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Part III
Department of Justice
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Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
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Title IV Missing and Exploited Children's Program Long Range Plan and
FY 95 Program Priorities; Notice
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Title IV Missing and Exploited Children's Program Long Range Plan
and FY 95 Program Priorities
AGENCY: Office of Justice Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and
Delinquency Prevention, DOJ.
ACTION: Proposed Long Range Plan and Fiscal Year 1995 Program
Priorities for Public Comment.
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SUMMARY: The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention is
publishing its Title IV Missing and Exploited Children's Program
proposed long range plan and program priorities for Fiscal Year 1995
for public comment. Based on the analysis of public comments, OJJDP
will issue its final Fiscal Year 1995 priorities and begin
implementation of the long range plan.
DATES: Comments must be received by mail or delivered to OJJDP on or
before 5:00 p.m. e.s.t. on December 9, 1994.
ADDRESSES: Public comments may be mailed to Darlene Brown, Office of
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 633 Indiana Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20531.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ronald C. Laney, Director, Missing and
Exploited Children's Program (202) 307-5940.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Missing and Exploited Children's Program
is administered by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Prevention (OJJDP). Pursuant to the provisions of Section 406 (a)(2)
the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, as amended
(42 U.S.C. 5576), OJJDP is publishing for public comment both a
proposed long range plan and its Fiscal Year 1995 program priorities
for activities authorized under Title IV, the Missing Children's Act
(42 U.S.C. 5651-5665a), of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Prevention Act of 1974, as amended (42 U.S.C. 5601 et seq.). Taking
into consideration comments received on the proposed long range plan
and program priorities, OJJDP will develop and publish a Final long
range plan and its Fiscal Year 1995 Program Priorities. The long range
plan will describe the Office's goals and strategies for Title IV
activities over the next three years and specify particular program
activities OJJDP anticipates funding during Fiscal Year 1995 using
Title IV funds.
ELIGIBILITY: The applicants must be public agencies or nonprofit
private organizations, or combinations thereof to be eligible for
funding under Title IV the Missing Children's Assistance Act (42 U.S.C.
5651-5665a), of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of
1974, as amended (42 U.S.C. 5601 et seq.).
The actual solicitation of grant applications to implement program
priorities for Fiscal Year 1995 will be published at a later date in
the Federal Register. No proposals, concept papers, or other
application materials should be submitted at this time.
Introduction
This Long Range Plan is designed to orchestrate the use of funds
allocated by Congress under Title IV for services to be provided to
missing and exploited children and their families. OJJDP will use the
Long Range Plan to establish a series of goals, strategies, and
programs. In total, the Plan will help OJJDP set annual priorities,
develop program goals and objectives, select applicants for award, and
deliver technical assistance and training to the field.
The Proposed Long Range Plan was developed by evaluating documents
such as research reports, program publications, and working papers
available from Title IV fund recipients that address issues related to
Title IV. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
(NCMEC) provided the results of two focus groups involving parents and
law enforcement personnel who have been involved in family abduction
cases reported to NCMEC.
Two work sessions were held involving a multi-disciplinary group of
attendees who were asked to identify critical issues that should be
addressed by a Title IV Long Range Plan. Those sessions included Title
IV grantees as well as representatives from other Federal agencies who
deal with programs and services related to missing and exploited
children. Input gathered through these work sessions was given great
weight in developing the plan.
Nature of the Problem
Much has been written by practitioners and researchers regarding
the three major problem areas addressed by Title IV: family abductions;
non-family abductions; and child exploitation. The Long Range Plan
takes into account current knowledge about these three major categories
of child victimization and the impact these events have on children and
families. The statistics and analysis on the following pages were
obtained from the 1990 National Incidence Study of Missing, Abducted,
Runaway and Thrownaway Children in America (NISMART).
Family Abduction
There are an estimated 354,100 family abductions a year. Forty-six
percent of these (an estimated 163,200 abductions) involve concealment
of the child, transporting the child out of state, or an intent by the
abductor to keep the child indefinitely or to permanently alter
custody. Of this more serious category of abductions, a little over
half are perpetrated by men, noncustodial fathers and father figures.
Most victims are children from ages 2 to 11. Half involve unauthorized
takings while half involve failures to return the child after an
authorized visit or stay. Fifteen percent of these abductions involve
the use of force or violence and 75 to 85 percent involve interstate
transportation of the child. About half of family abductions occur
before the marital relationship ends. Another 41 percent did not occur
until two or more years after a divorce or separation, usually after
parents develop new households, move away, develop new relationships,
or become disenchanted with the legal system. Over half occur in the
context of relationships with a history of domestic violence. An
estimated 49 percent of abductors have criminal records. A significant
number have a history of violent behavior, substance abuse, or
emotional disturbance.
