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Coping with the trauma of having a missing child demands courage and
determination on the part of parents and other family members who can
feel isolated in facing their fears and frustrations. NCMEC's Team HOPE,
established in 1998, matches searching families with trained volunteers
who have had or still have a missing child. Volunteers offer emotional
support, compassion, guidance, empowerment, and assistance. Team HOPE
volunteers include parents, grandparents, and other family members, and
they are screened and trained before working with families. Nominations
of potential volunteers originate from active volunteers, NCMEC, missing-children
clearinghouses, nonprofit organizations working with families of missing
children, and law-enforcement officials.
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