Nonprofit Organizations For Missing Children
And Their Families
As we continue to search for resources
to assist victim families, we have added non-profit organizations
that we are aware of within the United States, Canada and Europe.
Please note that we provide this list as a public service. We
appreciate feedback from you, positive and negative, regarding
your experience with any organizations so that we can offer
the best resources available to searching parents.
For assistance with these and more
resources, please contact Team HOPE at our toll free number
1-866-305-HOPE
ARIZONA
OUR TOWN FAMILY CENTER (1989)
Karen Pugh, Crisis Counselor
Kevin Jackson
3833 East Bellevue Street
Tucson, AZ 85716
1-800-537 8696
Tel: (520) 323 1706
Fax: (520) 323 5900
Local abductions only
Advocacy Group: Vaughn Pyle
Tel: (520) 740 5525
http://www.ourtownfamilycenter.org/
Majority of cases are runaways. They create and distribute flyers.
Assist in reunification when the child is recovered. They have
a shelter where they do 3 day intensive counseling when the
child is recovered. Also have referrals for long-term counseling.
They continue and follow up with the families
ARKANSAS
National Center for Endangered Missing
Adults
P.O. Box 511
Searcy, Arkansas 72145-0511
E-mail: herbeau@ipa.net
501-726-3255
Missing Adult Organization
The organization will act as a liaison between families, law
enforcement agencies and the media in an effort to ease the
burden and lessen confusion, which will allow all concerned
to clearly focus on the search and investigation.
CALIFORNIA
FIND THE CHILDREN
Karen Strickland, Executive Director
3250 Ocean Park Blvd.
Suite 333
Santa Monica, CA 90405
1-888-477-6721
Tel: (310) 314 3213
Fax: (310) 477 7166
E-mail: findthechild@loop.com
http://www.findthechildren.com/
Find the Children has 130 volunteers all over the United States
who post flyers of missing children with their pictures and
vital information on them. They mail these flyers once a month,
and in some cases do emergency mailings. Their volunteers post
these flyers in retail stores, at YMCA's, in gas stations, libraries,
schools, truck stops and recreation centers. Free therapy for
parents and children when they return from abduction. Also free
therapy for searching parents. Complete case management program
for searching parents.
No international or runaway cases.
KLAAS KIDS FOUNDATION
Marc Klaas, President
PO Box 925
Sausalito, CA 94966
Tel: (415) 331 6867
Email: pollydad@pacbell.net
http://www.klaaskids.org/
Very informative site regarding non-family abductions.
The KlaasKids Foundation was established in 1994 to give meaning
to the death of twelve-year-old kidnap and murder victim Polly
Hannah Klaas and to create a legacy in her name that would be
protective of children for generations to come. The Foundation’s
mission is to stop crimes against children.
KIDS FOUNDATION
Box 57,111
Hayward , CA 94545
(510) 477-0404
E-mail: kidsfoundation@lycos.com
http://www.tdl.com/~kids
Posts flyers of missing children on their website
MISSING CHILDREN INVESTIGATION
CENTER, INC.
Albert J. Schloegel - “Doc”
120 S. San Fernando Blvd. # 450 or Post Office Box 4138
Burbank, CA 91502-1321
Tel: (818) 382 1999
Email: globeranger@worldnet.att.net / doc@mcic4help.org
http://www.mcic4help.org
MCIC is a non-profit (501c3) organization and our mission is
to locate and return missing, abducted and runaway children
as well as children involved in cults. MCIC is a network of
volunteer agents and investigators.
GEORGIA
CHILDREN’S RIGHTS OF AMERICA,
INC. (1983)
Kathy Rosenthal, Founder and Executive Director
PO Box 3581
Alpharetta, GA 30023-3581
770-442-7865
Email: cra@cra-us.org /
E-mail: crg@cra-us.org
http://www.cra-us.org
Case-By-Case Assistance and support counseling for families
of missing children, including coordination of contracted investigative
services, dissemination of photographs to the media, cataloging
and confirmation of sighting leads, and technical assistance
to private attorneys, law enforcement, and youth professionals
across America.