Abducted children suffer significant harm. It is not uncommon for
child victims of family abduction to have their names and appearance
altered, to experience medical or physical neglect, unstable schooling,
homelessness, or frequent moves. They are often told lies about the
abduction and the left-behind parent, even that the left-behind parent
is dead. Many child victims of family abduction experience substantial
psychological consequences and emotional distress. Trauma symptoms may
be evident for up to four or five years after recovery.
Non-Family Abduction
An estimated 3,200 to 4,600 short-term non-family abductions are
known to law enforcement each year. Of these, an estimated 200 to 300
are stereotypical kidnappings where a child is gone overnight, is
killed, is transported a distance of 50 miles or more, or where the
perpetrator intends to keep the child permanently. Young teenagers and
girls are the most common victims. Two-thirds of short-term abductions
involve a sexual assault. A majority of the victims are abducted from
the street. Over 85 percent involve force, and over 75 percent involve
use of a weapon. Most episodes last less than a day. The number of
short-term abductions is considered by most researchers and
practitioners to be underestimated due to police reporting methods and
lack of reporting on the part of victims. Based on FBI data, there were
an estimated 43 to 147 stranger abduction homicides of children
annually between 1976 and 1987. There are an estimated 114,600
attempted non-family (stranger) abductions each year, usually involving
an attempt to lure a child into a car. In a majority of these cases,
the police were not contacted.
Child Exploitation
Children are at risk of being victimized as the result of a wide
range of circumstances that fall into essentially three categories;
running away, being thrownaway by parents or guardians, or being
otherwise lost or missing.
There are an estimated 446,700 runaways from households each year.
In addition, an estimated 12,800 children run from juvenile facilities.
Many children who run from households also run from facilities. About
one third of these runaways left home or a juvenile facility more than
once. Of all runaways, 133,500 are without a secure and familiar place
to stay during their episode. More than a third of runaways run away
more than once during the year. One in 10 go a distance of more than
100 miles. Of runaways from juvenile facilities, almost one-half leave
the state. Runaways are mostly teenagers but almost 10 percent were
aged 11 and younger. They tend to come disproportionately from step-
parent households. Family conflict seems to be the heart of most
runaway episodes. Between 60 and 70 percent report being seriously
abused physically. Sexual abuse estimates range from 25 to 80 percent.
Runaways, particularly chronic runaways, are at higher risk for
physical and sexual victimization, substance abuse, sexually
transmitted diseases, unintended pregnancies, violence, and suicide.
There are an estimated 127,100 thrownaway children who are directly
told to leave the household, have been away from home and are not
allowed back by a caretaker, whose caretaker makes no effort to recover
a child who has run away, or who has been abandoned or deserted. By
comparison, there is 1 child who is a thrownaway for every 4 that are
runaways. An estimated 59,200 thrownaway children are without a secure
and familiar place to stay during the episode. Most thrownaways are
older teenagers, but abandoned children tend to be young (half under
the age of 4). Thrownaways are concentrated in low income families and
families without both natural parents. Compared to runaways,
thrownaways experience more violence and conflict within their families
and are less likely to return home.
There are an estimated 438,200 children who are lost, injured, or
otherwise missing each year. Of these, 139,100 cases are serious enough
that the police are called. Almost half involve children under 4. Most
of these episodes last less than a day. A fifth of the children
experienced physical harm. Fourteen percent of the children were abused
or assaulted during the episode.
Impact on Children and Families: The majority of families of
missing children experience substantial psychological consequences and
emotional distress. The level of emotional distress equals or exceeds
the emotional distress for other groups of individuals exposed to
trauma, such as combat veterans and victims of rape/assault/other
violent crime. Families where the missing child is subsequently
recovered deceased exhibit the highest level of emotional distress.
Once home, a third of the missing children live in constant fear of a
reabduction. Almost four-fifths of victims and families of missing
children do not receive mental health or counseling services.
