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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.