Crime & Justice
63 Foster Children Disappear Daily with Thousands More Going Unreported Nationwide
Shawn Ryan Show
#314 Jen Lilley - The Dark Truth About the American Foster Care System
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"The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children estimate that 63 children out of foster care disappear every single day, and those are just the ones that are reported. So HHS, Health and Human Services, they actually estimate that it's tens of thousands more. 50 to 80% of trafficking victims have child welfare involvement. Running away has become normalized. A lot of times the social worker doesn't even report it because they just assume they know where that kid is."
Lilly cited federal data showing at least 63 foster children vanish daily, with Health and Human Services estimating tens of thousands more go unreported. She linked this to a trafficking pipeline targeting vulnerable foster children, with many disappearances normalized by overworked social workers who assume runaways are safe.
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- #314 Jen Lilley - The Dark Truth About the American Foster Care System
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