Programs & Services

Search and Recovery Programs

As an active partner in the search for missing children, Child Find Ontario

• supports police, families and parents continually throughout the search process.
• operates a national, toll-free line where calls are received and acted upon 24 hours a day.
• produces and distributes fliers with the photo and case details of each registered missing child / teenager.
• promotes the cases with the support of many corporate, retail and public sector partners across Ontario who display photographs and fliers.
• produces posters for display on transport trucks travelling across North America.
• provides photographs of missing children to Rogers Cables and CIBC VISA who feature them on their monthly billing envelopes, reaching over 7 million Canadian homes.

Community programs and services are offered free of charge and include:

• The "KidCheck" finger-print program
• Safety and education programs, including public speaking and children's safety materials
• The Green Ribbon of Hope Campaign
• Truck Poster Program

Education and Prevention Programs

Teaching Communities to Keep Kids Safe
Child Find Ontario's education and prevention programs are provided free of charge in your community, thanks to the support and contributions of our volunteers, partners, sponsors and donors.

Kidcheck / Fingerprint Program
Thousands of children are fingerprinted at "KidCheck ID" sessions held throughout Ontario, annually. Our friendly, trained and police-screened volunteers conduct these free sessions. Child find Ontario does not keep any of this information. This package is kept on file by the legal parent/guardian to provide details for the family and the police should a child be reported missing.

Education and Community Outreach
Child Find Ontario staff and volunteers bring our message of safety awareness to hundreds of community events annually. They conduct street-proofing workshops for students, parents, educators, community groups and professionals. Instructive materials and videos are provided to reinforce the messages of safety and prevention.

Stay Alert, Stay Safe
Child Find Ontario is proud to provide the well known and well respected “Stay Alert, Stay Safe” program materials nationally. Hundreds of requests come in from Police Services, Schools, Community Groups and others for this popular program.