What is it about: Regardless of why a child is missing or where a child is missing from, all missing children are at risk and each missing-child case needs immediate investigation and entry into the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) National Crime Information Center (NCIC) computer and the state law-enforcement system. When children are missing from care, law-enforcement and child-welfare agencies need to work in partnership to quickly find and return that child to care. This guide offers information about adopting such partnerships in jurisdictions where they do not already exist and reviewing currently existing partnerships to identify needed enhancements in jurisdictions where these partnerships are already in place.