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The AMBER Advocate, Issue 1 2020
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AMBER Alert in Indian Country: Protecting Children in Tribal Communities
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12/10/2019
Office of Justice Programs Awards $143.7 Million in Child Protection Grants
12/10/2019
Fact Sheet: Office of Justice Programs Awards $143.7 Million in Child Protection Grants
12/06/2019
Office of Justice Programs Awards More Than $212 Million to Support Juvenile Justice
12/06/2019
2010 OJP Annual Report: Mapping a Course
Missing Children, State Care, and Child Sex Trafficking: Engaging the Judiciary in Building a Collaborative Response
Heroes Honored on Behalf of Missing, Exploited Children
The Department of Justice and the Office of Justice Programs recognized extraordinary individuals and their outstanding work on behalf of missing and exploited children with awards presented yesterday at the annual ceremony for National Missing Children’s Day.
The awardees—a detective with a state-level task force; two firefighters; and multiple law enforcement officers in two separate jurisdictions—were recognized for getting three child pornographers behind bars...
Visiting Our Partners at the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
By Caren Harp, Administrator, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) is a critical partner to the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), serving as a resource to help find missing children, reduce child sexual exploitation, and prevent child victimization. Since its founding in 1984, NCMEC has helped recover more than 296,000 missing children...
The Legacy of Ashlynne Mike
Pamela Foster experienced every parent's worst nightmare.
On the afternoon of May 2, 2016, her 11-year-old daughter, Ashlynne Mike, and 9-year-old son, Ian Mike, didn't make it home from school. Instead, when they got off the school bus in Shiprock, New Mexico, on the Navajo Reservation, a predator tricked them into getting into his van. Hours later, passersby found Ian alone, wandering the desert. Police...
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