Programs

Child Find's Programs

Location Services

Child Find's 1-800-I-AM-LOST toll-free number receives more than 5,000 calls for assistance each year. An in-house location staff investigates each case of a missing child using computer technology, the Internet and a massive national network of partners, including local law enforcement agencies, the FBI, state missing children clearinghouses, schools and other non-profit organizations. Photos of missing children are disseminated nationwide through the support of hundreds of media outlets, other businesses and volunteers who post, circulate, print or air Child Find missing children posters.

CAPSS - Child Abduction Prevention and Support Services

The CAPSS 1-800-A-WAY-OUT toll-free number connects families impacted by child custody crisis, parental abduction and denied visitation to a wide array of services including prevention action, conflict resolution and mediation, co-parenting planning, legal advocacy, comprehensive case management, educational resources and more. On staff mediators and a national network of volunteer mediators have extensive experience in divorce, custodial and family mediation.

PARENT HELP
Dads and moms parenting apart and dealing with problems sharing kids, visitation, custody and child support receive free and confidential telephone assistance by calling 1-800-716-3468. Services offered include those of CAPSS as well as parenting and fatherhood education, anger management, crisis intervention and relationship coaching. PARENT HELP was designed in conjunction with New York State's Child Support Division and launched in early 2007 with funding by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Our goal is to serve as a model program to prevent parental child abduction and denied visitation while increasing establishment of and compliance with child support orders.

Click the link below to go to the PARENT HELP website:

Watch the PARENT HELP video.

Run Away? No Way!
Run Away? No Way! is a multi-faceted prevention program for middle school youngsters, custom-designed for them by Child Find of America in collaboration with their teachers, their parents and agencies serving their community. Designated funding is required for this prevention program. In the past, funding has been provided in the past by the New York State Department of Education, Ronald McDonald House Charities, Target Stores and others. The collaboratively-designed programs vary from community to community based on local needs. The program may contain one or more of the following activities:

1. A Run Away? No Way! Student Conference - usually a day-long event held on school property or at another community site.

2. Parent Night Presentations - in conjunction with the local PTA/PTO.

3. Teacher Training Sessions - introducing grade appropriate curricula options and learning modules, bringing community resources into schools and identifying children at risk.

4. Focus on Special Needs Students - providing teacher, parent and community education on programs for special needs youngsters or young adults who require adapted safety skills training.

Information and Referral
Over the years Child Find has developed a comprehensive information and referral network and an extensive library that serves parents, educators, law enforcement and human service professionals on a daily basis.

Public Education
Child Find of America staff, board members and volunteers work year round to educate various publics about the issues of missing children, how to keep children safe and what to do in times of crisis. Public education efforts include participation in health and safety fairs, civic event and community organization presentations and workshops on Internet safety. Educational materials, and Child Find's DocuPak - which helps families keep vital information about their children at hand, are distributed to school children and their parents. Press releases, articles and interviews with local and national media also bring attention and awareness to missing children. In-service training of allied professionals also increases understanding of the issue and strengthens our ability to prevent and resolve all cases of missing children. Child Find's website provides Internet users access to many of our materials.

-800-I-AM-LOST 1-800-A-WAY-OUT