RESOLUTION NO. 2001-09-25
RECEIVING HOME FOR ATTAWAPISKAT
WHEREAS Attawapiskat First Nation is experiencing an alarmingly high number of children being apprehended by Payukotayno: James and Hudson Bay Family Services; and
WHEREAS children are being removed from the community and placed in the south far from their homes and culture; and
WHEREAS there is a lack of placement resources such as foster homes in Attawapiskat due to the housing shortage and where houses are available, it is difficult, if next to impossible to meet the foster care standards imposed by the province; and
WHEREAS Attawapiskat First Nation needs a rece1vmg home to be established in Attawapiskat to provide short tenn placements for children in care;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Mushkegowuk Chiefs in Assembly supports Attawapiskat First Nation to advocate to Payukotayno for a receiving home to be established in Attawapiskat.
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