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When we talk about youth aging out of state care, a serious issue is the vulnerability to be exploited through human trafficking. A recent study done through Project Pivot by the University of Louisville has confirmed several estimates about the correlation of human trafficking and foster care. This study found that 89% of minors removed from human trafficking cases had a prior involvement with Kentucky's Department for Community Based Services. Further, 42.9% of the cases we

Foster care month flooded our social media with information about foster care, aging out, homelessness, human trafficking, and a plethora of other topics pertaining to the challenges of those involved with foster care. Following large groups of people who are working in the same field has it’s advantages, but the massive amount of information can be overwhelming. I try to imagine what it would be like to receive so much information when one has no immediate involvement with t