EDMONTON – A program that helps aboriginal children in Alberta who have witnessed family violence has been given more money to continue for another 21 months.
The Walking the Path Together Program is run by the Alberta Council of Women’s Shelters and operates on five reserves.
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The federal and Alberta governments announced the program as a pilot project in 2009 and say it has been so successful it will get more money to continue its work.
The reserves include the Bigstone Cree, Stoney, Ermineskin, Mikisew Cree and Sucker Creek First Nations.
The $3.5-million program involves using specially trained staff called Eagle Feather Workers to counsel children and families to help reduce violence.
The program has so far helped more than 300 people, including 193 children.
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