Atlohsa Family Healing Services

What Atlohsa Family Healing Services does

Atlohsa Family Healing Services is a non-profit charitable organization founded in 1986 and headquartered in London, Ontario, that delivers Indigenous-led wraparound social services to urban, rural, and on-reserve Indigenous community members across Southwestern Ontario. Its service portfolio spans an emergency women's shelter (Zhaawanong 24-Hour Women's Shelter), supportive and transitional housing (Yakhiya'take'nhas; the Wiigiwaaminaan Indigenous-led Hub, opened October 2023 with 28 transitional/respite beds and 25 transitional housing units), land-based healing (Ndakiimnaan Healing Lodge), mental wellness programs (Biigajiiskaan), anti-human-trafficking response (Okaadenige), restorative justice (Zhaawenjigewag), cultural safety training (Giiwitaabiwag), advocacy (Giwetashkad Indigenous Homelessness Strategy), and the Kenkwite':ne Healing Space embedded at London Health Sciences Centre. The organization employs 11–50 staff, including Elders, Knowledge Keepers, clinical counsellors, and outreach workers, and is governed as a registered charity (#130645203 RR 0001) with no technology platform or proprietary software product.

Atlohsa's "operating technology" is its trauma-informed, harm-reduction, and culturally grounded service model — built on the Seven Sacred Grandfather Teachings, Anishinaabe ceremony, and community protocols — rather than any digital product. All services are provided free of charge to clients; the organization does not monetize its intellectual property or methodologies. The revenue model is grant- and donation-driven, combining federal/provincial/municipal program funding (Ontario Trillium Foundation, Housing Infrastructure and Communities Canada, City of London, provincial ministries), charitable donations, and annual fundraising events such as the Peace Awards. Strategic partnerships with Western University, Fanshawe College, London Health Sciences Centre, St. Joseph's Health Care London, and the Indigenous Healing Space collaborative extend its clinical, research, and training capacity. There is no commercial sales motion, paid customer base, or technology licensing component to the business.

Name

Atlohsa Family Healing Services

Legal name

Atlohsa Family Healing Services

Website

https://atlohsa.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1986

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Atlohsa Family Healing Services is a non-profit charitable organization founded in 1986 in London, Ontario, delivering Indigenous-led wraparound services — emergency shelter, transitional housing, mental wellness, restorative justice, and anti-trafficking programs — to Indigenous communities across Southwestern Ontario.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Indigenous Social Services

NAICS

Other Individual and Family Services (624190), Child and Youth Services (624110), Individual and Family Services (6241)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Family & Parenting Support Services (BPAGAEAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Mental Health & Crisis Support Services (BPAGACAD), Youth Housing, Foster Care & Wraparound Support (Education-Linked) Nonprofits (BPAGADAO)

Keywords

• Indigenous social services
• Emergency shelter services
• Mental wellness programs
• Restorative justice programs
• Cultural safety training

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Charitable Donations: Individual and corporate donations from the public to support essential services including shelters, housing programs, and wellness services.
2. Government Grants and Funding: Provincial government funding through Ontario Trillium Foundation ($57,700 capital grant), municipal funding from City of London, and federal funding through Housing Infrastructure and Communities Canada.
3. Fundraising Events: Annual Peace Awards events that raise funds for specific programs like Zhaawanong Shelter and Okaadenige Anti-Human Trafficking Program.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Atlohsa Family Healing Services is a non-profit charitable organization providing Indigenous-led, low-barrier wraparound services to community members across Southwestern Ontario. The organization delivers emergency shelter, transitional housing, mental wellness support, addictions treatment, anti-human trafficking services, restorative justice programs, and cultural safety training, all grounded in trauma-informed approaches and Indigenous knowledge systems.

Product overview

Atlohsa Family Healing Services offers a comprehensive portfolio of Indigenous-led social service programs organized across five service categories: Family Supports (emergency shelter, children's support, youth diversion), Housing (transitional housing, street outreach, drop-in services, rent supplements), Holistic Wellness (mental health, anti-human trafficking, healing lodge), Restorative Justice (custody support, peacemaking circles), and Education and Advocacy (homelessness strategy, cultural safety training, coordinated access, reconciliation education). The organization also hosts signature events including Indigenous Solidarity Day, National Day for Truth and Reconciliation commemorations, Peace Awards, and the ReconciliACTION Speaker Series. A former social enterprise retail program, Atlohsa Gifts, operated from 2017 until its permanent closure in April 2024. All services are grounded in the Seven Sacred Grandfather Teachings and Medicine Wheel Teachings, utilizing trauma-informed and harm reduction approaches.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ReconciliACTION Speaker Series: Year-long speaker series in partnership with Office of Indigenous Initiatives at Western University focusing on truth and reconciliation.
• See Me Exhibit
• Atlohsa Peace Awards
• Atlohsa Gifts
• Giwetashkad
• Giiwitaabiwag Cultural Safety Training

