When Your Child Is Missing: A Family Survival Guide, Fifth Edition, 2025 Update
Date Published
September 2025
Agencies
OJJDP-Sponsored
Missing children
Now Available: Second Edition of Guide for Siblings of Missing Youth
Developed alongside families whose children went missing, this guide is designed to help others who face the same crisis.
What About Me? Finding Your Path Forward When Your Brother or Sister is Missing (Second Edition)
Date Published
January 2025
Agencies
OJJDP
Missing or Murdered Indigenous People: Bringing Loved Ones Home
May 2022
Grassroots efforts working to increase national awareness and understanding of the Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons crisis are highlighted in this video. Also referred to as Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW), Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG), Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives (MMIR), or other names specific to a Tribal community (such as Missing and Murdered Diné Relatives, MMDR, in the Navajo Nation); each acronym represents the generations of American Indians and Alaska Natives that have mourned missing or murdered loved ones. Working together can help bring healing and justice.
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Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons (MMIP)
These resources can equip victim service providers and allied professionals with tools to help assist relatives of missing or murdered Indigenous persons.
AMBER Alert in Indian Country
This program offers training and technical assistance to help Tribal communities develop programs to safely recover children who are endangered, missing, or have been abducted.
Bureau of Indian Affairs: Missing and Murdered Indigenous People
This program investigates missing and murdered cases involving American Indians and Alaska Natives in pursuit of justice for those impacted by violence.
U.S. Department of Justice: Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons
This site highlights efforts by the Department to address the disproportionately high rates of violence experienced by Native Americans, and relatedly, the high rates of Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons.
May 2021 Featured Resources
This featured news content includes information about Missing and Murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives Awareness Day, Older Americans Month, and National Police Week.
Internet Crimes Against Children
Date Published
December 2001
Agencies
OVC
Missing Children, State Care, and Child Sex Trafficking: Engaging the Judiciary in Building a Collaborative Response
Date Published
June 2015
Agencies
OJJDP-Sponsored
AMBER Alert Best Practices Guide, Second Edition
Date Published
April 2019
Agencies
OJJDP
A Law Enforcement Guide on International Parental Kidnapping
Date Published
July 2018
Agencies
OJJDP
U.S. Department of Justice: Human Trafficking
This website provides information about U.S. Department of Justice efforts to combat human trafficking and provide services to victims.
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI): Violent Crimes Against Children
This FBI program's mission is to—
- decrease the vulnerability of children to sexual exploitation;
- develop a nationwide capacity to provide a rapid, effective, and measured investigative response to crimes against children; and
- enhance the capabilities of state and local law enforcement investigators through programs, investigative assistance, and task force operations.
National Runaway Safeline
The mission of the National Runaway Safeline is to help keep America's runaway, homeless, and at-risk youth safe and off the streets. Contact the Safeline toll free at 800-RUNAWAY (800-786-2929), text at 66008, or via online chat.
¿Y yo? Cómo Sobrellevar el Secuestro de un Hermano o una Hermana
Date Published
May 2012
Agencies
OJJDP