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"Bringing Our Missing Children Home Safely" Conference
![]() "You are the bedrock of our nation's efforts to protect children. I appreciate your work to mobilize our resources in the cause of child safety." These were the welcoming words of Cybele K. Daley, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Office of Justice Programs, at the "Bringing Our Missing Children Home Safely" Conference held in Appleton, WI, October 1921, 2006. More than 150 representatives from State clearinghouses for missing persons and nonprofit organizations nationwide attended the conference, which was cosponsored by OJJDP, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, and Fox Valley Technical College Criminal Justice Division. Conference attendees learned about enhancing investigative skills and working collaboratively on missing children's cases. Workshops topics included Understanding the Evolving Dynamics of Victim Rights Within the Criminal Justice System; Exploitation of Children Through Prostitution; AMBER Alert Update; Internet Crimes Against Children: An Overview of the Task Force Program; Managing Missing Children Cases; and the Association of Missing and Exploited Children's Organizations (AMECO) and State Clearinghouses: Working Together To Protect Our Children. In her keynote speech, Deputy Assistant Attorney General Daley addressed a number of steps OJP and OJJDP have taken to date, including the following:
In closing, the Deputy Assistant Attorney General said, "We need your help in these efforts to protect our young people from sexual predators, just as we rely on you to find missing and abducted children. We look to you for help in educating families on ways to stay safe, both on our neighborhood streets and in the avenues of cyberspace." |
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