This website offers tips on what parent should do to keep their children safe and what parents should tell their kids to help them stay aware. In addition, there is a section describing the ID kit that is available to parents and their families. Having personal information, up-to-date photos, fingerprints and DNA samples can help locate children if they ever get lost or abducted. The site explains how fingerprinting works to help police locate children, and what information an actual fingerprint gives.
This site has photos and missing information for people of all ages. There is a 24-hour chat where people can discuss theories, and tips on how they can help. Find out what to do if your loved one is missing. Find out how to stay safe, what questions to ask, and how to help an investigation. This site offers links to other helpful sites, stories and remembrances of missing persons, quilt other hope items, and a sheet you can print out and fill-in with information about your missing loved one. You can place a picture and information about your missing too or provide tips about a particular case. There is also contact information for law enforcement and missing person’s agencies. The site is user-friendly, interactive and very helpful.
The mascot, McGruff asks people to help him “take a bite out of crime”. The aim is to prevent crime, build safer, more caring communities. The site offers links to helpful resources, information about teens and crime, and tips on how to prevent crime and what to do if you witness a crime. There are programs and projects designated to helping neighborhoods and communities stay crime free. The site is user-friendly.
This organization involves youth in crime prevention. Their motto is: “Education + Action = Change. The site is user-friendly and interesting. There is an entrance to the site for adults and one for teens. Find out what teens are saying about crime. Get the facts and tips on preventing crime in your community.
This organization brings youth together from all backgrounds to make changes in their schools and communities. Adolescents and teens are encouraged to actively address problems surrounding them everyday. The YCWA hopes to provide crime-free, drug-free environments through a youth-led movement; instill positive values, foster good citizenship and build self-confidence in our young people; to enable youth to become resources for preventing crime, drug use and violence in their schools and neighborhoods. The site is colorful, fun and interesting. You will find a lot of useful information here about crime prevention.
800-CRIME-TV (274-6388)Report a tip if you know anything about a crime or missing person. Your tips do make a difference. Provide all the information you can. If you'd like to talk to a Hotline specialist, call immediately. All calls are anonymous and secure.
7 Innis AvenueP.O. Box 277New Paltz, NY 12561(800) I-AM-LOST (800) 426-5678)(914) 255-1848This organization will help parents locate missing children, try to prevent abduction by educating people, and attempt to mediate between parents so the incidence of family abduction is reduced.
1625 W. Alameda, Suite 400San Jose, CA 95126(800) 818-HOPE (818-4673)(408) 287-4673This non-profit company is dedicated to the protection and recovery of missing, abused and exploited children and at-risk adults. Funded through private and corporate donations and fundraising events, Child Quest never charges a fee for [their] services.
2000 M Street NW, Suite 480, Washington, D.C. 20036202-467-8700800-FYI-CALL (394-2255) - HelplineThis organization helps victims of crimes “recover and rebuild their lives”. The center also Offers crime victims, service providers, and criminal justice officials practical information on the closest, local services for crime victims; provides victims supportive counseling and advocacy in the criminal justice or social service systems; provides technical assistance and practical information on stalking, community policing, HIV/AIDS, and safe housing information for intimidated victims and witnesses.
800-690-FIND (3463)Help is available to families that have a spouse, parent, loved one who are missing.
800-THE-LOST (843-5678)If you think that your child has been kidnapped, contact this number. This organization provides services to families and professionals in the prevention of abducted, endangered, or sexually exploited children.
800-621-4000If you think that your child has runaway from home, contact this number.
PO Box 800 Petaluma, CA 94953 Phone: 1-800-587-4357 Fax: 707-769-4019This foundation is a national nonprofit that helps find missing children and prevents them from going missing in the first place. [They] accomplish [their] goals by promoting public policies, educating the public, and providing families, law enforcement and communities with the ongoing support and expertise needed to protect our children. Some of [their] work includes providing missing child case work around the clock, distributing child safety kits for parents, holding public events and trainings on protecting children, and promoting public policies such as the Amber Alerts, named after a girl who was abducted.
991 W. Hedding Street, Suite 101San Jose, CA 95126Hotline: 1-800-VANISHED (800-826-4743)Phone: 408-296-1113Fax: 408-296-1117E-mail: info@vca.orgThey aim at providing for the prevention, location, recovery and reunification of missing and abducted children since 1980. VCA gives equal importance to abduction prevention, community outreach, training and child advocacy.
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