Seven hundred 50-thousand-dollars in funding from the Ministry of Social Services and a new partnership between Prince Albert Mobile Crisis Unit Co-operative and the Government of Saskatchewan means families in Prince Albert and Melfort have access to intensive in-home support programs.

in a news release Social Services Minister Terry Jenson said. “We are expanding prevention and intervention services to the Prince Albert and Melfort areas to help keep children and families together when they are experiencing a crisis.”

The new service will operate 24-7, providing emergency intervention, family supports to mitigate risk to their children, cultural programming and knowledge, referrals to other community services and ongoing support services.

The Ministry of Social Services also has partnership agreements with organizations in Regina, Saskatoon and Yorkton to deliver intensive in-home support programs to families in those communities.