If your loved one is missing, please follow these steps:
- Contact police department and file a report.
- Create a Missing Person Poster.
- Create a Command Center. This is a place that the community can meet to assist with search and recovery effort. Community Centers and Churches often can donate their facility for this purpose.
- Involve your local and state officials.
- Use Social Media Outlets to coordinate search and recovery efforts (i.e. Facebook and Twitter).
Other Resources:
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
1-800-THE-LOST / 1-800-843-5678
www.missingkids.com
National Runaway Switchboard
1-800-RUNAWAY / 1-800-786-2929
www.1800runaway.org
Polaris Project – Nat’l Human Trafficking Resource Center
1-888-373-7888
www.polarisproject.org
Department of Justice (Missing Persons Info)
www.justice.gov
United States Department of State
1-888-407-4747
www.usembassy.gov
American Red Cross
202-303 5000
www.redcross.org
National Missing and Unidentified Persons System
www.NamUs.gov
B.E.S.T. – Businesses Ending Slavery and Trafficking
www.bestalliance.org