Child Saftey Program

As a community service we provide various organizations with our :

I'M Not A Target Program

This program teaches both children and parents , in an age appropriate manner , how to deal with predators. The program teaches how to use voice, body skills and self-defense techniques to prevent and or stop a predator from abducting the child. Arming you child with knowledge is one of the most important gift we can give, the program runs 1 hour and is free of charge . For more information on how you or your organization can host the program please call 919-359-0747. Below are some information from the center for missing and exploited children.

MISSING CHILDREN:

National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC)

Since 1984, NCMEC has assisted law enforcement with more than 148,160 missing child cases, resulting in the recovery of more than 132,300 children.

NCMEC's toll-free national Hotline 1-800-THE-LOST ® (1-800-843-5678) has handled more than 2.3 million telephone calls.

The U.S. Department of Justice reports that

• 797,500 children (younger than 18) were reported missing in a one-year period of time or an average of 2,185 children being reported missing each day.
• 203,900 children were the victims of family abductions.
• 58,200 children were the victims of non-family abductions.
• 115 children were the victims of "stereotypical" kidnapping. These crimes involve someone the child does not know or a slight acquaintance who holds the child overnight, transports the child 50 miles or more, kills the child, demands ransom, or intends to keep the child permanently.

[Andrea J. Sedlak, David Finkelhor, Heather Hammer, and Dana J. Schultz. U.S. Department of Justice. " National Estimates of Missing Children: An Overview" in National Incidence Studies of Missing, Abducted, Runaway, and Thrownaway Children. Washington, DC: Office of Juvenile Justiceand Delinquency Prevention, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice, October 2002, page 5.]

AMBER Alerts

• Since 1997, the AMBER Alert program has been credited with the safe recovery of 426 children.

To date there is a network of more than 120 AMBER Plans across the country.

EXPLOITED CHILDREN:

According to the latest online victimization research

• Approximately one in seven youth online (10 to 17-years-old) received a sexual solicitation or approach over the Internet.
• Four percent (4%) received an aggressive sexual solicitation - a solicitor who asked to meet them somewhere; called them on the telephone; or sent them offline mail, money, or gifts.
• Thirty-four percent (34%) had an unwanted exposure to sexual material - pictures of naked people or people having sex.
• Twenty-seven percent (27%) of the youth who encountered unwanted sexual material told a parent or guardian. If the encounter was defined as distressing - episodes that made them feel very or extremely upset or afraid - forty-two percent (42%) told a parent or guardian.
• 1 in 5 girls and 1 in 10 boys will be sexually victimized before adulthood.

[David Finkelhor, Kimberly J. Mitchell, and Janis Wolak. Online Victimization of Youth: Five Years Later. Alexandria, Virginia: National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, 2006, pages 7-8, 33.]

[D. Finkelhor. " Current Information on the Scope and Nature of Child Sexual Abuse ." The Future of Children : Sexual Abuse of Children , 1994, volume 4, page 37.]