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Aboriginal
Head Start (AHS)
Aboriginal Head Start (AHS) in Urban and Northern Communities is a Health
Canada-funded early childhood development program for First Nations, Inuit
and Métis children and their families. The primary goal of the
initiative is to demonstrate that locally controlled and designed early
intervention strategies can provide Aboriginal children with a positive
sense of themselves, a desire for learning, and opportunities to develop
fully as successful young people. There are 114 AHS sites in urban and
northern communities across Canada.
Community Action Program for Children (CAPC)
The Community Action Program for Children, delivered through Health Canada
regional offices, funds community groups to establish and deliver services
that address the developmental needs of at risk children ages 0-6 years.
Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program (CPNP)
Is a comprehensive program designed to provide food supplementation, nutrition
counselling, support, education, referral and counselling on lifestyle
issues to pregnant women who are most likely to have unhealthy babies.
CAPC/CPNP
National Projects Fund (NPF)
The CAPC/CPNP National Projects Fund (NPF) was created following the
February, 1997 Budget announcement that increased funding for CAPC/CPNP.
NPF provides
financial assistance to initiatives supporting the objectives of CAPC/CPNP
projects and has direct relationships with projects across Canada. The
NPF is designed to support time-limited projects sponsored by voluntary,
non-profit, non-gouvernmental organizations, which will be national in
scope and result in the strengthening of CAPC/CPNP projects.
Fetal
Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)
The main goals of the FASD Stategic Framework will be to prevent FASD
and to reduce its significant health effects in children, families and
communities.
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