Sask. Government provides services to families of MMIWG
The government of Saskatchewan launched a new initiative yesterday, which aims to provide supports, information, and services to the families of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls.
Saskatchewan’s Family Information Liaison Unit (FILU) is now open and providing services to families, the Saskatchewan Ministry of Justice announced. Ministry Spokesperson Noel Busse said the FILU is a dedicated unit that works with both families and communities to help them navigate the criminal justice system and other agencies, and connect them with much-needed supports.
“The unit was created to aid people who contact the government,” Busse told paNOW. “The justice system, it can be intimidating for some people. The goal is to help guide people through that.”
Busse said the new unit is not directly associated with the ongoing national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. Rather, he said, the unit’s mandate is to help all families, even if they choose not to tell their stories publicly.