The Trafficking and Exploitation Services System (TESS) is a provincial partnership of the YWCA Halifax that includes multiple regional and advisory tables which include diverse professionals from over 70 agencies across Nova Scotia. Be the Peace Institute is a proud participant in the South Shore TESS along with other service providers including South Shore Regional Education Centre, Schools Plus, RCMP and multiple community-based supportive agencies focused on a coordinated response to trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation of youth in our region. Nova Scotia has the highest rates in the country and those in rural areas can be even more vulnerable. TESS is focused on a strategic response to eliminate commercial exploitation in our communities and to ensure trauma-informed and culturally appropriate services are available when needed. This directory is intended for anyone working with, or caring for, children and youth in Nova Scotia who are at-risk, entrenched or exiting the sex trade.

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