Missing Children

When Your Child Is Missing: A Family Survival Guide, Fifth Edition

This guide was first produced in 1998 and aims to assist families when their child goes missing. Each edition of the guide features parents who have experienced firsthand both the anguish and hope of finding their missing child. The fifth edition … Read More

Take It Down

Today the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children is officially launching an exciting new tool for survivors of online child sexual abuse. The groundbreaking platform, aptly named, Take It Down, allows users from around the world to submit a case … Read More

In Focus Fact Sheet: Child Protection Law Enforcement

The safety and well-being of children are central to the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention’s (OJJDP’s) mission. OJJDP enhances the efforts of federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement and prosecutorial agencies who investigate cases of missing, abducted, … Read More

National Center for Missing & Exploited Children

The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children© (NCMEC), serves as an information clearinghouse and national resource center on issues related to victims, missing and exploited children and operates a national toll-free hotline. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention … Read More