NV’s cheap and easy foster care fix paves way to trafficking, life of crime, says former lawmaker

Former state senator Patricia Farley-Moore claims Nevada's lack of oversight for informal foster placements contributes to youth trafficking. She is urging the legislature to mandate the tracking of all children separated from their parents.
Nevada’s failure to keep track of children placed into informal foster living arrangements with relatives or family friends is contributing to the exploitation and trafficking of youth, says a former state senator, Patricia Farley-Moore, who is asking the Nevada Legislature to pass legislation that would require the state to count every child it separates from […]
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