About the Missing Child Poster Network
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) is excited to announce the launch of the Missing Child Poster Network, a free Fire TV app that allows businesses and individuals to display real-time missing children posters on Fire TV–enabled televisions and devices.
Powered by Global Software Applications (GSA), the app uses NCMEC’s official missing children poster database to display accurate, up-to-date case information tailored to a user’s geographic location. The goal is to expand public awareness and encourage community participation in the search for missing children using screens already present in homes and businesses.
“Public awareness plays a critical role in helping locate missing children,” said John Bischoff, vice president of the Missing Children Division at NCMEC. “This app makes it easy for businesses and individuals to take part in the search by sharing verified information in places people already gather.”
GSA developed the app at no cost to NCMEC.
“When a child is missing, every second matters — and every screen can make a difference,” said Kathryn Koning, CEO of GSA. “We’re offering this app at no cost because we believe technology should be a force for good, a force that helps bring children home.”
NCMEC encourages businesses with front- or back-of-house screens - such as restaurants, retail locations, offices and waiting areas -to download and use the app. Individuals can also install it on personal devices to help raise awareness locally.
The Missing Child Poster Network app is available for free through the Amazon Fire TV Store or at: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FW597N6J .
About the Missing Children Screensaver
In cooperation with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) , Global Software Applications (GSA) has developed a screensaver to raise awareness of missing children cases, both old and new.
A screensaver is a computer program that covers the display screen or fills it with moving images or patterns when the computer has been idle for a designated time. Instead of using a common screensaver, put your screen's idle time towards a good cause. We recommend displaying the case information of kids that are currently missing.
The software can also be run on other public displays, such as digital signage systems.
Missing Kids Saver
Considered the modern day milk-carton, the Missing Kids screensaver will display cases from the NCMEC. Putting this screensaver on computers in offices, libraries, police stations, and in other publicly visible locations means that it will be viewed by more people. Greater visibility will increase the chances that the missing kids will be brought home.
An even wider audience can be reached when the cases are displayed on digital signage systems in high traffic areas such as department stores, rest areas, truck stops, and more.
NCMEC
The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children is a private, non-profit 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.
Every child deserves a safe childhood.
