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NCMEC
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The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) is headquartered outside the nation's capital in Alexandria, Virginia and was established by Congress in 1984 through the Missing Children's Assistance Act. NCMEC is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that operates under a Congressional mandate and works in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juveline Justice and Delinquency Prevention in coordinating the efforts of law enforcement, social service agencies, elected officials, judges, prosecutors, educators, and the public and private sectors to combat crimes against children.
NCMEC's mission is to help prevent child abduction and sexual exploitation; to help find missing children; and to assist victims of abduction and sexual exploitation, their families, and the professionals who serve them.
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Since opening its doors, NCMEC has:
- Played a role in the recovery of more than 99,500 children
- Worked on more than 117,100 missing child cases
- Handled more than 2 million telephone calls through its nationwide, toll-free Hotline 1-800-THE-LOST
- Received more than 365,600 reports about sexually exploited children on www.cybertipline.com
- Trained more than 215,000 law enforcement professionals
- Distributed more than 39 million free safety publications
- Circulated millions of photographs of missing children recovering 1 in 6 children featured in their Picture Them Home campaign
DUE IN LARGE PART TO THE EFFORTS OF NCMEC, OUR NATION'S RECOVERY RATE FOR MISSING CHILDREN HAS CLIMBED FROM 62% IN 1990, TO 96% TODAY.
NCMEC is one of the nation's model charities:
- 94 cents of every dollar donated goes directly to support our programs and services
- Meets all standards of the BBB Wise Giving Alliance
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