For the first time, the native-based agency can now provide child welfare services to aboriginals living off reserve within the Kenora and Rainy River district.
Executive Director Laurie Rose says an agreement with Kenora-Rainy River District Child and Family Services allows that to happen.
Weechi-it-te-win had been asking the province for the expanded mandate for years without success before Kenora-Rainy River District Child and Family Services voluntarily agreed to let the native-agency take over.
The two agencies sign the agreement in a ceremony Friday.
