Peel staff want pilot program helping survivors of sex trafficking to become permanent

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In 2019, a groundbreaking assessment by Family Services of Peel indicated the Region needed to do much more to help survivors of human trafficking while preventing others from being victimized in an area of the country that has become a hotbed for traffickers. 

After three years, a regional strategy has shown great success. Now, it’s up to Peel’s councillors to approve the required funding to make critical programming a permanent fixture. 

Published in The Pointer Brampton and The Pointer Mississauga June 22, 2022