NEW MEXICO
ID RESOURCE CENTER OF ALBUQUERQUE
(1984)
Gayle File, Executive Director
2913 San Mateo NE
Albuquerque, NM 87110
Tel: (505) 883 0983
Fax: (505) 880 0948
Primarily investigations in New Mexico on all types of missing
children/adults
NEW YORK
The Center for Hope
Doug and Mary Lyall
278 Rowland Street
Ballston Spa, NY 12020
Email: jdlmary@hope4themissing.org
518-885-1331
http://www.hope4themissing.org/
The Center for Hope, Inc. is a not for profit organization with
the mission of providing resources to educate, assist and support
families and friends to cope with the ambiguous disappearance
of a loved one.
The primary goals of HOPE are to design and construct the "National
Remorial for Missing Persons" at an appropriate location
within New York State's Capital District, and to promote and
provide support, education and healing for survivors by sponsoring
professionally run seminars including an annual ceremony on
Missing Person's Day.
Co. M.A.C. – Committee for Missing and Abducted Children
Jim Dingeman, Co-founder
325 West 76th Ave., Apt 6
New York, NY
Tel: (212) 873 9334
Email: jimdingeman@yahoo.com
http://www.childrenabduction.com/comac/
Works towards changing missing persons laws in New York.
OKLAHOMA
THE ANDI FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN
P.O. Box 314
Skiatook, Oklahoma 74070
918-396-9991
Email: AndiFoundation@aol.com
http://www.andifoundation.com/
Created in memory and honor of 12-year-old abduction/murder
victim Andi Brewer we are dedicated to protecting children from
predatory crime and abduction. AF4C strives to provide the best
resources to communities, child care facilities, and law enforcement
on predatory crimes against children. Representatives from AF4C
will accompany children and their families to court offering
them emotional support and comfort. We also research to find
the best available resources for victim's of crime to help them
come to terms with their ordeal.
OREGON
TOMMY FOUNDATION
Tom and Vicki Kelly
P O Box 662
Phoenix, Oregon 97535
541 535-5184
email: TommyFoudation@yahoo.com
or tvkelly@qwest.net
http://geocities.com/manolo_gachupin/rockstars.html
fax 541 535-4463
The Tommy Foundation is a 501(3)C Non Profit Organization, which
addresses the issues of missing children by bringing the issue
of missing children to the public’s awareness through
the media and public presentations, and empowering parents with
information on what to do if their child is missing and child
safety tips.
Through their grief and sorrow, they advocated for legislation
in the state of Oregon. The Tommy Law was passed into law May
25, 2001, National Missing Children Day. The Tommy Law allows
for education of law enforcement officials on the correct and
most efficient way to investigate missing children reports.
The hope now is that every state will pass similar legislation.
PENNSYLVANIA
CHILD ALERT FOUNDATION
Phone: 570-928-8422
Fax: 570-928-8110
Email: cafnet@epix.net
http://www.childalert.org
CAF is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that has state of the
art Internet software to assist police, 911 and other law enforcement
agencies notify the public of a child abduction. By networking
the location of radio, television, police and other civic organizations,
abduction information can be disseminated in a matter of minutes
to the general public instead of the manual process that is
currently in production today.
TEXAS
CHILD SEARCH MINISTRIES (1990)
National Missing Children Center
Marylin Ward, President
Sheila Ward, case manager: child@onramp.net
PO Box 73725
Houston, TX 77273 - 3725
1 - 800 - 832 3773
Tel: (281) 350 - KIDS (5437)
Fax: (281) 355 - MISS (6477)
Email: childsearch@childsearch.org
http://www.childsearch.org
LAURA RECOVERY CENTER FOUNDATION
307 B-1 S. Friendswood Drive
Friendswood, Texas 77546
Tel: (281) 482 5723 (LRCF)
Fax: (281) 482 5727
Email: Info@LRCFoundation.org
http://www.LRCFoundation.org
