Sometimes it was a detective. Sometimes a deputy, a firefighter, or a bus driver. One child or a hundred — the number changes. The importance of a child being found does not.
This page recognizes the human work behind recoveries without turning children into profiles or turning recognition into a contest.
For these references, the authoritative source gets the light. Where Are the Kids? preserves the connection and sends you to the original story.
DOJ recognized Donovan after information she provided helped investigators quickly locate a missing 15-year-old girl.
DOJ recognized Jessop for finding a kidnapped infant alive during an extensive wilderness search.
DOJ recognized the firefighters for leading part of a large multi-agency search that located a missing six-year-old boy and his dog.
DOJ recognized missing-child investigative work and separately reported sustained recovery results.
DOJ recognized sustained missing-child recovery work and related anti-trafficking investigations/training.
The U.S. Department of Justice and OJJDP have long recognized law-enforcement officers, other professionals, and citizens whose actions helped protect children and bring missing children home.
We don't need to duplicate that work. We point you to the people already telling those stories.
Visit the official DOJ/OJJDP site ↗Linking to an authoritative source that already recognizes someone's work is not the same thing as creating our own personal spotlight. An original Where Are the Kids? profile does not publish until that full workflow is complete.
Recognition records and the numbers quoted in them do not feed CHILDREN FOUND. Any recovery must independently satisfy the counter's evidence and eligibility rules.