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Outpost for Hope is listed nationally〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.ncstl.org/education/Cold%20Case%20Victim%20Assistance%20Prevention )〕 and international as an educational and support resource for "under-represented missing persons and those who seek to find them". It has been in operation since 1999 and has 501(c)(3) tax exempt status. This charity specializes in providing resources for the families and Law Enforcement agencies who deal with endangered runaways such as foster children, homeless and transient persons, lost mentally ill persons, addicts and other high-risk missing persons who for various reasons cannot or have not been reported missing. The resources include guides and visual tools that describe what a family should do when one of their relatives or friends goes missing but the police or other agencies cannot or will not take a missing persons' report. For agencies it provides educational studies, resources and guides in dealing with these cases. On their website, Outpost For Hope lists various reasons of why a person cannot be reported missing in the United States and other countries. These include, but are not limited to, a person who is over 18 years of age and has a history of going missing or is suspected of being voluntarily missing, foster kids who are habitual runaways,〔(【引用サイトリンク】first=Troy )〕 illegal immigrants, prostitutes and other transient people who are not easily missed.〔(【引用サイトリンク】work=Yahoo News India )〕 == Mission == # Defining the problem of unreported missing children and adults: the kids off the grid. # Supporting the efforts of families in crisis, law enforcement and affiliated agencies to locate and provide recovery information that saves lives. # To educate society about the mis-perceptions of mental illness, drug addiction, and homelessness and their ripple effects.〔(【引用サイトリンク】work=Elephant On Mainstreet )〕 Reducing the stigma about these conditions which create opportunities for people to be lost and for predators to exploit them without anyone noticing. # Helping families with tools that allows them to find their missing relatives or friends. It also trains and provides informational material to law enforcement and other agencies which allows these individuals and agencies to deal with the families of Unreported missing persons as well as finding ways to get them officially listed. # Researching the scale and solutions for this social problem by gathering and analyzing information using "The Missing Link Registry". # Providing social awareness campaigns such as "The Perception Project". # Working with and supporting other organizations such as Project EDAN, the Doe Network, and Lets Bring Them Home. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Outpost for Hope」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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