Free Edmonton Family Support: The Family Centre

Roots and Wings

Roots and wings provides in-home family support to families. We work together with families to ensure their needs are front and centre, resulting in meaningful solutions based on their unique lives. We do not make decisions for them; we help them navigate complex systems and equip them with resources and information to make their own decisions.

How do families benefit?

No two families are the same, so roots and wings provides customized support to families based on their specific needs. In general, we support families to:

Build effective parenting skills
Understand how negative childhood experiences, toxic stress, and trauma affect parenting and child development
Positively influence brain development by focusing on attachment, literacy, culturally sensitive play, and nutrition

Make financial decisions that empower them to overcome barriers related to poverty
Improve their communication and advocacy skills
Better navigate systems
Develop or build positive social networks
Address issues that contribute to addictions, domestic violence, and mental health

Who can access these services?

Families with children attending our participating schools

Families can self-refer or contact the principal for more information.

How much does it cost?

There is no cost to families.

How can we get these services in our school?

Please contact us for more information

The Family Centre acknowledges that we are on Treaty 6 territory, a traditional meeting ground, gathering place, and traveling route for the Cree, Saulteaux, Blackfoot, Métis, Dene, and Nakota Sioux. We acknowledge all the many First Nations, Métis, and Inuit whose footsteps have marked these lands for centuries.