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Missing Child Clearinghouses

Overview

Missing child clearinghouses are organizations providing resources for missing children, their families and the professionals who serve them. Each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Canada and the Netherlands have a missing child clearinghouse.

The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children maintains a liaison with each missing child clearinghouse and helps ensure they are familiar with the many resources available through NCMEC. NCMEC provides missing child clearinghouses with training, technical assistance and vital information and other resources to help them with missing child cases.

The missing child clearinghouses provide diverse services due to the range of their authorities and the variety of agencies in which they exist. The primary services provided by missing child clearinghouses are networking, information dissemination, training development and delivery, data collection and provision of technical assistance in cases of missing and sexually exploited children.

NCMEC and missing child clearinghouses work closely together to help provide resources for a comprehensive approach to child protection.

State Clearinghouse Website
  Alabama https://app.alea.gov/Community/Default.aspx 
  Alaska https://dps.alaska.gov/AST/ABI/MissingPerson
  Arizona https://www.azdps.gov/missingchildren
  Arkansas https://www.arkansasag.gov/public-safety/missing-persons/
  California https://oag.ca.gov/missing 
  Colorado https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/cbi/missing-children 
  Connecticut  https://portal.ct.gov/DESPP/Division-of-State-Police/Amber-Alert/Connecticut-Amber-Alert
  Delaware https://dsp.delaware.gov/
  District of Columbia https://missing.dc.gov/ 
  Florida http://www.fdle.state.fl.us/MCICSearch/Index.asp 
  Georgia https://gbi.georgia.gov/cases/missing-persons 
  Hawaii http://ag.hawaii.gov/cpja/mcch/ 
  Idaho https://isp.idaho.gov/bci/missing-persons/
  Illinois http://www.amberillinois.org/
  Indiana https://www.in.gov/isp/mcmea/
  Iowa https://dps.iowa.gov/divisions/criminal-investigation/missing-persons
  Kansas https://www.kbi.ks.gov/MissingPersons/
  Kentucky https://www.kentuckystatepolice.ky.gov/missing
  Louisiana https://www.lsp.org/about/leadershipsections/bureau-of-investigations/special-investigations-division/louisiana-clearing-house-for-missing-and-exploited-children/ 
  Maine https://www.maine.gov/dps/msp/investigation-traffic/missing-persons 
  Maryland http://mdsp.maryland.gov 
  Massachusetts https://www.mass.gov/info-details/missing-persons
  Michigan http://www.michigan.gov/msp/0,4643,7-123-1589_31786_32000---,00.html 
  Minnesota https://dps.mn.gov/divisions/bca/bca-divisions/administrative/Pages/missing-unidentified-persons.aspx 
  Mississippi https://www.dps.state.ms.us/crime-investigation/bureau-of-investigation/general-information/
  Missouri https://apps.mshp.dps.mo.gov/MSHPWeb/PatrolDivisions/MIAC/Units/MissingPersonsJuvenileUnit/index.html 
  Montana https://dojmt.gov/missing-persons 
  Navajo Nation http://www.navajonationdps.navajo-nsn.gov/ 
  Nebraska https://statepatrol.nebraska.gov/services/missing-persons 
  Nevada http://ag.nv.gov/Hot_Topics/Citizen/CA/childadvocate_Home/
  New Hampshire https://www.nhsp.dos.nh.gov/missing-persons
  New Jersey https://www.njsp.org/division/investigations/missing-persons.shtml 
  New Mexico  http://missingpersons.dps.state.nm.us 
  New York https://www.criminaljustice.ny.gov/missing 
  North Carolina https://www.nccmp.ncdps.gov/
  North Dakota https://ndresponse.gov/alert 
  Ohio http://www.ohioattorneygeneral.gov/missingpersons 
  Oklahoma https://osbi.ok.gov/pages/oklahoma-missing-persons-clearinghouse
  Oregon https://www.oregon.gov/osp/missing/Pages/default.aspx 
  Pennsylvania https://www.psp.pa.gov
  Puerto Rico  
  Rhode Island http://fusioncenter.ri.gov/missingchildren/index.php 
  South Carolina https://www.sled.sc.gov/fusion.html#missing 
  South Dakota https://atg.sd.gov/LawEnforcement/missingpersons/default.aspx 
  Tennessee https://www.tn.gov/tbi/tennessees-missing-children/ 
  Texas https://www.dps.texas.gov/section/intelligence-counterterrorism/missing-persons-clearinghouse-mpch
  U.S. Virgin Islands  
  Utah https://bci.utah.gov/missing-persons/ 
  Vermont https://hsu.vermont.gov/missing-persons 
  Virginia https://www.vsp.virginia.gov/
  Washington http://www.wsp.wa.gov/crime/alerts-missing-persons/ 
  West Virginia https://www.wvsp.gov/missing-persons/Pages/default.aspx 
  Wisconsin https://www.missingpersons.doj.wi.gov/
  Wyoming https://wyomingdci.wyo.gov/dci-homepage/missing-persons 
  Canada http://www.canadasmissing.ca