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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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