System Needs
The Missing Children's Assistance Act of the Juvenile Justice and
Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, as amended describes services that
the Administrator shall consider for funding. They are: establish and
operate a national 24 hour toll-free telephone line and operate a
national resource center and clearinghouse; coordinate public and
private programs which locate, recover, or reunite missing children
with their legal custodians; to disseminate nationally, information
about innovative and model missing children's programs, services, and
legislation; provide technical assistance and training to law
enforcement agencies, State and local governments, elements of the
criminal justice system, public and private nonprofit agencies, and
individuals in the prevention, investigation, prosecution, and
treatment of the missing and exploited child case and in locating and
recovering missing children; periodically conduct national incidence
studies; provide information to lawful use of school records and birth
certificates to identify and locate missing children; and to educate
parents, children, and community agencies and organizations in ways to
prevent the abduction and sexual exploitation of children. The
following critical issues describe needs that should be addressed
through a Long Range Plan for Title IV. They were the result of two
work sessions held for the purpose of developing this plan.
* Training at the community level for agency staffs. Not enough
training is available to inform professionals in a wide range of
agencies about the relationship between missing and exploited
children's issues and other community problems. This training should
promote the implementation of multi-disciplinary approaches and formal
inter-agency cooperation.
* Identifying the missing and exploited children problem in
communities. Too many communities do not recognize in measurable terms
the nature and scope of problems of missing children and various forms
of child exploitation. Many communities do not recognize that they have
a missing children problem. As a result, system-wide planning for the
allocation of resources does not address issues related to missing and
exploited children and their families.
* Developing executive level commitment. Executives of criminal and
juvenile justice agencies who have responsibility for missing and
exploited children cases have not been adequately targeted to receive
information and training related to missing and exploited children. As
a result, missing and exploited childrens' issues have not been given
the level of priority necessary to effect change. Insufficient emphasis
has been placed on distilling research and evaluation findings into
information that is relevant to policy makers.
* Availability of Missing and Exploited Children programs on
community and child safety. Community services for missing children
should be integrated into a larger community effort to promote child
protection and overall safety of neighborhoods. Community services
should do more to promote child safety through linkages among the wide
range of community agencies that come in contact with missing and
exploited children and their families.
* Training that provides communities with useful tools. Training
should be practical, be targeted to specific audiences, and provide
communities with tools that can be used immediately to assess needs and
reduce duplication in the utilization of resources.
* Developing a Missing and Exploited Children Training Plan. A
training plan using Title IV funds should be developed that aligns
training products and services to meet specific goals. Training should
be used as a tool to market services funded through Title IV.
* Developing methods for dealing with problems of chronic runaway
and thrownaway children. This is an extremely high risk population with
which many agencies have little success. Chronic runaway and thrownaway
children are very likely to become missing or exploited.
* Improving the enforcement and legal response to family abduction
cases. The enforcement and legal systems lack the knowledge and skill
to deal with these cases effectively. Legal reform is needed to further
define when a child is considered missing in a family abduction case.
* Creating stronger linkages between human service agencies, the
criminal justice system, and the juvenile justice system. Currently
there is a chasm between the justice system and human service agencies
in providing services to missing and exploited children and their
families. Too many cases are passed back and forth among these two
systems rather than being handled through a comprehensive case
management system.
* Developing a plan for marketing services available to communities
through Title IV. A coherent plan of action needs to be developed and
implemented to expand the understanding of the services that are
available to missing children and their families from Missing Children
grantees. Teleconferencing and other new technologies should be used to
promote more awareness of the dimensions of problems addressed by Title
IV. State Clearinghouses could play a more active role in disseminating
information regarding missing and exploited children.
* Disseminating useful information from research and evaluation
work funded by Title IV. Findings from research and evaluation projects
need to be translated into useful information that can be used in
communities by practitioners.
* Applying new information technologies in addressing the goals of
Title IV. With discussion of an ``information highway'' being built in
the United States, Title IV activities should be more directly tuned to
take advantage of the potential benefits of information system
technology.
* Further defining the role of non-profit organizations. The wide
range of services provided by non-profit organizations continues to
evolve. As a result, there is a need to continue to define the role of
these organizations in relationship to other community agencies. A set
of standards is needed for services provided by non-profit
organizations participating in Title IV related activities.
* Continuing the evolution of the role of State Clearinghouses. The
number of state clearinghouses has grown slowly but steadily. The roles
of these organizations vary from state to state. Title IV has funded
technical assistance and training for state clearinghouses. The nature
and scope of services to be provided to state clearinghouses should be
re-evaluated.
Long Range Plan for Future Title IV Funding
OJJDP funds need to be allocated to reach each of the three goals.
