Instability makes young people mobile. Trauma makes them hungry for belonging.

Traffickers understand this. They do not begin with force. They begin with belonging. texasobserver.org/foster-care-…

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Foster Care Repeats Rejection for LGBTQ+ Texans

State services should build community—and acceptance—for teens otherwise vulnerable to exploitation, homelessness, and isolation.

^{Adam McCormick (The Texas Observer)}