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-Lurid Crime Tales-
U.S. Marshals Service Reveals Majority of Rescued Sex-Trafficked Children Came From Foster Care
2020-09-12
[PJ] The U.S. Marshals Service recently launched a nationwide effort to recover missing and exploited children. Three major operations rescued over 100 children, many of them from sex traffickers. But a disturbing trend discovered during the operation should launch a nationwide investigation into the American child welfare system. PJ Media reached out to USMS for details on the rescued children and was told that the majority of them came from foster care. This information was ignored in the initial media reports on the operation. Dave Oney, press contact at the USMS, responded via email to questions about the rescued children.
For the Northern Ohio Operation Safety Net: 25 of the 31 children recovered were in DCFS care in either a group homes or foster case. Additionally, seven children have been confirmed victims of sex trafficking.

For Operation Not Forgotten in Georgia: 28 of the 39 recovered were in the care of DFACS; 15 were victims of sex trafficking

For Operation Homecoming in Indianapolis: Of the eight children recovered, two were in foster homes or group homes. Five were runaways with risk factors. One was a noncustodial kidnapping. The bulk of the cases still being worked are foster/group home situations.

The State Department recently confirmed that a large number of children involved in sex trafficking in the United States are coming from foster care.
Posted by:Besoeker

#8  When my wife and I decided we wanted to adopt or foster another child, we began the seven step process our county requires. We got to about step four before we decided "f__k this!" Here are two quotes from the county adoption employee we interacted with that have stuck with me over the years:

1) "You have a child with Down syndrome? Well, you don't want any of our kids. All they'll do is beat her up!"

2) "Hope you don't have any ideas about getting black child. We put like with like here: white with white, black with black, Mexican with Mexican."

I remember hating this woman very, very much.

Several months after we dropped out of the program, we took in a teenage girl we'd known since she was little in a private arrangement with her family: no government involvement. (It's a complicated story with no villains, but they weren't able to take care of her.) It's been four years, she's almost 18, and we'e still her guardians. She's a great kid and I'm very proud of her: no different from my biological child.

My advice is to avoid social workers, CPS, and all the rest of them. Work with a private agency, or directly with a family that isn't able to take proper care of a child. (There are a lot of them.) The later is a balancing act, but it can be made to work. After all: it's about the child, not you.




Posted by: Secret Master   2020-09-12 21:25  

#7  /\ You've just told us a lot about yourself OP. There is a special gated golf community in heaven awaiting you, I am certain of it.
Posted by: Besoeker   2020-09-12 20:09  

#6  My wife and I were foster-parents for a private group. We had much interaction with different social services workers. Some were great, others were useless. The biggest problem is that social services budgets depend upon case loads, so there is incentive to keep case loads high, and little incentive to actually do things that HELP CHILDREN. There's also a lot of politics involved, from the top down. As for vetting, been there, done that. Even the best vetting fails to identify people who should never be around children. The whole system is a mess, and it won't change until enough people get mad enough to hold politicians accountable. Which pretty much applies to anything government gets involved in.
Posted by: Old Patriot   2020-09-12 18:55  

#5  Way things are going, cynic in me, I wonder if they were vetted well. That is, a dirty little secret like abortion clinics selling baby parts.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2020-09-12 16:50  

#4  Doesn't say much for the Department of Child and Family Services Care. I wonder how well are DCFS personnel vetted?
Posted by: JohnQC   2020-09-12 09:45  

#3  'Child snatch' horror: Man is wrestled to the ground after 'trying to abduct' four-year-old at a South African restaurant as terrified mother tries to hold on to the girl
Posted by: Skidmark   2020-09-12 09:08  

#2  'Gateway' crime? You decide.
Posted by: Besoeker   2020-09-12 08:33  

#1  Well, knock me over with a feather!
Posted by: g(r)omgoru PB   2020-09-12 08:10  

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