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OJJDP's Updated AMBER Alert Best Practices Guide Now Available

The Office of Justice Programs has announced the publication of OJJDP's updated "AMBER Alert Best Practices" guide. This resource provides a "what works" approach to responding to cases of missing or abducted children at the state and regional levels. "Protecting children—especially those whose lives are in imminent danger—is fundamental to the mission of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention," said OJJDP...

The AMBER Advocate, Issue I 2019

Date Published
April 2019
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description, Instructional Material, Biography
Agencies
OJJDP-Sponsored

The AMBER Advocate, Issue IV 2018

Date Published
January 2019
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description, Instructional Material, Case Study
Agencies
OJJDP-Sponsored

The AMBER Advocate, Spring 2016

Date Published
June 2016
Publication Type
Youth-Oriented Material, Program/Project Description, Newsletter, News and Announcement, Historical Overview, Case Study
Agencies
OJJDP-Sponsored

OJJDP Announces 2019 National Missing Children's Day Poster Contest

OJJDP invites fifth graders to participate in the 2019 National Missing Children's Day poster contest. The annual 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.

OJJDP will invite the national winner, parents, teacher, and state clearinghouse manager to Washington, DC, to...

OJJDP Accepting Nominations for National Missing Children's Day Awards

Each year, the U.S. Department of Justice, through OJJDP, recognizes individuals, organizations, and agencies that have made a difference in recovering abducted children and protecting children from exploitation. The Department honors the awardees each May at the annual National Missing Children's Day ceremony in Washington, DC to be held on May 22, 2019.

Access the nomination forms for the 2019 National Missing Children's Day awards...