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Algoma Family Services will receive $1.2 million over the next five years to turn its attention to help young victims and survivors of human trafficking to provide them with the intervention and counselling they need.
Jill Dunlop, Associate Minister of Children’s and Women’s Issues, and Sault Ste. Marie MPP Ross Romano announced the funding Monday.
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“This is outstanding news. Our community has been struggling with issues for some time,” Romano said.
As a border town on the Highway 17 corridor, Sault Ste. Marie is vulnerable to human trafficking issues, especially with young people and women, he said.
Funding targets human trafficking for five years
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