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The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children is a private, nonprofit 501(c)(3) corporation whose mission is to help find missing children, reduce child sexual exploitation, and prevent child victimization. NCMEC works with families, victims, professionals in the field, and the public to assist with preventing child abductions, recovering missing children, and providing services to deter and combat child sexual exploitation. NCMEC achieves its mission through the provision of core functions set forth under 34 U.S.C. § 11293, which are designed to address the problem of missing and sexually exploited children.

NCMEC will partner collaboratively with the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Key goals and activities include, but are not limited to, serving as the national resource center and information clearinghouse for missing and exploited children; operating a national 24-hour, toll-free telephone line by which individuals may report information regarding the location of any missing child; operating a Cybertipline to provide online users and electronic service providers a means to report internet-related child sexual exploitation; providing training and technical assistance to individuals and professionals in the field in the prevention, investigation, prosecution, and treatment of cases involving missing and sexually exploited children; and supporting the development of tools and new technologies to modernize and improve efficiencies related to managing leads submitted to the Cybertipline for their use by law enforcement.

The National Center For Missing And Exploited Children

SUPPORT OPERATION OF NCMEC AND ITS LEGISLATIVE MANDATED FUNCTIONS.

16.543 - Missing Children's Assistance

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) [DOJ - OJP]

Alexandria, Virginia 22314-5950 United States

Single Zip Code

OJJDP FY 2022 Invited to Apply - The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (O-OJJDP-2022-171441)

Amendment Since initial award the End Date has been extended from 09/30/23 to 09/30/25.