Modern Day Slavery, It Happens Here

The Idaho Anti-Trafficking Coalition (IATC) provided a free training at the All in One Church in Mountain Home, on Tuesday, Feb 4th, as a part of their focus on raising awareness of human trafficking in Idaho.

The evening's conversation began with IATC Co-Founder, Kevin Zielinski of Eagle, Idaho, sharing a personal story of foster-care gone bad.

The Zielinski's had become foster parents to a little girl with special needs for two to three years, at which time they needed to have her placed in a residential care facility. Unfortunately, it was discovered nine months later, when she was about nine years old, that the girls in the home were being exploited and abused.

Their little girl has a better home with better oversight now, but this was the triggering event that sent the family in the trajectory it finds itself now.For the full story, pick up a copy of the Mountain Home News or click on this link to subscribe to the newspaper's online edition.