HOPETON LOUDEN

The most recent issue raised by the federal government is of accountability and transparency. The Transparency Act requires First Nation governments to report the annual audited financial statement clearly showing the monies paid to Chiefs and Councillors. The report must be published in each local community and on the Internet or other social media avenues.

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• We provide planning services - community engagement, consultation and communication plan services to better involve members and to assist First Nation governments in coming up with Strategic Plans, Business Plans and a plan to keep members informed regularly.

 

 

An ongoing issue for many First Nations is in the area of training and capacity development. Do the members who are employed in the Band office, in the social services, in child welfare, in education and the other Nation businesses need additional training and support?  

 

• We provide training on the Nation for all of these service areas and where necessary, will forge partnerships with the appropriate training and/or educational institutions. Our belief is that where possible, training and education should be provided on the Nation.

 

 

The areas of social and economic development on First Nation territories are indeed the stiffest challenge facing Nation governments. The most critical challenges include: finding culturally safe ways of healing from the residential school traumas and their effects; finding ways of dealing with children taken into the care of child protection authorities and being removed from home and placed outside the Nation’s territory; finding meaningful employment training and job opportunities for members; finding long term economic development activities that create jobs for members; developing employment training programs that are suitable and match the jobs created by the economic development.

 

• We provide services to help Nations and partners like AANDC, Health Canada (First Nation and Inuit Health Branch) and Provincial Health authorities to design and implement culturally safe programs to support social and wellness programs delivered on the Nation.

 

• We provide services to assess the child protection services that support early intervention to children and families at risk, children in need of protection and children in the care of child protection authorities.

 

• We provide services that work with communities to develop resources to support children and families at risk, to support children in care and where possible, repatriate them in a planned and timely fashion to their communities.

 

• We provide services to train and support community members to be able to provide a range of supports designed to keep children safe, living in their own communities and optimizing their potential.

 

• We provide services to support Nations’ health centres in developing psycho-social and preventative health programs for members.

 

• We provide services to assess the economic development opportunities for the Nation as well as wealth creation opportunities within the community. This includes identifying entrepreneurial opportunities. Our assessment includes identifying the dollars coming into the Nation by transfers from other governments and other sources and the economic opportunity these dollars present.

 

• We provide services to build communities entrepreneurial leadership from the ground up to support the community’s socio-economic objectives.