ADAM:
Automated Delivery of Alerts on Missing Children
The ADAM Program quickly distributes missing child posters from the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children® to specific geographic search areas.
There are about 460,000 reports of missing children every year.
NCIC claims over 460,000 in 2016.
The ADAM Program helps bring missing children home.
To date, ADAM has helped recover over 175 missing children.
Many missing children are recovered quickly, but others lead to searches that last for months, years, or even decades. This terrifying reality led a team of LexisNexis associates to work nights and weekends to develop the ADAM℠ (Automated Delivery of Alerts on Missing Children) program with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC).
To date, the ADAM program has resulted in the recovery of over 175 missing children. ADAM uses advanced technology to distribute missing child posters to police, news media, schools, businesses, medical centers and other recipients within a specific geographic search area, such as a state, ZIP code, area code or a combined search area near a city and ZIP code.
How it works
NCMEC sends a photo and details of a missing child incident to ADAM, including geographic areas to target in the search for the missing child.
ADAM examines a database of all possible recipients and finds just those within a designated mile radius of the search area.
ADAM transmits the data and photo of the missing child to targeted recipients.
How Can I Help?
If you would like to help find missing children, please complete this form to participate in the ADAM Program and receive email alerts of children missing in your area. Registered businesses also have the option to receive alerts via fax if a working fax number is provided.
