A 27-year-old former children’s services caseworker from New Jersey faces human trafficking charges accusing her of recruiting the mother of kids in foster care into prostitution, officials said.

Candace Talley was working for the Division of Children and Youth Services in Delaware County, Pennsylvania when she coerced a woman into working as a prostitute in exchange for a favorable custody recommendation, authorities said.

“It is truly horrible, and beyond imagination that someone who is responsible for ensuring the welfare of children would pressure their mother into prostitution for her own personal enrichment,” Delaware County District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer said in a statement.

Talley, of the Sicklerville section of Winslow, drove the woman to meet with johns and took more than 25% of the money the woman, officials said. She also promised the woman she’d help falsify the results of the woman’s drug tests, authorities said.

Talley is charged with two counts of human trafficking for financial gain, promoting prostitution, making threats and other related charges.

She was arrested Thursday and held on $25,000 bail.

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