Missing children

The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) announces the availability of OJJDP News @ a Glance, May/June 2020. This issue's Message From the Administrator and top story highlight how OJJDP-funded drug treatment courts are empowering youth and families to live drug- and crime-free lives.

Other features in this issue—

• Office of Justice Programs Blogs Describe How OJJDP Grantees Are Meeting the Challenges...

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'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...

Today, the U.S. Department of Justice announced the recipients of the 2020 National Missing Children's Day awards. These awards recognize the extraordinary efforts of individuals to find missing children and bring child sexual predators and child pornographers to justice. They include:

• Attorney General's Special Commendation        
• Missing Children's Law Enforcement Award
• Missing Children's Citizen Award
• Missing Children's Child Protection Award

The Department recognized nine...