MISSING CHILDREN RESOURCES

ORGANIZATIONS

Child Quest International, Inc.  
Child Quest International is a non-profit corporation dedicated to the protection and recovery of missing, abused and exploited children and at-risk adults.

National Center for Missing and Exploited Children 24-hour Hotline: 1-800-THE-LOST 
The organization's mission is "to help prevent child abduction and sexual exploitation; help find missing children; and assist victims of child abduction and sexual exploitation, their families, and the professionals who serve them."

The Nation's Missing Children Organization (NMCO)
The NMCO is a nonprofit agency providing nationwide assistance to law enforcement and families of missing persons.   

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Hyde, Margaret O. (1998). Missing and Murdered Children. Franklin Watts.  
An informative book presents information about children who have been kidnapped, runaways, thrownaways, and those who have died from abuse and neglect and at the hands of strangers and peers. The effects of abductions and runaways on a family, shelters that aim to get children off the streets, and programs designed to get the missing youngsters home are explored.