Initiative
Each year, over 360,000 children go missing. That’s more than 1,000 children each day.
Nearly 60% of all missing children are black, Hispanic, multiracial,
or indigenous. Missing and runaway children are more susceptible to drugs, gangs, and human trafficking.
The National Child ID Program has partnered with NOBLE, NCAI, and the FBI-LEEDA to:
1. Provide Child ID Kits to minority and indigenous families
2. Raise awareness about missing, minority and missing, and murdered and missing indigenous person crises
3. Advocate for better resources to track missing minority and indigenous persons
4. Produce white papers and hold events to discuss policy solutions
Each year, over 360,000 children go missing. That’s more than 1,000 children each day.
Nearly 60% of all missing children are black, Hispanic, multiracial,
or indigenous. Missing and runaway children are more susceptible to drugs, gangs, and human trafficking.
The National Child ID Program has partnered with NOBLE, NCAI, and the FBI-LEEDA to:
1. Provide Child ID Kits to minority and indigenous families
2. Raise awareness about missing, minority and missing, and murdered and missing indigenous person crises
3. Advocate for better resources to track missing minority and indigenous persons
4. Produce white papers and hold events to discuss policy solutions
African Americans girls ages 11-21 are 4x more likely to go missing than their white counterparts
Missing children are likely to be targeted for trafficking within 2 to 48 hours after going missing.
The murder rate for American Indians and Alaska Natives in the U.S. is 10 times higher than the national average for women living on reservations and murder is the third-leading cause of death for Native women.
Seventy-one percent of missing American Indian and Alaska Native females reported to the FBI's national Crime Information Center’s Missing Person File are minors between the ages of 12 and 17 years old.
