It provides a description of the comprehensive role of OJJDP in the coordination and cooperation of agencies and organizations related to missing children. A summary is given of effective action taken at Federal, State, and local levels in locating and recovering missing children and of programs that provide treatment, counseling, or other assistance to parents of missing children or to children who have been abducted. Also described are the staff and resources provided by OJJDP to carry out the mandates of the Missing Childrens' Assistance Act of 1984. Particular focus is placed on the activities and resources of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, especially the calls received on the national, toll-free telephone lines. Demonstration projects funded by OJJDP as well as recent research efforts and OJJDP funded State clearinghouses. Appendix A provides a list of OJJDP publications on the subject of missing and exploited children, and appendix B supplies the text of three Federal laws pertaining to missing children.