Works to reconnect families who have been separated due to natural disaster, armed conflict, migration or other humanitarian crises. Provides tracing services for those who do not know the location of their families, Red Cross Messages for those who do not have means to communicate with their families, certificates of detention, Natural Disaster Inquiries, Health and Welfare inquiries, and travel documents. Caseworkers help families locate missing relatives by working with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Red Cross, and Red Crescent organizations in nearly every country around the world.

Brings missing children home through the use of in-house professional staff, national dissemination of photos of missing children to companies and corporations, the toll free number, counseling for searching parents, nationwide networking efforts with law enforcement, state clearinghouse personnel, social service agencies and missing children agencies.

Provides a toll free 24 hour hotline to report information on missing children which is immediately shared with law enforcement agencies. Also provides investigation assistance in finding missing children, coordinates Amber Alerts, distributes child safety information, and posts missing children's pictures in public areas.

Helps find missing children through pre-registration program, through the national dissemination of photos of missing children to businesses and corporations, and through networking efforts with law enforcement, state clearinghouse personnel, social service agencies and missing children agencies.

Operates a national 24-hour toll-free hotline, to intake reports of missing and sexually exploited children (ages 17 and under) and receive leads about ongoing cases. Also serves as the national resource center and information clearinghouse for missing and exploited children. Also operates the CyberTipline, that the public and electronic service providers may use to report Internet-related child sexual exploitation.

Offers a free program which enables relatives or caregivers to register persons with special needs in the Police Department’s database. This information will be furnished to first responders and police officers responding to an emergency situation involving the registrant. Special Needs/Silver Alert program is designed for people with: Dementia (including Alzheimer’s Disease); Developmental Disabilities (including Autism Spectrum, Mental Retardation/Mental Impairment); Severe Mental Illness and Other cognitive disorders that may impair reasoning, resulting in a person wandering or being disoriented/lost. Registrants can also request to receive an identification bracelet by checking the box on the Special Needs/Silver Alert Registry form. The bracelet is free of charge and contains a distinctive I.D. number as well as a Suffolk County Police Department phone number which first responders can utilize to obtain information regarding that person. Call for additional information.

Offers child safety program training to prevent child abduction. Programs offered to private organizations, school curriculum, childrens workshops and assemblies, parent workshops, staff development, and child identification(includes fingerprinting).

Provides support for international humanitarian relief operations through local appeals for financial aid and gifts in-kind. Also provides tracing/location services for people separated from their relatives due to war, civil disturbance or natural disasters. Messages can be sent between POWs/refugees and their relatives on Long Island.

* Offers a government office that handles all matters regarding foreign travel.Visas, passports. International adoption. International Parental Child Abduction. Vital records services - Birth, death, marriage, divorce, military personnel. Missing persons location for U.S. citizens overseas.

Assists in location of missing childrenHelps resolve parental conflictsProvides free educational materials to the publicProvides trainings and resources to allied professionalsAll services are conveniently delivered via telephone and emailAll services to families are free

Offers the national wanderer's identification and rescue program. Provides registering and identifying a person with Alzheimer's disease as a person as a person who should be treated with special care, identifying the caregiver as a person who is responsible for caring for another, and dementia-specific training for emergency response personnel.

Membership provides a specialized live 24/7 emergency response service for individuals with Alzheimer's or related dementia who wander or have a medical emergency.

Provides a toll free 24 hour hotline to report information on missing children which is immediately shared with law enforcement agencies. Also provides investigation assistance in finding missing children, coordinates Amber Alerts, distributes child safety information, and posts missing children's pictures in public areas.

Partners with law enforcement and other public safety agencies to assist in the location of lost people who have Alzheimer's, Down Syndrome, Dementia, Autism, and other related disorders.

Responsible for investigating all sex-related crimes including all instances of sexual assault or child molestation, felony-level child abuse cases, child abductions, and all child/infant deaths. Conducts non-criminal investigations involving persons missing for more than five days or under unusual or dangerous circumstances.

* Provides services on behalf of missing and exploited children that include: Assists in the recovery of missing children. Internet predator reporting. Prevention education programs. Photograph and poster distribution. Case assistance. Age progression photographs.* Provides a Cyber Tipline for sexual exploitation of children.* Offers resources and support services for parents, law enforcement, attorney, the media.* Offers national information on abducted/missing/endangered children.* Assists with creating emergency alert plans in other areas through the AMBER Plan.* Provides information regarding the registration of sex offenders through Megan's Law.

* Offers Child Abduction Prevention and Support Services that provide assistance with: Locate missing children through active investigation. Registers and helps to locate missing children. Dissemination of photos of missing children/safety information. Prevent child abduction through education.* Offers the Parent Help helpline that provides services for mothers and fathers parenting apart and family conflict.

Provides law enforcement services for the county.

Helps law enforcement agencies handling cases of children, college students or vulnerable adults missing from New York State or suspected of being in the state.

Provides law enforcement services for the City of Syracuse.

* Provides support to family members of children, college students, and vulnerable adults who are missing, and offers community education programs.
* Administers three alerts that quickly disseminate information about a child, college student, or vulnerable adult who is missing and at risk of harm.
* Publicizes cases at the request of family members and law enforcement online, through social media and the distribution of printed and electronic posters.
* Provides short- and long-term investigative assistance to law enforcement.
* Trains police officers and develops and distributes procedures and best practice guides for law enforcement agencies.

* Provides assistance to law enforcement agencies handling cases involving children, college students and vulnerable adults who have gone missing. * Provides investigative support services to local, state and national law enforcement. * Provides assistance to left-behind family members. * Provides community education programs.

Searches for missing, kidnaped, runaway and parentally abducted children under 18 years of age. Investigations are performed by in-house location staff employing databases and tracking tech coordinated with a network of professional partners.

free publications on missing and exploited children maintains national hotline to exchange information that could lead to locating and recovering a missing child takes information about the location of a missing childTo report a missing child, call the toll-free number or go to http://www.missingkids.org