We Find Missing kids.
We provide care.
We target predators.

Finding Kids hires private investigators and retired law enforcement to find missing and exploited children and provides support to youth and their families during and after recovery. We work mainly in California and Nevada, at no cost to families.

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330 +
Youth
Recovered
98.5 %
Missing Child
Recovery Rate
80 %
Youth Stable
Within 1 Year
$15 k
Average Cost
Per Recovery
80 +
Law Enforcement
Agencies

How Finding Kids Works

Find. Care. Target.

Every accepted case is assigned an investigator to run the search and a Parent Support Advocate to stand with the family from day one.

Licensed private investigators, backed by a cyber intelligence team, develop leads on the street and online and pass them to law enforcement, which handles the recovery.

Family Support begins the same day a case is accepted. A Parent Support Advocate becomes a consistent point of contact, organize information the investigation needs, and prepare for their child’s return and beyond.

When a case surfaces evidence of a crime, investigators document everything and hand law enforcement a complete package that speeds arrest and supports prosecution. Strong evidence can secure a conviction without the child having to testify.

Finding Kids works across 30 counties in Northern California and Northern Nevada, and in 2025 we expanded into Central California. The model is field-based by design: a network of 31 licensed private investigators works cases on the ground and online, 11 Parent and Youth Advocates support families through the search and after, and 32 volunteers carry everything around them, from research to events.

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What Do We Do?

We find Christines
and other kids like her.

On Christmas Eve, 15-year-old Christine disappeared from her home near Sacramento. Her father called 911, and that same night a friend pointed him to Finding Kids. Four days later, our investigators worked with a witness who reported seeing Christine on International Boulevard in Oakland. Christine was found and went home to her family, and in the months since, Finding Kids has stayed with them, arranging the counseling and care she needs to heal.

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Three ways to act now

The Search Starts Here

Report a missing child, review how we work with your agency, or fund the next case. Each takes only a few minutes to begin.

There is no waiting period to report a missing child, so call 911 first. Then contact us and we’ll walk you through every step.

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Verify who we are, how we work alongside your agency, and what our investigators add to a missing children’s case.

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Your support puts investigators on active cases and keeps advocates beside families through the search and after a child comes home.

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What Makes Finding Kids Different

Boots on the ground

Finding Kids does more than raise awareness. We hire licensed private investigators to work missing child cases, develop leads, and give law enforcement more information to act on. We step into the gap with real casework while the lead agency remains responsible for the recovery.

We hire licensed private investigators and retired law enforcement, supported by cyber-intelligence specialists who track digital activity and follow leads in real time.

The investigation that finds the child, the advocate who stands with the family through the search, and the counseling and care that come after are all fully funded by donors.

Our investigators develop and document leads, then hand them directly to the assigned officers. Finding Kids keeps the search moving, and law enforcement makes the recovery.

How We Find Kids

Act right away

Is your child missing?

Call your local law enforcement agency now. There is no waiting period. Then complete our intake form and contact the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children at 1-800-THE-LOST.

If we accept your case, an investigator and a Parent Support Advocate are assigned right away, and someone from our team typically contacts you within 24 hours. We serve families of children ages 11 to 17 across 30 counties in Northern California and Northern Nevada.

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How the work happens

A glimpse into our efforts

We are on the streets, in the cars, online, with the families, finding kids.

Mother of a 15 year old

“I cannot thank you enough
for finding my child.”

There are no fees for our services, ever. Every search and every hour of Family Support is funded by people who decided a missing child was their problem too.

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