Our History

Child Find Alberta is a charitable organization dedicated to the personal safety of all children. Incorporated in 1983 and funded primarily through individual and corporate donations, Child Find Alberta provides valuable resources in the prevention and location of missing children and works cooperatively with public agencies and non-profit organizations engaged in the area of child protection and advocacy.

Child Find Alberta is a member of Child Find Canada, a national network of charitable non-governmental organizations and is recognized by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Missing Children's Registry and the RCMP's our missing children program.

Vision Statement

To Keep Every Child Safe from Harm

Mission Statement

Through collaboration, partnership and advocacy Child Find Alberta will create safe environment for all children. In the context of creating safe environment and communities we will:

Deliver education and prevention services

Utilize technology to support parents

Build strategic partnerships with allied organizations

Work collaboratively to build the awareness of child safety issues

Communicate our message of child safety

Our Beliefs

We believe that every child should be safe from harm

We believe that strategic partnerships will advance child safety in our communities

We believe that education is essential in preventing harm to children and eliminating child abduction

We believe advocacy will create better social policies to reduce child abduction

We believe children have the right to protection

We believe that parents need support in creating a safe environment for their families

Our Goals
 

To assist in the location of missing children - whether stranger abduction, parental abduction or runaway - and to reunite these children with their lawful parent or guardian.

To increase awareness of the problem of missing children in Canada.

To educate children, parents and our community about ways to prevent missing, abducted and exploited children.

To provide assistance and emotional support to parents undergoing the trauma of a missing child.

To refer parents to appropriate professional resources as required.