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Title:

Child sex trafficking: Scaling promising practices in pediatric health care and community response protocols

Agreement Number:

GV250017

Agreement Value:

$267,500.00

Agreement Date:

Apr 20, 2026 - Mar 31, 2027

Description:

Through this 12-month project, The Hospital for Sick Children’s Lotus Health will scale their promising practices – pediatric health care program specializing in child sex trafficking and multisector community response protocol. They will scale to new populations and locations to strengthen the gender-based violence sector by (1) expanding services to children with neurodevelopmental disorders/disabilities and psychiatric complexity who have experienced sex trafficking and those at risk; and (2) assessing the need for and feasibility of adapting the community response protocol as an e-learning course to increase uptake. The Hospital for Sick Children’s Lotus Health will share information on their promising practices with others so that they may replicate them or expand upon them.

Organization:

Women and Gender Equality Canada

Expected Results:

Promising practices are incorporated by the GBV sector into new or enhanced supports for target populations.

Location:

Toronto , Ontario, CA M5G 1X8

Reference Number:

190-2026-2027-Q1-00004

Agreement Type:

Contribution

Report Type:

Grants and Contributions

Recipient Type:

Not-for-profit organization or charity

Recipient's Legal Name:

The Hospital for Sick Children

Program:

Gender-Based Violence Program

Program Purpose:

The purpose of the GBV Program is to strengthen the GBV sector to address gaps in supports for two groups of survivors: 1) Indigenous women and their communities, and 2) underserved populations (including women living with a disability, non-status/refugee /immigrant women, LGBTQ2S, gender non-conforming people and ethno-cultural women) in Canada. The Program provides grant and contribution funding to Canadian organizations to improve supports to help create long-term, comprehensive solutions at the national, regional, and local levels.