Recognized Organizations

The "our missing children" program works in cooperation with agencies that have a national reputation for serving Canadians on the issue of missing children. The following agencies have submitted to a review of their operations and are "recognized" by the OMC program.

Canadian Organizations

• Child Find Alberta
• Child Find British Columbia
• Child Find Canada
• Child Find Manitoba
• Child Find Newfoundland & Labrador
• Child Find Nova Scotia
• Child Find New Brunswick
• Child Find Ontario
• Child Find Prince Edward Island
• Child Find Saskatchewan
• Missing Children's Network
• Missing Children Society of Canada
• Operation Come Home
• Victims of Violence/Center for Missing Children

American Organization

• National Center for Missing and Exploited Children

Non-recognized Organizations

The following agencies work in the field of child protection & missing/abducted children but have no connections with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Missing Children's Registry or the "our missing children" program. These agencies are listed for convenience and information purposes only.

• Canadian Missing Children Awareness and Prevention Programs
• Child CyberSEARCH Canada
  • also known as: Child Crisis Network
• Child Link Services Inc.
• Child Rescue Canada
• Child Save Canada
• Children's Security Network
  • also known as: Child Tracking Information
  • also known as: Global Children's Safety Registry
  • also known as: CSN911
• FaxFind Society BC
• Garden of Missing Children Society
• Ident-a-kid Services of Canada
  • also known as: Child I.D. Services of Canada
  • also known as: Identification Services of Canada
• International Web Police
• Kids in Crisis (K.I.C.)
• Kids Safety Awareness Society
• KidSURE Safety Association
  • also known as: Kidsafe Network
  • also known as: Safety Net National Children's Registry
• National Missing Children Locate Centre
• North American Missing Children Association (NAMCA)
• Operation Child Print (O.C.P.)
• Watch Dog Child Find Club

Criteria for recognition of a non-profit agency

1. An organization must formally apply for recognition to the "our missing children" program.
2. The organization must have been in full operation for at least three years.
3. The organization must provide:
   
   
   1. three original letters of recommendation from police services;
   2. a copy of police checks done on all members of the board of directors and staff;
   3. a copy of their charitable tax registration documents;
   4. a copy of their by-laws;
   5. a copy of their business plan and their mission statement.

Requirements for continuing recognition

1. Each recognized organization must demonstrate ongoing financial stability by providing year end financial statements to the “our missing children” program by April 1 of each calendar year or at a mutually agreed upon date. All financial details will be held in confidence by the RCMP component of the “our missing children” program and will not be released to any other organization.
2.  All services and programs must be performed in a legal manner.
3.  No organization can use the National Missing Children Services or the "our missing children" name or logo in any of its promotional materials etc. without strict written authorization from National Missing Children Services or a member department of the "our missing children" program. No organization will be allowed to use the National Missing Children Services or the "our missing children" logo or name in mass appeal fund-raising.
4. All tele-marketing or door to door solicitation type fund raising activities must be reported to the “our missing children” National Office. The “our missing children” National Office will, if requested by the non-profit agency, alert all police agencies within the specified target area.
5. If any of the above conditions are not met the "our missing children" program will remove the offending organizations from the list of recognized organizations.
6. All complaints received by any member department of the “our missing children” program will be recorded.
7. An organization may at any time be removed from the list of recognized organizations.