For support following a victimization, contact law enforcement.
For additional information on rights and services provided to victims of
crime contact the following organizations:
Child Find of America,
Inc.
This nonprofit charity works to locate missing children for free and works
to prevent child abduction. Child Find performs investigations, distributes
photos, mediates, and disseminates information to the public.
LOCATER®,
Lost Child Alert Technology Resource
LOCATER, a national program from the National Center for Missing & Exploited
Children (NCMEC) to distribute advanced computer systems and a cutting-edge web-based
program to law enforcement agencies to rapidly distribute images and information
about missing-child cases in poster formats.
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC)
The Center works to locate and recover missing children and raises public
awareness about ways to prevent child abduction, molestation, and sexual
exploitation. NCMEC offers a 24-hour, toll-free hotline,1-800-THE-LOST
(1-800-843-5678, TDD: 800-826-7653), a CyberTipline to collect leads
from the public, and a Web site that details all of their services, including
their LOCATER® program for distributing resources to speed the dissemination
of posters of missing children.
Operation Lookout®
National Center for Missing Youth
Operation Lookout is a nonprofit that provides multiple services free
of charge, including social services, investigative casework, national
photo and poster dissemination, reunification planning, and victim assistance
for families with missing and exploited children who disappear before
age 18. Assistance is available 24 hours a day.
Vanished Children's Alliance (VCA)
VCA works to locate, recover, and reunite missing and abducted children.
VCA's education and prevention efforts include developing a curriculum
for child fingerprinting, training, and raising public awareness. Its
Web site offers downloadable missing child registration forms and posters
of missing children.
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