Childsafe

According to the National Center for the Missing and Exploited Children there will be
over 58,000 non-family abductions this year and 1 out of 5 girls and 1 out of 10 boys
will be sexually abused before they even reach adulthood.

We want to help you protect your children by teaching them to be smarter and safer.
The best way to combat child exploitation and abduction is to prevent it. Please use
our site to learn what you and your children need to know about protecting them from
victimization. Below are some helpful suggestions as well as banner ads and links to
websites that can provide further resources to help keep our kids safe!

If Your Child is Missing

Act immediately if you believe that your child is missing.

If your child is missing from home, search the house checking closets, piles of laundry, in and
under beds, inside old refrigerators—wherever a child may crawl or hide.
If you still cannot find your child, immediately call your local law-enforcement agency.
If your child disappears in a store, notify the store manager or security office. Then immediately
call your local law-enforcement agency. Many stores have a Code Adam plan of action—if a
child is missing in the store, employees immediately mobilize to look for the missing child.
When you call law enforcement, provide your child's name, date of birth, height, weight, and
any other unique identifiers such as eyeglasses and braces. Tell them when you noticed that
your child was missing and what clothing he or she was wearing.
Request that your child's name and identifying information be immediately entered into the
National Crime Information Center (NCIC) Missing Person File.
After you have reported your child missing to law enforcement, call the National Center for
Missing & Exploited Children on our toll-free telephone number, 1-800-THE-LOST (1-800-843-
5678). If your computer is equipped with a microphone and speakers you may talk to one of our
Hotline operators via the Internet

Code Adam

Code Adam was created and named in memory of 6-year-old Adam Walsh. In 1981 Adam was
abducted from a Florida shopping mall and later found murdered. This incident brought national
attention to the horror of child abduction. Since the beginning of the Code Adam program in
1994 it has been a powerful search tool for lost and possibly abducted children in tens of
thousands of establishments across the nation, and it is one of the country’s largest child-safety
programs. A Code Adam decal is posted at a building’s entrance alerting the public of the
location’s participation in the program.

There are six steps employees are trained to follow when a Code Adam is activated

If a visitor reports a child is missing, a detailed description of the child and what he or she is
wearing is obtained.
The employee goes to the nearest in-house telephone and pages Code Adam, describing the
child’s physical features and clothing. As designated employees monitor front entrances, other
employees begin looking for the child.
If the child is not found within 10 minutes, law enforcement is called.
If the child is found and appears to have been lost and unharmed, the child is reunited with the
searching family member.
If the child is found accompanied by someone other than a parent or legal guardian, reasonable
efforts to delay their departure will be used without putting the child, staff, or visitors at risk. Law
enforcement will be notified and given details about the person accompanying the child.
The Code Adam page will be canceled after the child is found or law enforcement arrives.
How to Start Code Adam in Your Workplace

The familiar adage “A picture is worth a thousand words” has proven to be true time
and again by the return of missing children who have been identified through the
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children's Photo-Distribution Program. Thanks
to the dissemination of photographs and information by thousands of companies and
individuals helping the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in this
effort, millions of people have already joined in this search. You can too
through our Picture Them Home campaign to raise awareness about the power of
pictures and their importance in the search for missing children.
by joining our Poster Partner Program, NCMEC will notify you with a "Poster Alert" of
children who become missing in your area.
by joining our Corporate Photo Partner Program. If your company or organization has a
means of distributing posters on a national or regional level, then please consider
joining the program.

I will be adding more pages to this section as they become available in the next couple of
weeks. Please check back often to view our progress. Some of the pages I will be adding are
informational pages on the following topics:

Ad Council Information Package
A Model State Sex-Offender Policy
Campaign Against Child Sexual Exploitation Information Package
Child Molesters: A Behavioral Analysis
Child Molesters Who Abduct: Summary of the Case in Point Series
Child Pornography: It's A Crime
Child-Pornography Possessors Arrested in Internet-Related Crimes: Findings From the
National Juvenile Online Victimization Study
Child Pornography: The Criminal-Justice-System Response
Children Traumatized in Sex Rings
Exploited Child Unit: Technical Assistance Services for Law Enforcement
Female Juvenile Prostitution: Problem and Response
For Camp Counselors
Internet Sex Crimes Against Minors: The Response of Law Enforcement
Just in Case...Exploitation
Online Victimization: A Report on the Nation's Youth
Parental Guidelines in Case Your Child Might Someday be the Victim of Sexual Exploitation.
Preventing the Sexual Exploitation of Children
Prostitution of Children and Child-Sex Tourism: An Analysis of Domestic and International
Responses
Your Kids Can Fill in the Blanks. Can You
Child Safety
For Parents and Guardians
Child Safety is More Than a Slogan
Safety Information for Parents and Guardians
For Kids and Teens
NetSmartz
Interactive Safety Quizzes
Internet Safety Tips for Teens
Internet Safety Tips for Kids
Safety Publications for Kids and Teens
For Educators
Guidelines for Programs to Reduce Child Victimization

Plus some FAQ as well as Statistics.