A full range of services would obviously begin before we would have the need for this red dress alert. That comes from strengthening our child welfare laws in relation to protecting the at-risk youth from predators, as well as providing additional funding to the child welfare agencies. I don't think I have to say that there is an overrepresentation of children in out-of-home care in these situations of human trafficking, or when they have gone missing. It's having additional resources available for those services to ensure the kids are getting the proper treatments from whatever trauma they've suffered—the substance abuse issues, lack of housing, etc. There is such a wide spectrum of issues that needs to be addressed to prevent these young girls from going missing.
On after care, when it's a criminal matter, when there are charges laid, I found that while we have a great system in place, obviously additional funding and resources are needed throughout whatever local victims' services are available. For example, here in Sudbury we have Sudbury victim services. They do a fantastic job, but funding is always an issue.
For example, I was in court all week with a young girl, and we were able to lay charges against someone who was luring her and grooming her into trafficking. That matter went on for two years, and she had $38 of funding left. The standards aren't quite where they need to be as far as that goes. The services have to be available locally.
We're lucky here in Sudbury. We have great services here, but in Pikangikum, they might not. That needs to be available at home.
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