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  The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and its Take 25 campaign encourage you to get involved and talk with your children about safety.  To begin, click here for some conversation starters.

2013 Missing Children's Day Poster Contest

May 25th was proclaimed National Missing Children's Day by President Ronald Reagan in 1983. The U.S. Department of Justice commemorates Missing Children's Day and each year since 2000, its Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention sponsors a National Missing Children's Day Poster Contest. The poster contest provides an opportunity for schools, law enforcement, and others to engage children in informative discussions about the problem of missing children and how to prevent it.

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	Congratulations to Kimberly P. of Pleasant Hill Elementary School!  She is the 1st place, statewide winner in the Missing Children's Day Poster Contest.  Kimberly wrote, "Well, my poster tells you about kids and their cell phones and other chat sites. Texting someone you don't know can go From, 'Hi, how are you? What's your name?' to 'Where do you live? What's your email? Want to see each other sometime?' So kids either have made friends that want to know everthing about them or it's a complete stranger who kidnaps kids. When I come to an unknown number I tell my parents, and with permission I say, 'Who is this?' Kids now have phones, ipads and computers to contact complete strangers. I just want kids to be safe with the internet and texting."   Her poster was sent in to OJJDP for consideration in the national contest.
	Rylee N. of Murray Elementary School placed 2nd in the statewide contest.
	Campbell M. of St. Matthew Catholic School (Cedar Rapids) placed 3rd in the statewide contest.

To view the Honorable Mentions in the Iowa Missing Children's Day poster contest, please click here.

Talk to your children about the risks and rewards of internet use.  Click here for the Iowa Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force's website!

24 Hour Toll Free Hotline 800-346-5507
The Iowa Missing Person Hotline is available 7 days a week to request assistance in the location of a missing person and report information on the sighting/location of a missing person.

Statistical Information
Statistical information is collected and disseminated on missing persons in the state of Iowa to assist in an accurate picture of the missing person issue as it relates to Iowa individuals.

The Program and Material Registry provides information regarding approved prevention and education program and material information regarding missing children. The clearinghouse also provides for the filing of complaints regarding programs and materials which are questionable as to content or usage.

Teaching the Public
Child abduction and Runaway Prevention Materials.

Working Alongside Local Law Enforcement Agencies
Training and investigative assistance in the area of missing persons and contact for research of laws and resource information.

Nationwide Network
Member state of I-SEARCH, (Interstate Enforcement Agencies to Recover Children); contact with other state missing person agencies in the location of missing persons; and contact with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, (NCMEC).

Missing Person Bulletin
The Missing Person Bulletin is published monthly, containing names, descriptions and circumstances surrounding the disappearance of Iowa individuals. The Bulletin is published monthly on the Iowa Missing Person Information Clearinghouse website and is available to all agencies or individuals requesting a hard copy by contacting the clearinghouse.

Weekly Public Service Announcements
The Weekly Public Service Announcement provides updated information to the monthly Missing Person Bulletin.