Strategies can be implemented through multiple program initiatives to
include the National Resource Center and Clearinghouse mandated in
Title IV. Overall, these goals and strategies are designed to help
communities to use existing community resources to improve the quality
of services provided to missing and exploited children and their
families through multi-disciplinary approaches.
Goal 1: Increase Awareness
Title IV programs should focus on increasing awareness of problems
related to missing and exploited children on the part of professionals
and the general public. Linkages between child victimization and future
costs to society are not generally understood.
Strategies
Develop a series of clearly stated educational messages about
missing and exploited children.
These messages, delivered through media, teleconference,
publications and other sources should be designed to communicate the
human, economic and social costs of the victimization of missing and
exploited children and their families. These materials should explain
the need to prosecute offenders who commit crimes against children,
point to sources of human services, and promote prevention measures.
These messages should translate the latest available information about
the nature of the problem into themes that can be clearly communicated
in communities.
Develop information vehicles for dissemination to targeted
audiences.
These vehicles could be public service announcements and other
public education materials that are tailored to parents and different
professionals who see the evidence of the problem in communities. These
materials should be of a type that can be economically reproduced and
widely distributed.
Develop an approach for evaluating the effectiveness of these
materials.
Survey information or focus groups could be vehicles used to
evaluate the ability of public education materials to impart key facts
about prevention, intervention services, and the need to prosecute
crimes against children committed by adults.
Goal 2: Develop Effective Community Approaches
OJJDP will identify, design, and make available effective community
approaches for addressing the problems of missing and exploited
children and their families. These approaches will deal with specific
aspects of family abduction, non-family abduction, thrownaway children,
and otherwise missing children.
Strategies
Evaluate relevant information from Title IV funded activities to
identify gaps in existing knowledge and identify ways to fill those
needs.
Information needs to be developed to establish risk factors that
can be used to identify potential abductors in family and non-family
cases so that prevention and intervention tactics can be more sharply
focused. More also needs to be learned about relatively new categories
of missing children such as thrownaways and otherwise lost children.
Design multi-agency methods for dealing with specific types of
missing and exploited children to include chronic runaways,
thrownaways, and victims of family abductions.
Issues related to confidentiality and information sharing among the
range of agencies involved in missing and exploited children cases
should be addressed in order to promote inter-agency collaboration.
Comprehensive case management methods should be adapted to address the
needs of missing and exploited children and their families for each of
the categories of missing children cases.
Develop training and technical assistance materials and prepare
a Title IV Technical Assistance Catalogue.
A comprehensive Title IV training needs assessment for
professionals and non-profit organizations who deal with missing and
exploited children and their families is needed. The training needs
assessment should be updated regularly to assure that OJJDP is apprised
of emerging training needs in the field. OJJDP grantees should be asked
to develop training and technical assistance materials on effective
practices that are developed during the course of their projects. OJJDP
should hold periodic meetings of Title IV grantees to promote
information sharing and to assist OJJDP in developing new methods that
can be shared with other communities.
Goal 3: Provide Assistance to Communities
OJJDP should provide assistance to communities committed to
implementing effective approaches to address the problem of missing and
exploited children and their families. This assistance would take the
form of site visits, training, assessment reports, publications,
teleconferences, and other means of delivering technical assistance.
Strategies
Develop and implement a marketing plan for providing technical
assistance and training to specific audiences.
This marketing plan should first identify a pool of communities
interested in making use of services supported by Title IV. The
marketing plan would be based on an analysis of the location of various
types of child victimization related to Title IV as well as past
community interest in Title IV issues. OJJDP would then develop
materials and methods for marketing technical assistance and training
to these communities.
Fix responsibility within OJJDP for coordinating the delivery of
technical assistance under Title IV.
The Director of the Missing Children's Program should be
responsible for directly managing the delivery of technical assistance
and training funded through Title IV. This work will include keeping
central records of all requests for information, training, and
technical assistance as well as taking primary responsibility for
assuring that those services are of the highest possible quality.
Develop an ongoing process for evaluating technical assistance
and training provided through Title IV.
To complement training planning efforts and the assessment of
technical assistance needs, OJJDP will expand efforts to evaluate
technical assistance and training funded through Title IV. Grantees who
deliver these services will be required to provide OJJDP with names and
addresses of all individuals who request and received services through
Title IV. This information will be used by OJJDP to distribute
evaluation surveys designed to assess the quality and effectiveness of
services delivered.
