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The AMBER Advocate, Issue 4 2020

Date Published
November 2020
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Grant Sponsored), Report (Annual/Periodic), Program/Project Description
Agencies
OJJDP-Sponsored

38th Annual National Missing Children’s Day Poster Contest Now Open

JUVJUST - National Missing Children's Day 38th Annual Poster Contest

OJJDP invites fifth graders to participate in the 38th Annual National Missing Children's Day poster contest. This nationwide contest creates an opportunity for schools, law enforcement, and other child advocates to discuss the issue of missing and/or exploited children with youth, parents, and guardians and to promote child safety. Poster contest winners will be recognized at the Department of Justice’s National Missing Children's Day commemoration...

OJJDP Accepting Nominations for National Missing Children's Day Awards

Each year, the U.S. Department of Justice, through OJJDP, recognizes the extraordinary efforts of individuals, organizations, and agencies that have made a significant contribution to protecting children between November 15, 2019 and November 20, 2020. The Department recognizes the awardees each May at the annual National Missing Children's Day ceremony in Washington, DC. The ceremony is planned for May 19, 2021 (tentative).  OJJDP will make the...

The AMBER Advocate, Issue 2 2020

Date Published
June 2020
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description, Newsletter, News and Announcement, Case Study
Agencies
OJJDP-Sponsored

OJJDP Observes National Missing Children's Day

May 25, 2020 National Missing Children's Day

In 1983, President Ronald Reagan proclaimed May 25 as National Missing Children's Day in memory of Etan Patz, a 6-year-old boy who disappeared from a New York City street corner. Each year, National Missing Children’s Day is encourages parents, guardians, caregivers, and others concerned with the well-being of children to make child safety a priority.

On May 20, 2020, the Department of Justice announced the...

OJJDP-funded AMBER Alert Tools Launched To Help Tribal Law Enforcement Respond to Missing Children

OJJDP's AMBER Alert Training and Technical Assistance Program has launched a set of online investigative checklists to help tribal law enforcement respond to and investigate cases of missing, endangered, or abducted children. These checklists provide strategies for first responders, investigative officers, and supervisory officers involved in a missing or endangered child investigation. They are available in web, PDF, and mobile formats. These resources were...

The AMBER Advocate, Issue 1 2020

Date Published
March 2020
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Grant Sponsored), Report (Annual/Periodic), Program/Project Description
Agencies
OJJDP-Sponsored

The First Three Hours

Date Published
October 2017
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Grant Sponsored), Instructional Material (Programmed), Factsheet
Agencies
OJJDP-Sponsored

OJJDP FY 2020 Missing and Exploited Children Training and Technical Assistance Program

Closing Date
Through this program, OJJDP seeks to improve and expand the development and implementation of training and technical assistance on effective responses to missing and exploited children's issues for multidisciplinary teams of prosecutors, state and local law enforcement, child protection personnel, medical providers, and other child-serving professionals. Additionally, this program will provide support for the implementation of all National Missing Children's Day activities.

New Issue of AMBER Advocate Newsletter Now Available

The AMBER Advocate, Issue 4 2019

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

  • The 2019 AMBER Alert in Indian Country Symposium and remarks by Pamela Foster, the mother of Ashlynne Mike, a Navajo girl who was abducted and murdered.
  • The Good Samaritan and Minnesota AMBER Alert that lead to the safe return of two abducted girls.
  • Tanea Parmenter, Idaho's AMBER Alert co-coordinator...