Bethany Gilot News Today

The report last year on five states (Illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Pennsylvania and Texas) found no evidence of a screening in 65 percent of the 413 case files of returned children.

For help, call 1-888-373-7888 or text *233733 for the 24/7 National Human Trafficking Hotline, a national, toll-free hotline. ____ When she was a 10-year-old foster child, Withelma “T” Ortiz often

Foster care children are especially vulnerable to sex trafficking, and a 2014 federal law requires state authorities to screen missing children when they are found to determine whether they were sexually exploited.