Missing, Exploited & Runaway
MAY 25 - INTERNATIONAL MISSING CHILDREN DAY
Don’t wait, check in today
“Every single day that you are not with me, I think about you. I wonder what you are doing. I hope that you are safe. I pray that you are happy. My love will follow you, where ever you go. Whether you want it or not, forever and ever, because you will always be my child.” - unknown
Lifelines, Helplines & Hotlines
https://www.911.gov
FEMA’s National Emergency Family Registry and Locator System
American Red Cross Safe and Well System
Supportive Advosources
Amber Alerts:
Website: Https://amberalert.ojp.gov
Description: asking communities to search for missing or abducted children. The alert is broadcasted through radio, TV, road signs, cell phone, and other data-enabled devices.
Bridge Over Troubled Waters
Website: https://www.bridgeotw.org
Description: In Boston, Bridge Over Troubled Waters provides services to runaway, homeless and high-risk youth
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
Website: https://www.missingkids.org , https://connect.missingkids.org
Phone: 1-800-843-5678, 1-800-THE-LOST (5678)
Description: Provides parents, professionals, and law enforcement with resources and training on various topics including child sex trafficking, searching missing children’s posters, report tips, reporting a missing child, and amber alert.
International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children
Website: HTTPS://WWW.ICMEC.ORG
Description: Envisioning a world safe from exploitation, sexual abuse, or risk of going missing. Lots of educational programs.
Polly Klaas Foundation
Website: Http://www.pollyklaas.org
Description: Operating a 24/7 hotline to find missing children, advocacy work, create legislation, and community theater.
National Runaway Safe line
Website: https://www.1800runaway.org
Description: A trained ear to runaway and homeless youth, mediating calls, free Greyhound passes to reunite youth with family and guardians, or offer alternative safe living situations.
Metanoia, Inc.
Website: https://www.metanoia-inc.org/
Description: refuge female adolescent victims of human trafficking
Right 4 Girls
Website: https://rights4girls.org/
Description: Advocates for the dignity and rights of young women and girls to end sex trafficking, abuse to prison pipeline, and violence