If you have issues viewing or accessing this file contact us at NCJRS.gov. BRINGING CH1LDREN HOME 1 9 9 J - 1 9 9 2 A 'i " F .\ L ){ E P 0 R T N N N 0) ~ ill .\ T I () \ .\ leE \ T E It F () R MI~~I\{j I'< E\1'1.0IrEIl ell/tURf:\ -----&----- ,\ /) \.11 W \ L S 1I C E \ T 1: Il S CONTENTS FOREWORD ............... " ......... " ......... " ... "'.... 1 SERVICES ...... " ........ " .................... " .... " .... ,,2 ADVOCACY &EDUCATION ...... ""............... 4 NETWORKING, BRANCHES, & OUTREACH .. " .... " .......... " ... 6 FUNDING .. " .. "".. " ............ " .................... " .. 12 FINANCIAL REPORT-1991 __ 17 How YOUR CONTRIBUTION IS USED ...... " ................. 19 BOARD OF DIRECTORS .. " ........ " .... " ........ 20 149222 U.S. Department of Justice National Institute of Justice This document has been reproduced exactly as received from the person or organization originating it. Points of view or opinions stated in this document are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the National Institute of Justice. Permission to reproduce this copyrighted material has been granted by Nat'l ctr. for Missing & Exploi ted Children/Adam T,Talsh to~tNatiOnal Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS). Further reproduction outside of the NCJRS system requires permission of the copyright owner. In the following months, vou'lIl1nd our new colleague Inspector Gadget on cereal boxes, In the mall, and on Ihe alrwavs, leaching kids how to be safe as pari of our nallonwlde campaign 10 reach children and families across America with the best, most complete saletv messages to ensure child safetv. ©1992 DIGANIMAT/ON CITY/INC. - INJUN, OF 1991 A WOMAN IN REPORT YOU WILL FIND SOME OF FLORIDA WROTE APOIGNANT LETTER THESE TREMENDOUS RECOVERY TO ONE OF OUR BRANCH OFFICES. STORIES. HER CHILD HAD PARTICIPATED IN AS WE LOOK AT OUR ACCOM- KIDS AND COMPANY: TOGETHER FOR PLISHMENTS OVER THE PAST YEARS SAFETY-THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR WE KNOW THAT MUCH MORE WORK ERATION OF AMERICANS WITH COM- MISSING AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN'S NEEDS TO BE DONE. AS OF JUNE I, MON SE"'SE, NON FEARFUL SAFETY (NCMEC) CHILD SAFETY EDUCATIONAL 1992, THE NAMES OF 8,889 MISSING AND PREVENTION TIPS. PROGRAM. THE WOMAN, HERSELF A CHILDREN REMAIN IN OUR FILES AND IN THE FOLLOWING MONTHS, VICTIM OF CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE, EACH WEEK MORE CASES ARE RE- YOU'LL FIND INSPECTOR GADGET ON ENDED HER LETTER WITH THE PORTED. CEREAL BOXES, IN THE MAIL, AND ON THOUGHT: "HAD THIS PROGRAM BUT EACH WEEK CHILDREN ARE THE AIRWAYS, TEACHING KIDS HOW BEEN IN MY GRADE SCHOOL, I WOULD FOUND, AND WE RECEIVE HUNDREDS TO BE SAFE AS PART OF OUR NATION- SURELY HAVE TOLD SOMEONE, AND OF REQUESTS FOR SAFETY AND PRE­ ,;{"'" WIDE CAMPAIGN 1'0 REACH CHILDREN THE ABUSE WOULD HAVE STOPPED." VENTION LITERATURE. THAT GIVES AND FAMILIES ACROSS AMERICA WITH THAT IS PART OF WHY NCMEC US THE HOPE THAT PERHAPS ONE THE BEST, MOST COMPLETE SAFETY EXISTS: TO TEACH CHILDREN THAT DAY ALL CHILDREN WILL KNOW HOW MESSAGES TO ENSURE CHILD SAFETY. THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE SAFE TO KEEP SAFE. NCMEC'S OTHER MAJOR EFFORT, AND TO PREVENT THEM FROM BE- DEBBIE CARLSON, THE MOTHER OFCOURSE, IS TO FIND CHILDREN WHO COMING VICTIMS. SUCH EDUCATION IS OF AN ABDUCTED AND MURDERED ARE ALREADY MISSING. THROUGHOUT IMPERATIVE. CHILDREN'S