Fiscal Year 1995 Programs
The following are brief summaries of each of the proposed
competitive and continuation programs for Fiscal Year 1995. The
estimated amounts, sites for implementation, and other descriptive
information presented here are subject to change based on the public
comment process, grantee performance, application quality, fund
availability, and other factors. OJJDP has a limited amount of funds
for competitive programs in FY 1995. Competitive programs are therefore
being proposed with funding levels subject to change based upon public
comment. Competitive programs may be added to the plan based on the
review and comment process.
Fiscal Year 1995 Programs
Competitive Programs
National Missing Children's Resource Center and Clearinghouse,
$3,050,000
This three year cooperative agreement will fund the operation of a
national resource center and clearinghouse as mandated in Section
404(b) (42 U.S.C. 5773). The clearinghouse is responsible for
establishing and operating a 24 hour toll-free telephone line by which
individuals may report information regarding the location of any
missing child, or other child 13 years of age or younger, whose
whereabouts are unknown to such child's legal custodian, and request
information pertaining to procedures necessary to reunite the child and
legal custodian. In addition, the clearinghouse will be responsible for
providing a wide range of assistance to State and local governments,
public and private non-profit agencies, and individuals. Specific
assistance includes coordinating public and private programs which
locate, recover, or reunite missing children with their legal
guardians, provide training and technical assistance, disseminate
information about innovative and model missing childrens' programs, and
facilitate the lawful use of school records to identify and locate
missing children.
Title IV Training and Technical Assistance $750,000
OJJDP, through its Missing Children's Program, is committed to
support the agencies and organizations that deliver services related to
the prevention of missing and exploited children cases, the location of
missing children, the recovery of those children, and the successful
reunification of missing children to their legal guardian(s). Through
funding of relevant research and program demonstration projects, OJJDP
produces information and work products of use to agencies,
organizations, victims, and families. OJJDP seeks to disseminate such
information and work products through the delivery of training and
technical assistance to law enforcement, judges, prosecutors, schools,
human service agencies, medical service providers, non-profit
organizations, and any other appropriate entity that provides services
to missing and exploited children and their families.
To coordinate the delivery of information, work products, training,
and technical assistance, OJJDP will issue a Request for Proposals
(RFP) for the development and management of an efficient and effective
technical assistance and training program for Title IV funded
activities. The RFP will include services related to the design,
development and delivery of all new Title IV training and technical
assistance based on work products and other results generated by the
experience of other Title IV grantees. The successful contractor will
be responsible for incorporating existing Title IV funded training into
new programs where appropriate.
OJJDP believes that this approach will standardize the training
being delivered through Title IV, more efficiently make use of Title IV
funding, and strengthen quality control for the delivery of training
and technical assistance.
Effective Community-Based Approaches for Dealing With Missing and
Exploited Children $250,000
Private non-profit organizations (NPOs) in communities provide a
vital service to the families of missing and exploited children. These
organizations were formed to play a role that is best fulfilled by
community members who provide support to each other during the ordeal
many parents and children experience in missing and exploited children
cases. Over the last two years, private non-profit organizations have
taken steps to further develop the quality and level services to
include forming a national organization.
This three year program, to be awarded in two 18 month budget
periods, is designed to provide training and technical assistance that
will support the continuing development of NPOs as a resource for
providing services in communities that other agencies may not be best
suited to provide. This training and technical assistance would focus
on assisting NPOs in developing protocols that can be used to tailor
their mission, goals, and services to the needs of communities.
The project will support up to five demonstration sites that have
active missing and exploited children programs in place and seek to
strengthen the role of NPOs in providing services. Technical assistance
will also be provided on a request basis to individual NPO's. The
applicant should consider missing and exploited children programs in
local community organizations as possible sites as well.
Products that would be generated as a result of this project would
include, but not be limited to, standardized intake forms, procedures
for communication with other agencies, guidelines for establishing a
multi-disciplinary board of directors, and an overall handbook for the
operation of an NPO that is tailored to the delivery of services to
missing and exploited children and their families.
Continuation Programs
National Alzheimer's Patient Alert Program $750,000
This project supports a national program to facilitate the
identification and safe return of missing persons afflicted with
Alzheimer's disease and related disorders. During its third year of
operation, this project will expand its central registry of
computerized information on memory impaired persons and a national
toll-free telephone line to access the registry; produce new
informational materials including a promotional poster for use in the
training of law enforcement personnel and public education; and
coordinate and enhance the case management efforts of existing
community based organizations including local chapters. No additional
applications will be solicited in Fiscal Year 1995.
