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

By: Dana Gentry

Outlets: Nevada Current

Published: October 1, 2026

Words: 967

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 1 day ago

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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 parents.

“We have become numb to crimes against children,” says a news release from the

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