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In this Daily Signal article, Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell reports that the Trump administration’s HHS has launched a new effort aimed at finding missing foster children before traffickers can exploit them.
- HHS’ Administration for Children and Families has piloted a program in Mississippi called Operation Hope to locate missing foster children.
- The article reports that roughly 60% of child sex trafficking victims have spent time in the child welfare system.
- About 23,000 children reportedly went missing while in foster care in 2024.
- Assistant Secretary Alex Adams said vulnerable youth who have experienced foster care are one of the largest pipelines into domestic trafficking.
- Operation Hope has reportedly located 13 missing foster children in Mississippi and brought them to safety.
- The article says 87% of Mississippi’s missing foster children were recovered within 48 hours through the pilot effort.
- Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch said the goal is not only to locate children but also to create a model other states can copy.
- HHS plans to replicate the program nationally by partnering with state attorneys general and law enforcement.
- Adams also connected the effort to his “Home for Every Child” campaign, which aims to keep children out of foster care when possible and place those who enter the system in family settings.
Read the full story: https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/05/18/hhs-program-missing-foster-children/
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