managed and delivered within the Six Nations community.
10. Ogwadeni:deo Programs and Services are community controlled –utilizing a Commission to hold us fully accountable to our general population.
4+
Years of experience.
Designated January29, 2018
Children placed with family
*2020-2021 annual report
42%
1,249
Calls received for 2020 to 2021 period
*2020-2021 annual report