About the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
Established in 1984, the NCMEC is one of North America's leading non-profit organizations in efforts to locate and recover missing children. They also raise public awareness about ways to prevent child abduction, molestation and sexual exploiration. It is in association with 17,000 law enforcement agencies throughout the US in search of missing children.
To this day, the NCMEC has handled more than 1.3 million calls through its national Hotline 1-800-THE LOST (1-800-843-5678). The NCMEC has worked tirelessly to recover 46,031 children through its 65,173 missing child cases.
