Northern organizations that respond to incidents of interpersonal and domestic violence will be receiving more funding.

The province announced $1.7 million dollars in funding today for five organizations.

The Prince Albert Safe Shelter, the Prince Albert YWCA, the Northern Transportation and Support Initiative, Prince Albert Mobile Crisis and the La Ronge Native Women’s Council will all receive funding.

Province-wide, the government will be providing more than $11 million toward interpersonal violence programming this year.