BEST CHILD, SAID IT BEST: "OUR CHILDREN THIS REPORT, YOU'LL SEE PHOTOS OF WEAPONS AGAINST VICTIMIZATION ARE OUR MOST PRECIOUS RESOURCE. ABDUCTED CHILDREN. EACH NEEDS ARE THEIR ABILITY 1'0 THINK AND WE HOPE YOU'LL JOIN US IN OUR YOUR HELP. PLEASE CALL NCMEC'S PREPARATION TO RESPOND 1'0 CER­ EFFORTS TO PROTECT THEM." HOTLINE 1-800-THE-LOST SHOULD TAIN SITUATIONS. YOU RECOGNIZE ANY OF THEM. auv~· WE HAVE ANEW COLLEAGUE IN DANIEL D. BROUGHTON, M.D. MISSING CHILDREN ARE BEING OUR EDUCATIONAL EFFORTS­ CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD FOUND. FROM NCMEC'S CREATION IN INSPECTOR GADGET OF TELEVISION ~vurz~ 1984 THROUGH MARCH 1992, IT HAS ERNEST E. ALLEN, J.D. CARTOON FAME. WORKING TOGETHER ASSISTED PARENTS AND LAW EN­ PRESIDENT & CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER WE CAN EMPOWER AWHOLE GEN- FORCEMENT IN THE RECOVERY OF 19,948 CHILDREN. THROUGHOUT THIS I SERVICES NCMEC has dlslrlbuled more than 113,000 photos and btographles to 1,475 private sector partners on 1,427 missing children. 01 those children, 196 (a ratio of 1 In 7) have been recovered as a direct resull of this worl!. I HAUl; CASEY' ROSE I Acaller wishes to report that they If the caller wishes to receive DAT£:~~{MS9 I D08; 07tt8186 have seen a misSing child. The Na­ safety and prevention information, """tit. 3'0" EYU; .Stown _Rod tional Center for Missing and Ex­ the Hotline Operator forwards our _wto 2.81bs.female FAOfot. BrttI1hColutntXa I poited Children provides the Ia\v wealth of literature geared for both CALL 1-800843-5678 enforcement agency investigating parents and children on the topics .~ )_fIOctii............... ",,___ ... _CN"" bo<n_ the case with the lead and also pro­ of interest to them from how to vides in-depth case analysis of all choose a babysitter or daycare fa­ leads reported on a particular child ciity to a child's checklist of eight to aid in the recovery of that child. rules for safety. NCMEc's HOTLINE RINGS. A PARENT WANTS If the caller, instead, wishes to report a neighbor with a stash of NCMEC'S CASE ENHANCEMENT child pornography, NCMEC shares AND INFORMATION ANALYSIS TO REPORT A MISSING CHILD. INSTANTLY, SHE IS UNIT this information with the U.S. Cus­ toms Service in its role as the Child NCMEC's Case Enhancement and CONNECTED WITH AMERICA'S RESOURCE CENTER Pornography Tipline. Information Analysis Unit aids in If the caller is a teenager who the analysis of "sighting" informa­ FOR MISSING AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN. has run away, the Hotline Operator tion received on a missing child will help the child find shelter and by "geocoding" the record then NCMEC'S STAFF OF CASE MANAGERS ARE FOR- I transportation home while working graphically displaying (or plotting), in cooperation with the National on a map, the specific locations MER LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WHO WORK Runaway Switchboard. where a child and/or abductor have DIRECTLY WITH THE FAMILY AND THE LAW EN- FORCEMENT AGENCY ON THE CASE TO OFFER RE- SOURCES-FROM STEP-BY-STEP INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO CONDUCT THE INVESTIGATION TO NA- TIONAL DISTRIBUTION OF ACHILD'S PHOTOGRAPH TO LEGAL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE IN ABDUCTIONS BY FAMILY MEMBERS TO AGE-PROGRESSION OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF MISSING CHILDREN. been seen. NCMEC's analysis