Child Welfare

Visual Analytics is dedicated to protecting our borders, our financial markets, our national infrastructure, and our homeland security. Most importantly, VAI wants to make sure the most vulnerable people in our society, our children, are properly watched over. Children need someone to guarantee their protection, safety, and security. There are some excellent resources within our communities to help watch and protect our children. Please use the following references to learn more about ensuring the safety of our children:

	The mission of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children® (NCMEC) is to help prevent child abduction and sexual exploitation; help find missing children; and assist victims of child abduction and sexual exploitation, their families, and the professionals who serve them. National Center for Missing & Exploited Children® (NCMEC) -- http://www.missingkids.com
	The Child Welfare League of America (CWLA) is the nation's oldest and largest membership-based child welfare organization. CWLA is committed to engaging people everywhere in promoting the well being of children, youth, and their families; and protecting every child from harm. CWLA is an association of more than 900 public and private nonprofit agencies that assists more than 3.5 million abused and neglected children and their families each year with a range of services. Child Welfare League of America -- http://www.cwla.org
	The AMBER Alert Portal is provided as a free public service. Through the AMBER Alert Portal, law enforcement may directly issue and update AMBER Alerts, which are then automatically communicated by cell phone, pager, fax and e-mail to anyone who signs up. http://www.codeamber.org/, http://amberalert.com/ and AMBER Alert
	Family Watchdog allows you to see where registered sexual offenders live and work around you. Family Watchdog can proactively notify you when a registered sexual predator moves within up to five miles of three different addresses that you care about. Code Amber Sex Offender Registries by State provides very useful state-by-state lookups: http://codeamber.org/sor.html. Family Watchdog -- http://www.familywatchdog.us

Additional references to review
	FBI's Most Wanted Parent Kidnappings -- http://www.fbi.gov/hq/cid/cac/family.htm
	America's Most Wanted Missing Children Section -- http://www.amw.com/missing_children
	The Safe Side -- http://www.thesafeside.com