Missing and Exploited Children Comprehensive Action Program (M/CAP)
$700,000
The Missing and Exploited Children Comprehensive Action Program (M/
CAP) is a national demonstration project designed to promote the
implementation of multi-agency community approaches for dealing with
missing and exploited children cases. The grantee for the final year of
this project is Public Administration Services of McLean, Virginia.
During this final year of funding, assistance will be provided to
project sites that are in the process of developing their long range
implementation plan. Training and technical assistance will also be
provided to sites that have adopted long range implementation plans. In
addition, training and technical assistance materials will be developed
that can be incorporated into the Title IV Training and Technical
Assistance Program. Existing M/CAP sites will be encouraged to serve as
regional technical assistance sites which will provide OJJDP with a
mechanism to support the delivery of services through the Title IV
Training and Technical Assistance Program. No additional applications
will be solicited in Fiscal Year 1995.
Child Abuse Training and Technical Assistance Program for Law
Enforcement $500,000
These funds are committed to a contract between OJJDP's Training
and Technical Assistance Division and Fox Valley Technical College of
Appleton, Wisconsin. The funds will be used to support the delivery of
child abuse investigation courses, including information on the
investigation of missing and exploited children cases. No additional
applications will be solicited in Fiscal Year 1995.
Investigation and Prosecution of Parental Abduction Cases $250,000
Through this project, Title IV funds are used to provide assistance
to local prosecutors that will allow them to more effectively prosecute
non-custodial parents who abduct their children. The project will
identify legal and social issues in these cases that should be
addressed, summarize and analyze current research in this area,
identify experts who have successfully prosecuted these cases, and
produce legal analyses and guidelines that can be disseminated to
prosecutors and law enforcement agencies.
The grantee for this program is the American Prosecutors Research
Institute (APRI). No additional applications will be solicited in
Fiscal Year 1995.
Model Treatment & Services Approaches for Mental Health Professions
Working With Families of Missing Children $195,000
This project is designed to provide mental health professionals
with effective treatment approaches for the rehabilitation of families
traumatized by child abduction so that a state of normalcy can be
established in the aftermath of such events. During Fiscal Year 1995,
training manuals and support materials will be developed that can be
used during the implementation of treatment models defined during the
project.
The grantee for the final year of this multi-year project is the
Western Center for Child Protection. No additional applications will be
solicited in Fiscal Year 1995.
Investigative Case Management for Missing Children Homicides
$150,000
This project is designed to improve investigative procedures for
investigating murders of missing, abducted, or runaway children as well
as to improve the rate of apprehension and prosecution of serial
murderers of children. The project addresses evidence gathering,
forensic evidence techniques, methods for determining linkages among
child murder cases, and enhancing coordination of child homicide cases
among law enforcement agencies nationwide.
The project will develop a resource management guide which will
contain methods, procedures, and a checklist for investigation of a
missing child homicide. The project also calls for the delivery of
technical assistance and training for state and local law enforcement
agencies.
The grantee for this project is the Criminal Investigation Division
of the State of Washington Attorney General's Office. The program is
supported by America's Law Enforcement Retiree Team (ALERT) volunteers
from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. No
additional applications will be solicited in Fiscal Year 1995.
Multi-jurisdictional, Interagency Model for Investigating and
Prosecuting Cases of Child Sexual Abuse $100,000
This is a program that is jointly funded with $50,000 of Title IV
funds and $50,000 from the Office for Victims of Crime (OVC). In Fiscal
Year 1995 this program will develop and implement prototype multi-
jurisdictional task forces for the investigation and prosecution of
cases involving sexual exploitation of children. These tasks forces are
to be formed in up to five communities throughout the United States
that include Federal, state, and local authorities.
Funds for this project cannot be used for law enforcement efforts,
but must be targeted to assist child and youth victims in crisis, to
provide staff training, and promote public awareness.
This is the second year of a cooperative agreement between OJJDP,
OVC and the Education Development Center, Inc. No additional
applications will be solicited in Fiscal Year 1995.
Missing Children Data Archive $25,000
Through this program, OJJDP makes available all data sets produced
as the result of funded research addressing missing and exploited
children and their families in a readily understandable, documented
data archive. OJJDP provides this service through a cooperative
agreement with the University of Michigan whose staff prepare missing
and exploited children data and documentation to conform to generally
accepted standards. No additional applications will be solicited in
Fiscal Year 1995.
John J. Wilson,
Acting Administrator, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Prevention.
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