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Abductions - Emergency Links

Please take care if you are approached (on the street, over the telephone, or by mail) to donate to organizations purporting to help missing children. Reports have surfaced of inappropriate (even illegal) solicitations made on behalf of legitimate organizations or actual missing children.

Teach, Listen, Believe, Respond - learn to trust your instincts (and your child's instincts): Are You (Parent or Child) In a Crisis Situation? Go Here Now

Suggestions for Parents for Preventing the Abduction of Your Child

Tips for Kids on How to Avoid Being Abducted

Helping Abducted Children Come Home Alive

Emergency Links to Help You and Your Child

Teaching Links to Help Your Child Avoid Being Abducted

Protecting Your Child from Physical, Mental and/or Sexual Abuse

Links to State Information on Registered Sex Offenders
Are You (Parent or Child) In a Crisis Situation? Go Here Now
Suggestions for Parents for Preventing the Abduction of Your Child
Tips for Kids on How to Avoid Being Abducted
Helping Abducted Children Come Home Alive
Emergency Links to Help You and Your Child
Teaching Links to Help Your Child Avoid Being Abducted

	The police, 911 or local emergency line
	Your local or state police might be able to provide you with a list of sex offenders in your community (Call your local police department or look up "state police" on the Internet).
	Local family resource centers or state departments of Health & Welfare
	National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-SAFE (TTY: 1-800-787-3224)
	Childhelp USA: National Child Abuse Hot Line: 1-800-4 A CHILD (800-422-4453). TDD: 1-800-2 A CHILD.
	Women’s shelter/abuse hot line: (Look in phone book, call police or ask operator).

	The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children - If you suspect a child's been abducted, or think you might have been abducted
	The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children might be able to help you with travel expenses related to bringing your runaway or abducted child back home.
	Missing Children Society of Canada
	North America Missing Children Association, Inc. (Canada)
	RCMP National Missing Children Services - Canada
	Federal Bureau of Investigation
	U.S. Department of State - for help in locating children abducted to other countries (Also try this specific page) (1-888-407-4747. Citizens abroad can call 1-317-472-2328)
	Carole Sund/Carrington Memorial Reward Foundation - works to raise awareness, and also helps "families without economic means to offer rewards for information"
	Safer Child Families in Crisis - organizations that can help you if your child is abducted or lost
	The Rachel Foundation - helps parents and children reform bonds broken by abduction or alienation
	These organizations provide help to children who are coerced in "marrying" at a young age (or to women who were coerced into "marrying" at a young age: Help the Child Brides also Hope for the Child Brides also Child Protection Project

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