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The following list includes additional valuable resources:
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National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, http://www.missingkids.com
Valuable site for parents and children, offering extensive resources and important information about protecting your child, while also taking action to protect other children who are being exploited or are missing.
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Shuster Solutions http://www.shustersolutions.com/
Provides IT and family-friendly solutions to help parents protect their children from sexual predators & other dangers posed by the Internet. Also provide training (online) and seminars (at your site) for schools, community, business and church groups who want to address these issues with their parents (and/or children and teens)
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Cyber Kids, http://www.cyberkids.com
CyperKids mission is to provide a voice for young people on the Internet. They accomplish this by publishing original creative work by kids ages 7 to 12.
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Crime Prevention, http://www.mcgruff.com
Parents are the best resource to keep their children safe and healthy. As children look to parents for knowledge and guidance, parents can help children develop the skills they need to make positive choices today and for the rest of their lives. This site shares how parents can help keep their children safe, give them skills to protect themselves, resist negative peer pressure, and engage children in positive activities.
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Kid Safe ID, http://www.kidsafeid.com/
A child is reported missing every 40 seconds in the United States alone. If your child is missing, what would you rather be doing; answering a long list of questions about their physical appearance, or helping police and others begin to look for your child right away? The sole purpose of KIDSAFE ID™ is to serve each community and family by providing a safety resource in the hands of every child's caregiver in the country.
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Web Wise Kids, http://www.webwisekids.com
Web Wise Kids is about empowering today’s youth to make wise online choices. Through state-of-the-art computer games—based on real-life scenarios—and community and youth leader involvement and parents, Web Wise Kids creates a safer, more friendly internet experience
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Escape School, http://www.escapeschool.com
Escape School® is an abduction prevention program that empowers children and parents by providing them with ways to recognize, avoid or escape potentially dangerous situations.
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National 4-H Counsel, http://www.fourhcouncil.edu
The mission of the National 4-H council is to advance the 4-H youth development movement to build a world in which youth and adults learn, grow and work together as catalysts for positive change.
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UNICEF Voices of Youth, http://www.unicef.org/voy/
UNICEF involves communities and families in health, child development, and education programs around the world. Site provides insights into solutions, exposes the existent problems, and shares in-depth information.
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Justice Department, http://www.fbi.gov/fbikids.htm
The U.S. FBI's mission is to "help protect you, your communities, and your businesses from the most dangerous threats facing our nation...." They have established an website for children that is interactive and educational.
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Fight Crime: Invest in Kids, http://www.fightcrime.org/index.phpFight Crime: Invest in Kids is a national, bipartisan, nonprofit anti-crime organization of more than 3,000 police chiefs, sheriffs, prosecutors, other law enforcement leaders and violence survivors. Members include top law enforcement leaders. Crime survivor members are the parents of children killed at Columbine, survivors of the Oklahoma City bombing, and many others whose tragic encounters with crime are well known. They take a hard nosed look at crime prevention strategies, informs the public and policymakers about findings, and urges investment in programs proven effective by research. They focus on high quality early education programs, prevention of child abuse and neglect, after-school programs for children and teens, and interventions to get troubled kids back on track.
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Stop Sex Offenders, http://www.stopsexoffenders.com
A source for child & family safety information. Informative child safety area, child abuse information, National Sex Offender Registry, free online Child ID System, Safety for Women, & more.
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The Safe Side, http://www.thesafeside.com, 1-866-723-3022
The mission of the Safe Side is to make kids safer. In addition to publishing programs for kids and parents, the Company donates 10% of gross proceeds from distribution to The National Center For Missing & Exploited Children. Founders are John Walsh (America's Most Wanted) and Julie Clark (Creator of Baby Einstein). Site includes award-winning videos and the "Family Watchdog" feature.
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America's Most Wanted, http://www.amw.com/
The popular show, dedicated to helping law enforcement agencies find missing children and catch criminals is based upon John Walsh's personal desire to protect children and others by changing laws. The movement Mr. Walsh started is still going strong. As he says, "There's not only a national organization dedicated to helping children (The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children), but now this country and its media are beginning to understand that our children are precious and need to be informed about how to stay safe." The site provides valuable resources for parents to review to protect their children and communities.
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Child Trace DNA Kits (Cheek swab), 1-800-235-2574
(Hours of operation: Mon-Fri 8-5 PM CST, or leave a message for return call for next business day)
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Life-Prints www.LifePrints.com
Software developed to ensure that critical information is available and transmittable during emergencies (if a child is missing) and specifically designed for instant use by law enforcement and child advocacy agencies. Allows parents to maintain current electronic profiles of their children stored on their computers. Digital photographs, finger prints, physical descriptions, medical records, insurance information, friends contact numbers available for transmission to authorities in case of an emergency. Capability to digitize ink fingerprint, print child ID cards, posters and flyers. Child emergency files can be transferred to any flash memory device, keychain sized drives, camera memory, and certain cell phones providing added measure of safety while traveling. Software offers local maps of law enforcement agencies and contact information, locations of registered child offenders and links to Child Advocacy Groups. D.A.R.E. receives a contribution from each Life-Prints enrollment.
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Net Smartz, http://www.netsmartz.org and www.NetSmartzKids.org
NetSmartz® is an interactive, educational safety resource from the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children® and Boys & Girls Clubs of America for children (ages 5-17), parents, guardians, educators, and law enforcement that uses age-appropriate, 3-D activities to teach children how to stay safer on the Internet
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Yello Dyno, http://www.yellodyno.com, 1-888-935-5639
Mission of Yello Dyno is to "Protect Children from Child Predators". One out of five children will encounter a child predator. Yello Dyno teaches them how to stay safe from people who mean them harm using a non-fearful, research-based, anti-victimization educational approach.
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DNA Life Print Kit, http://www.dna-lifeprint.com
Personal Identification for Children: Footprints or fingerprints are constantly changing in children under 7 years of age. Unlike photos and physical descriptions, DNA is the only portrait that never changes and offers tremendous advantages over some other identification methods.. DNA identification analysis can identify one person in billions. Personal Identification for Adults: The DNA of a missing adult stricken with Alzheimer's disease or other disorienting condition could provide the positive proof of identification leading to a safe return.
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Heidi Search Center http://www.heidisearchcenter.com/ 1-800-547-4435
The Heidi Search Center, Inc. is dedicated to preventing child and adult abductions and locating missing persons by conducting community education programs, advocating community awareness, facilitating search and location efforts and offering assistance and referrals to those with missing loved ones nationwide.
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Association of Missing & Exploited Children http://www.amecoinc.org/
AMECO is an organization of member agencies in the United States and Canada who provide services to families with missing and exploited children. Our mission is to build and nurture an association of credible, ethical and effective non-profit organizations that serve missing and exploited children and their families.
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