The nation’s largest child protection organization with many programs and resources for exploited and vulnerable children and families:
- Missing Children: Find resources on what to do if your child goes missing, and a searchable database of AMBER Alerts and missing child posters to help locate your child. NCMEC can assist with reunification, and families may qualify for transportation at low or no cost to them once their children are recovered. Call the 24/7 Tipline for help.
(800) 843-5678
What to Do If Your Child Is Missing: missingkids.org/gethelpnow/isyourchildmissing
Search for Missing Children: missingkids.org/gethelpnow/search
- CyberTipline: A centralized reporting system for the online exploitation of children. Anyone can call or go online 24/7 to report a missing child, child enticement, pornography, sexual abuse, trafficking, or misleading internet content.
(800) 843-5678
report.cybertip.org
- Take It Down: A service that can help remove online nude or explicit photos from the internet that were taken before the age of 18.
takeitdown.ncmec.org
- Team HOPE: Matches individuals and families who have experienced sexual exploitation with trained, lived-experience peer volunteers to provide compassionate support.
(866) 305-4673
missingkids.org/gethelpnow/support/teamhope
- Family Advocacy Outreach Network: Can help families find resources like specialized mental health therapists and attorneys.
(877) 446-2632
- Education: The website has important information and printable educational materials on topics like recovering from abuse, support for siblings and family members, Autism and wandering, family abduction, sextortion, and more. NCMEC provides professional safety trainings, such as Code ADAM. NetSmartz is a website for middle and high schoolers with fun resources, videos, and games on healthy relationships and internet safety.
NetSmartz: missingkids.org/NetSmartz/home
Main Website: missingkids.org/home
