PROGRAM GOAL
The Native Family Courtwork Program was established to ensure Native people in conflict with the law or involved in the Child Welfare System receive equitable treatment. Native Family Courtworkers assist those people involved in the judicial process as well as provide for preventative community legal education.

PROGRAM OBJECTIVES

• To ensure access to all native people in Ontario, regardless of their status receive the best available legal and justice related services prior to, during and following a court appearance and to maintain the effectiveness of those services
• To reduce the sense of alienation experienced by Native persons who are in conflict with the law and to bridge the cultural and linguistic gap between Native people and the justice system