The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) is a private, nonprofit 501(c)(3) corporation whose mission is to help find missing children, reduce child sexual exploitation, and prevent child victimization. NCMEC works with families, victims, private industry, law enforcement, and the public to assist with preventing child abductions, recovering missing children, and providing services to deter and combat child sexual exploitation. In the past 40 years NCMEC has circulated billions of photos of missing children, and assisted law enforcement, families and child welfare professionals with the recovery of more than 450,000 cases of missing children.  

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Below are several resources for camp professionals that can be accessed and used within your organization at any time!

  • Being a Trusted Adult — This web page provides insights and tips to help complement what camp staff are already doing in their role as trusted adults. This tip sheet is an easy way to share this information as well.
  • NetSmartz — NetSmartz is NCMEC’s hallmark online safety prevention program. It is designed for children in grades K-12 and includes a variety of age-appropriate presentations, tips sheets, videos, and discussion guides. These free resources can help camp staff have meaningful conversations about online safety with children, creating safer camp environments for everyone.
  • Into the Cloud — Into the Cloud is NCMEC’s web-based animated series for children aged 10 and under. Each video touches on a different online safety theme in a fun and engaging manner. Discussion guides help camp staff to be able to host interactive safety sessions with campers. 
     

In addition to the above, NCMEC offers a vast library of resources available for free on prevalent topics from child sex trafficking, to generative AI, sextortion, and many more. To learn more, visit NCMEC Case Resources web page.