Products and services

• Zhaawanong 24-Hr Emergency Women's Shelter Indigenous-led 24-hour emergency shelter providing crisis support for women and their children at risk of violence, abuse, and homelessness. Has been serving the community since 1992 and offers safe and supportive healing environment, cultural interventions, crisis counseling, and transitional planning.
• Kizhaay Anishinabe Niin: I am a Kind Man Family support program promoting healing and wellness for Indigenous families and community members.
• Mino Bimaadiziwin Children's Support Children's support program providing strengths-based healing and wellness services for Indigenous children and youth.
• Youth Diversion & Cultural Support Program offering diversion services and cultural support for Indigenous youth, providing alternatives to mainstream justice system involvement.
• Wiigiwaaminaan Lodge Indigenous-led Hub Indigenous-led shelter hub providing 28 transitional and respite beds, primary health care, Indigenous mental health and psychiatry supports, and land-based healing lodge program. Located at Parkwood Institute. Name means 'the lodge we collectively take care of' in Anishinaabemowin.
• Yakhiya'take'nhas Yukwahwatsilay^tu Supportive Housing Transitional supportive housing program for Indigenous women and Indigenous women-led families seeking shelter from domestic violence and homelessness. Upgraded with $57,700 OTF Capital grant.
• Street Outreach & Drop-in Centre Outreach services for individuals experiencing homelessness, providing drop-in support and connection to housing resources.
• Wiiji'wewin Housing Allowance Program Rent supplement program helping Indigenous individuals and families afford housing.
• Biigajiiskaan: Pathways to Mental Wellness Indigenous mental wellness program offering culturally relevant pathways to mental health support and recovery.
• Okaadenige Anti-Human Trafficking Program Trauma and culturally informed, strength-based program for survivors, victims, or those at-risk of human trafficking and sexual exploitation. Offers prevention, awareness, and support services including private survivor circles, one-on-one support, and educational programs.
• The Journey Together: Indigenous Mental Health and Wellness Supports Program ensuring cultural knowledge and practice are accessible throughout the organization. Offers personalized supports to women, men, youth, children, and caregivers including one-on-one and group settings for mental wellness journey.
• Ndakiimnaan Healing Lodge Land-based addictions recovery program for First Nations, Inuit, and Metis individuals. Uses traditional Indigenous methods to heal from addictions and promote wholistic health. Offers both day and residential addictions treatment with focus on empowering families and healing from gender-based violence.
• Release From Custody Support Program assisting Indigenous individuals transitioning from custody who may be experiencing homelessness, social stigma, mental health imbalance, and substance use. Provides reintegration support including housing, income supports, mental wellness, and cultural needs.
• Zhaawenjigewag Justice Program Culture-based peacemaking services for Indigenous families led by local Elders from Anishinabek, Haudenosaunee, and Lene-Lenape nations. Provides alternative restorative justice circles and legal support for criminal, family court, child welfare, police complaints, and landlord tenant matters.
• Giwetashkad: Indigenous Homelessness Strategy Comprehensive Indigenous homelessness strategic plan (2020-2023) evolved into a suite of Indigenous-led homelessness programs, education, and advocacy. Uses cultural knowledge and practices to promote truth and reconciliation and address Indigenous homelessness in London.
• Giiwitaabiwag Cultural Safety Training Community capacity building initiative offering cultural safety training modules for non-profit and social service sector. Name means 'returning to sit in a circle' in Anishinaabemowin. Training available for housing, justice, education systems, and general service providers.
• ARCH Project: Indigenous-Led Coordinated Access Action Research on Chronic Homelessness study in partnership with Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada and City of London. Produced 11 municipal policy recommendations for Indigenous-led coordinated access approach to homelessness services.
• Truth Comes Before Reconciliation Education portal providing resources on Indigenous histories, experiences, and steps toward understanding and respect. Covers topics including Residential Schools, Treaties, Indian Act, Sixties Scoop, and Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
• Kenkwite':ne Healing Space at LHSC Indigenous Healing Space at London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) Victoria Hospital, renamed to Kenkwite':ne Healing Space (Mohawk for 'The Spring'). Symbolizes creating a safe environment for a seed (hidden health) to grow in.