of the information received on a particu- leads in individual missing child 1ar case and helps them make the cases assists law enforcement agen­ most of often limited reSOl11'ces in cies in prioritizing the "sighting" the search for a missing child. l---__ ON MAY 25, 1979, ETAN ?ATZ VANISHED FROM THE STREETS OF NEW YORK CITY WHILE ON HIS WAY TO SCHOOL. THE MASSIVE SEARCH EFFORT AND MEDIA ATTEN- ETAN PATZ, NOfIFAMILY ABDUCTION. Original and age-progressed pholograph. TION THAT WERE TO FOLLOW HELPED TO FOCUS THE NATION ON THE PROBLEM OF Date 01 Birth: 10/9n2. Dale Missing: 5125n9. Missing Irom: New York Cltv. CHILD ABDUCTION AND THE LACK OF ANATIONAL PLAN TO ADDRESS IT. IN THE YEARS TO FOLLOW, THE MOMENTUM THAT BEGAN WITH THE PATZ CHILD'S DISAPPEARANCE SERVED TO MOVE ELECTED OFFICIALS, CHILD ADVO- CATES, FAMILIES OF MISSING CHILDREN, AND CONCERNED CITIZENS FROM COAST- TO-COAST TO ACTION. IN 1982, PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN SIGNED INTO LAW THE MISSING CHILDREN ACT, AND IN 1983, liE PROCLAIMED MAY 25, NATIONAL MISSING CHILDREN DAY. SINCE THEN, THE WHITE HOUSE AND FAMILIES AND IICMEC'S HOTLINE: 1-800-THE-LOST FRIENDS OF MISSING CHILDREN NATIONWIDE JOIN HANDS ANNUALLY THROUGH- JANUARY 1991-MARCH 1992 CALLS FOR SERVICE OUT THE MONTH OF MAY TO PLAN COMMUNITY EVENTS AND RAISE PUBLIC AWARE- Reporls 01 axplolled children: 1% NESS TO BETTER PROTECT OUR CHILDREN. IN 1984, THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN (NCMEC) WAS ESTABLISHED TO SPEARHEAD Reports 01 missing chUdren: 12% EFFORTS AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL TO LOCATE AND RECOVER MISSING CHILDREN, Requests lor AND HELP COMBAT CHILD VICTIMIZATION. case assistance: 31 %,,;; Left: Ruben Rodriguez and Calhv Nahlrnv 01 NCMEC's Case Enhancement and Inlormallon Analvsls Unft worll wfth the Geographic Imaging System (GIS] donated bV Maplnlo 01 Trov, New Yorll. __1 I A D V 0 C A C Y NCMEC Vice President and Chief Operating Officer John Rabun conducts a training s~sslon for ----&---- nurse managers, hospital administrators, and hospital security professionals In Oklahoma City. EDUCATION NCMEc's educational efforts are as broad as the national community it serves. NCMEC's advocacy concerns may be narrower, but just as impor­ tant. Quite simply. NCMEC works to pass laws that will help put an end to child sex­ ua abuse. It strongly advo­ cates nationwide sex offender Yu MIGfiTTHINK THAT THE NATIONAL CENTER registration, for example, so that a molester will be unable to slip FOR MISSING AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN DIRECTS the U.S. Department ofjustice in into a child-care job despite a record 1990 reported that 114,600 non­ of convictions many pages long ITS EDUCATIONAL EFFORTS AT ONE GROUP (YOUNG family abductions are attempted from another state or community. every year. Thus, there is a great need to educate children about PEOPLE) AND ONE LESSON (PERSONAL SAFETY). NATIONAL TRAINING ways to safeguard themselves from such abduction attempts. BUT THE WORD "STUDENT" HAS MANY DEFINI- NCMEC was the first to bring the is­ NCMEC does this through the sue of infant abductions to national distribution of child safety and pre­ TlONS AT NCMEC: A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER attention and continues to provide vention tips to both parents and state-of-the-art training on this prob­ children and through the promo­ lem.