Friendship Centres organize a variety of programming for Aboriginal people within their respective communities.  These programs are made available to help Aboriginal people in many different areas.  There are twelve different categories of programs: culture, family, youth, sports and recreation, language, justice, housing, health, education, employment, economic development and “other”.

The majority of programs in operation within Friendship Centres across the country are those involving health, family and youth initiatives.  There are many types of these programs in operation nationally.  Health programming (335 programs) includes a variety of activities and workshop activities that address many long and short term health related issues.  These include, but are not limited to; lifelong care, drug and alcohol programs, healing and wellness, healthy babies, prenatal nutrition, fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD), and mental health.  Health oriented programming is important to the individuals who utilize the services and information provided.

The second largest type of programming is the 179 family programs that take place across the country.  Many of the family oriented programs that are run revolve around parenting and child care.  Child development is a primary aspect of family programming that is offered in every Friendship Centre across Canada in some capacity.  Parenting, nutrition workshops and daycare services are just a few of the many services provided under family programming initiatives across Canada.

Finally, youth programming is the third largest aspect of Friendship Centres, offering 176 programs nationwide.  The majority of youth initiatives across the country are the Cultural Connections for Aboriginal Youth (CCAY) programs provided by the NAFC through Canadian Heritage.  There is also a large number of youth programming in Ontario by the Ontario Federation of Indian Friendship Centres (OFIFC) through the Ministry of Child and Youth Services that fund the Akwe:go and Wasa-Nabin programs.

Approximately 2,292,081 total points of contact are projected to be made in 2010-2011.

	Aboriginal Friendship Centre Program The Aboriginal Friendship Centre Program (AFCP) represents the core funding base and provides Friendship Centres with basic staff and operations.
C C A Y	Cultural Connections for Aboriginal Youth (CCAY) The primary goal of the CCAY initiative is to create a network of urban Aboriginal youth centres to support and assist Aboriginal youth in enhancing their economic, social and personal prospects.
	Young Canada Works Funded by PCH, the YCW program creates over 250 positions for urban Aboriginal youth in Friendship Centres and Provincial/Territorial Associations across the country.