Quantifiable outcome

• 400+ service providers trained in cultural safety annually
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Western University - Office of Indigenous InitiativescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership to deliver ReconciliACTION: Speaker Series at Wampum Learning Lodge. Year-long speaker series on truth and reconciliation and decolonization. Combined effort to advance Indigenous health equity and cultural safety education.
• St. Joseph's Health Care LondoncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership to operate Wiigiwaaminaan Hub at Parkwood Institute. Provides 28 transitional and respite beds for Indigenous people experiencing homelessness. Enables land-based healing programming at the facility location.
• City of LondoncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCity Council approved Atlohsa to operate Indigenous-focused hub as part of Whole of Community Response to homelessness. Provides municipal funding and support for housing and homelessness initiatives.
• London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAtlohsa maintains Indigenous Community Liaison role at LHSC. Dylan White serves as liaison to build relationships with Indigenous communities and advance Indigenous health equity within the hospital system. Kenkwite':ne (The Spring) Healing Space operates at Victoria Hospital.
• London CaresminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCollaboration on homelessness response recognizing Indigenous overrepresentation in homelessness statistics. Partner in coordinated approach to providing supports.
• Association of Iroquois and Allied IndiansminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCo-organizer of Indigenous Solidarity Day annual celebration bringing together multiple Indigenous organizations and community partners.
• N'Amerind (London) Friendship CentreminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCommunity partner in Indigenous Solidarity Day and ongoing collaboration for Indigenous community services in London area.
• Southwest Ontario Aboriginal Health Access CentreminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPartner in Indigenous Solidarity Day and collaborative community initiatives for Indigenous health and wellness services.
• Hill-Dolson LawminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerPartnership to provide free legal clinics at Atlohsa's Justice Healing Space. Indigenous lawyer Nicole Hill-Dolson offers consultations on justice system matters and supports available to community members.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• N'Amerind (London) Friendship Centre: Indigenous friendship centre in London, Ontario providing community services, culture, and wellness programs to urban Indigenous peoples. Operates in the same geography with overlapping service categories including family support, housing, and cultural programming — directly comparable urban-Indigenous service model.
• Southwest Ontario Aboriginal Health Access Centre (SOAHAC): Indigenous-led health organization serving Southwestern Ontario with primary care, mental wellness, and cultural programming. Closely comparable mandate combining Indigenous health delivery, traditional healing, and wraparound community services in the same service region.
• Anishnawbe Health Toronto: Major Indigenous health and wellness organization in Toronto combining traditional healing with primary care, mental health, and social services. Comparable Indigenous-led, culturally-grounded service model at a larger urban scale.
• Ontario Native Women's Association (ONWA): Provincial Indigenous women's organization delivering family healing, violence prevention, housing, and wellness programs across Ontario. Comparable mandate and service categories — particularly the women's shelter and family violence work — though at significantly broader geographic scale.
• Native Women's Healing Centre (Toronto): Indigenous women-led organization providing culturally-grounded healing, shelter, and wellness supports in Toronto. Directly comparable in target population (Indigenous women at risk) and Indigenous-led trauma-informed service model.
• Tungasuvvingat Inuit: Ottawa-based Inuit-specific service provider offering employment, housing, healing, and cultural programming. Comparable Indigenous-led community services organization with shared emphasis on cultural safety, housing support, and wraparound model.
• Ma Mawi Wi Chi Itata Centre: Indigenous-led organization in Winnipeg delivering family support, healing, housing, and child welfare services. Comparable wraparound Indigenous service model spanning family violence response, housing, and cultural programming.
• Native Child and Family Services of Toronto: Indigenous child welfare and family services agency in Toronto offering child welfare, family support, youth programs, and cultural services. Comparable Indigenous-led family/children's services mandate with youth diversion and family healing overlap.

Broad incumbents

• National Association of Friendship Centres (NAFC): Umbrella organization for 100+ Indigenous friendship centres across Canada providing urban Indigenous programming. Operates in adjacent space as the broader system Atlohsa's London-based work fits within; relevant for partnership, funding, and policy positioning.
• Indigenous Services Canada: Federal government department funding and coordinating Indigenous programs including housing, health, and social services. Serves as a primary funder and policy counterpart for Atlohsa rather than a direct competitor, but is the principal institutional counterpart shaping the operating environment.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles23 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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