Trump Launches New Program to Stop Missing Foster Children from Being Trafficked
President Trump's Department of Health and Human Services has initiated a program aimed at locating missing foster children to prevent trafficking. The program, named Operation Hope, has successfully rescued 13 missing foster children in Mississippi. Officials plan to replicate this initiative in other states to address the issue of vulnerable youth in the foster care system.
- ▪Operation Hope has already located 13 missing foster children in Mississippi.
- ▪About 23,000 kids went missing while in foster care in 2024.
- ▪The program aims to create a model for other states to follow in preventing child trafficking.
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Home – Crime News – Trump Launches New Program to Stop Missing Foster Children from Being Trafficked exclusive Trump Launches New Program to Stop Missing Foster Children from Being Trafficked Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell • May 18, 2026 Print Mississippi AG Lynn Fitch. (Mississippi AG Office) (function(){var t=document.querySelector(".wp-block-kadence-dynamichtml"),s=document.currentScript.previousElementSibling;if(t&&s){if("prepend"==="before_element")t.parentNode.insertBefore(s,t);else if("prepend"==="after_element")t.parentNode.insertBefore(s,t.nextSibling);else if("prepend"==="prepend"||"prepend"==="inside_first_child")t.insertBefore(s,t.firstChild);else t.appendChild(s);}})(); FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—President Donald Trump’s Department of Health and Human Services has launched a new…
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