R E S O U R C E S

• Keep Your Child Safe: includes a downloadable guide with a child safety kit

  • http://www.pollyklaas.org/safe/

• CUE Center for Missing Persons

  • http://www.ncmissingpersons.org/

• Missing-Child, Emergency-Response, Quick-Reference Guide for Families
  En Español: Menor desaparecido, respuesta de emergencia, guía de referencia rápida para las familias

• The Crime of Family Abduction: A Child's and Parent's Perspective
  En Español: El Delito del Secuestro Familiar: La perspectiva de hijos y padres

• When Your Child is Missing: A Family Survival Guide (4th Edition)
  En Español: Cuando su Niño está desaparecido: Una guía de supervivencia familiar (4th Edition)

• You're Not Alone: The Journey from Abduction to Empowerment
  En Español: No estás solo: El camino del secuestro al empoderamiento

• What About Me? Coping With the Abduction of a Brother or Sister
  En Español: ¿Y yo? Cómo sobrellevar el secuestro de un hermano o una hermana

• A Family Resource Guide on International Parental Kidnapping

• When Your Child Is Missing: A Family Survival Guide
  En Español: Cuando su Hijo ha desaparecido: Una guia de supervivencia para la familiaOffice of Juvenile

• Child ID App

  • Developed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Child ID mobile phone app provides a convenient place to electronically store photos and vital information (for example, height/weight) about your children so they are easily accessible and can quickly be shared with authorities. The app also includes tips on keeping children safe as well as specific guidance on what to do in those first few crucial hours after a child goes missing

• .National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC)

  • NCMEC works to locate and recover missing children and raises public awareness about ways to prevent child abduction, molestation, and sexual exploitation.

• National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

  • Administered by the National Institute of Justice, NamUs is the first national online repository for missing records and unidentified decedent cases

• Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)

  • OJJDP supports states, local communities, and tribal jurisdictions in their efforts to develop and implement effective programs for juveniles.

• Office for Victims of Crime (OVC): Missing Children

  • This website provides information on rights and services available to victims of child abduction and exploitation. Included are links to related organizations that address these issues

• Project Lifesaver

  • Sponsored in part by the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), Project Lifesaver provides police, fire/rescue and other first responders with a comprehensive program including equipment and training to quickly locate and rescue “at risk” individuals with cognitive disorders including those with Autism, Down syndrome, and Alzheimer’s disease

• U.S. Department of State: International Parental Child Abduction

  • This section of the U.S. Department of State site provides information about the prevention of international parental child abduction (both from the United States and to the United States), services available to help children and families involved in abduction cases, and more.