Lists of Missing Persons and Parental Kidnappings

• FBI's Kidnapping and Missing Persons Investigations
• FBI's Violent Criminal Apprehension Program
  Lists missing persons who are likely to be the victims of foul play
• Missing children list
  Maintained by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
• FBI's list of parental kidnappings

Office of Justice Programs (OJP) Initiatives:

• The Assistant Attorney General for OJP serves as the National AMBER Alert Coordinator.  AMBER Alert is an urgent bulletin system for the most serious child-abduction cases. OJP facilitates AMBER network development, supports the development of state AMBER plans and efforts, helps eliminate geographic gaps in AMBER networks, provides regional AMBER network coordination and provides guidance on criteria for issuing an AMBER Alert.
• The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) Child Protection Division provides support to organizations that combat the problem of missing children.
• The National Institute of Justice launched the NamUs - National Missing and Unidentified Persons System database.  This Internet-based tool will enable investigators, forensics professionals, and the public to cross-reference records of missing persons and unidentified remains, and bring answers to families of the missing.

Resources for Families:

• FBI's Child Abduction Safety Tips for children
• Team Hope
  A support network for families with missing children supported by OJJDP
• Office of Victims of Crime Missing and Exploited Children
  A list of non-profit organizations that provide services relating to missing and exploited children
• National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
• What About Me? Coping with the Abduction of a Brother or Sister
• When Your Child Is Missing: A Family Survival Guide (PDF)
  A guide for the families of missing children, Department's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention has published the following resources on missing children

Resources for Law Enforcement and Other Public Agencies

• AMBER Alert
• Association of Missing and Exploited Children’s Organizations
  The Association is supported by the OJJDP
• Crimes Against Children Research Center
  The center is supported in part by the OJJDP
• FBI programs dealing with kidnappings of children
• Federal Resources on Missing and Exploited Children,
  A directory for law enforcement and other private and public agencies published by the OJJDP
• International Center for Missing and Exploited Children
• NamUs – National Missing and Unidentified Persons System
• President’s DNA Initiative has the following publications relating to missing persons:
  • Using DNA and Other Resources to Identify Missing Persons
  • Publications related to missing persons

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