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Discover resources on Internet safety for children and consumers, Internet privacy, cyberbullying, and cyberstalking.

The America's Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response (AMBER) Alert System is a voluntary partnership between law-enforcement agencies, broadcasters, transportation agencies, and the wireless industry to activate an urgent bulletin in the most serious child abduction cases. The AMBER Alert website provides information on issuing AMBER Alerts, toolkits for raising awareness, and more.

This agency provides services to parents in cases of international family abductions. If you believe your child is in the process of being abducted by a parent, legal guardian, or someone acting on their behalf, call 888-407-4747 or 202-501-4444 or email PreventAbduction1@state.gov.

The Battered Women's Justice Project offers training, technical assistance, and consultation on the most promising practices of the criminal and civil justice systems in addressing domestic violence.

The Anti-Phishing Working Group is focused on eliminating the fraud and identity theft that result from phishing, pharming, and email spoofing of all types.

The Women's Refugee Commission advocates vigorously for laws, policies, and programs to improve the lives and protect the rights of refugee and internally displaced women, children, and young people, including those seeking asylum.

This organization promotes and supports the rehabilitation of torture victims and works for the prevention of torture.

The International Federation of Social Workers is a global organization striving for social justice, human rights, and social development through social work, best practices and international cooperation between social workers and their professional organizations.

The mission of the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation, Inc. is to provide leadership, education, training, consultation, and support services in comprehensive crisis intervention and disaster behavioral health services to the emergency response professions, other organizations, and communities worldwide.

The Exchange seeks to strengthen restorative practices in programs for prisoners, victims, and families of prisoners.

The International Institute for Restorative Practices is dedicated to the advanced education of professionals and to the conduct of research that can develop the growing field of restorative practices, with the goal of positively influencing human behavior and strengthening civil society throughout the world.

MaleSurvivor fosters a healing community for male victims of sexual assault and sexual abuse where they can together to find support, information and—most importantly—hope.

The Doe Network is an international volunteer organization devoted to assisting law enforcement in solving cold cases concerning unexplained disappearances and unidentified victims. A family support liaison is available to assist families with missing loved ones by answering questions on how to report your loved one missing to law enforcement or adding a listing on their website or NamUs. 

This organization is a forum for information, advocacy, and change to prevent violence against women.

The Network works closely with domestic violence coalitions, allied organizations, and individuals to understand the ongoing and emerging needs of domestic violence victims and advocacy programs.

The Family Research Laboratory works to understand family violence and the impact of violence in families.

This organization seeks to educate those who respond to gender-based violence, equipping them with the knowledge and tools they need to support victims and hold perpetrators accountable. They maintains a comprehensive resource library of publications, policies, protocols, and training tools on topics such as domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, cold cases, trauma, human trafficking and more.

The Institute is a national resource center and clearinghouse on gender violence in Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander communities.

Pathways to Safety International provides crisis services to victims of crime outside the United States, including the crimes of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. Contact them by email at crisis@pathwaystosafety.org for information, support, and referrals.

ECPAT International is a global network of organizations and individuals working together to combat the sexual exploitation of children.

This non-profit child advocacy and professional membership association dedicated to providing high-quality legal representation for children.

The Child Witness to Violence Project is a counseling, advocacy, and outreach project that focuses on the growing number of young children who are bystanders to community and domestic violence.

The National Association of Social Workers is a membership organization of professional social workers that enhances the professional growth and development of its members, creates and maintains professional standards, and advances sound social policies.

The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund is dedicated to honoring and remembering the service and sacrifice of law enforcement officers in the United States.

Team HOPE matches searching families with experienced and trained volunteers who have had or still have a missing or sexually exploited child. The organization helps families in crisis with a missing, sexually exploited, or recovered child as they handle the day-to-day issues of coping and/or searching for their child.

Use the CyberTipline to report cases of suspected online child sexual exploitation, including online enticement of children for sexual acts, child sexual molestation, child sexual abuse material, child sex tourism, child sex trafficking, unsolicited obscene materials sent to a child, misleading domain names, and misleading words or digital images on the Internet.

The mission of the Crimes Against Children Research Center is to combat crimes against children by providing high quality research and statistics to the public, policymakers, law enforcement personnel, and other child welfare practitioners.

The Center for Victims of Torture works locally, nationally, and internationally to build healing communities where torture survivors feel welcomed, protected, and healed.

This organization promotes victims' rights and offers information and referrals to victims of crime.

This non-governmental organization establishes and develops victim-offender mediation and other restorative justice practices throughout Europe.

The Centre offers information on victims' rights, services, and financial assistance in Canada.

NAMI is dedicated to improving the lives of individuals and families affected by mental illness. The NAMI hotline provides information, resource referrals, and support to people living with mental health conditions, their family members and caregivers, mental health providers, and the public. Contact the NAMI hotline toll free at 800-950-NAMI (6264) or text "NAMI" to 62640.

The Center for Public Representation seeks to improve the quality of lives of people with mental illness and other disabilities through the systemic enforcement of their legal rights while promoting improvements in services for citizens with disabilities.

The Center advocates for the legal rights of people with mental illnesses.

The ACLU works in courts, legislatures, and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties that the Constitution and laws of the United States guarantee everyone in this country.

The Vera Institute of Justice combines expertise in research, demonstration projects, and technical assistance to help leaders in government and civil society improve the systems people rely on for justice and safety.