Elementary school age (5-10)

On December 19, 2019, from 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. ET, OJJDP will present "Reporting Children Missing from Care to NCMEC: Training #4." This webinar will explore the Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act which requires social service agencies to immediately report missing foster care children to law enforcement and the OJJDP-supported National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC). The webinar will...

Today, the Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs announced awards of more than $143.7 million in child protection grants. The awards will enhance state, local and tribal jurisdictions' capabilities to protect children and respond to juvenile victimization. OJJDP and the Office for Victims of Crime awarded grants to more than 120 sites, jurisdictions, and task forces nationwide. The funds will help communities find missing children...

OJJDP has released the latest issue of The AMBER Advocate newsletter. This issue features articles on:

• The tragic ties between missing and abducted children and child sex trafficking, spotlighted at the 2019 National AMBER Alert Symposium,
• The Navajo Nation symposium on child sex trafficking in tribal communities, and
• European police officers' animated video created for International Missing Children's Day.

The AMBER Advocate newsletter is now...