ABOUT FSIN JORDAN'S PRINCIPLE

The FSIN Jordan’s Principle department was established during Covid in 2020.

The FSIN Jordan’s Principle provides support by, but not limited to:

 

• Working with leadership on concerns and challenges First Nations children, families and communities are experiencing in health, social and education; and

• advocating for individuals, families, groups and communities on appeals and denials from Jordan’s Principle and NIHB; and

• assisting individuals and groups with requests in the areas of health, social and education; and

• supporting and advocating for individual and First Nations Service Coordinators concerns and challenges; and

• working with First Nations communities on Jordan’s Principle and CHRT 41 applications/requests to obtain capacity and securing capital funding; and

• Assist with post-majority requests; and

• Focusing on the policies and legislation that continue to create gaps the in the health & well-being of children and youth; and

• Continuously working to address the on-going discriminatory practices our First Nations children and families endure.

 

FSIN Jordan’s Principle established the following groups to assist in guiding the long-term reform of Jordan’s Principle,

1. Jordan’s Principle Service Coordinator Network (JPSCN)

2. Jordan’s Principle Working Group (JPWG)​

 

The FSIN Director of Jordan’s Principle continues to sit at the following national tables:

• Jordan’s Principle Operations Committee (JPOC)

• Jordan’s Principle Action Table (JPAT)