PARTNERS Family Services Inc., Humboldt, SK

PARTNERS Family Services Inc., formerly known as PARTNERS for Rural Family Support, is a charitable, non-profit organization consisting of concerned individuals working together to identify, develop, improve, and maintain support of families in Humboldt and surrounding rural communities. This grassroots organization originated in 1997, when one of Humboldt’s mental health workers received a phone call from a woman who was looking for a support group for survivors of family violence. Each agency she called told her the closest group was in Saskatoon.

The mental health worker phoned the Saskatoon Family Support Center. With their help a support group was offered in Humboldt. The response was overwhelming and within three hours there was enough women to offer the first group. At a meeting of community workers in November 1997, it became evident that a partnership was required to supplement and complement services already existing in our rural area