This website offers resources on the issues of missing and sexually exploited children for family members, law enforcement, childcare providers, attorneys and more. It contains fact sheets, resource guides, as well as contact information to hotlines for reporting purposes.
View the Website – The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
This website provides information and resources for first responders in order to assist them in better serving individuals with disabilities. It offers fact sheets, a list of helpful training DVDs, safety card templates, a webinar and other tools that can be used to promote safety within the community.
View the Website – The Law Enforcement Awareness Network: L.E.A.N On Us
The Autism Safety Project provides information and guidelines to First Responders in order to educate them about responding to individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). It offers a listing of First Responder Trainings available in your local area, as well as fact sheets for fire fighters, hospital emergency staff, law enforcement and many more.
View the Website – The Autism Safety Project
The Autism Program of Illinois (TAP) provides services and supports to children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and their families. Its network of 30 community agencies and university partners is dedicated to assisting families in accessing the necessary resources and services. It currently has five Training Centers, seven Service Centers, as well as numerous collaborative partners.
View the Website – The Autism Program of Illinois
SafePlace assists individuals experiencing sexual and domestic violence. It provides resources and information in four different areas: Safety, Healing, Prevention and Social Change. It provides resources to individuals with disabilities as well. There is a 24-hour hotline that is available to provide assistance. This website has a “quick escape” feature that allows users to quickly exit the website in case a person they do not trust enters the room.
View the Website – SafePlace
Safe Kids USA is a network of organizations that seeks to prevent unintentional childhood injury. It provides information to families, educators, safety professionals as well as the media. Its website contains different guides about medication, sports, baby and water safety. Fact sheets and additional resources used to inform the public about injury risks are also available for download.
View the Website – Safe Kids, USA
This website provides information about the dental services that are covered under Medicare. It references the dental exclusion statutory stated in the Social Security Act, and clearly defines procedures and services that are excluded from coverage such as routine dental examinations.
View the Website – Centers for Medicare & Medicaid: Medical Dental Coverage
Best Buddies is an organization that creates opportunities for people with autism and other intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) to establish friendships as well as engage in integrated employment opportunities and leadership development. There are different programs available for every state in the U.S., as well as 50 countries around the world. Best Buddies Citizens matches people with IDD in one-to-one friendships with individuals in the community. Best Buddies Colleges works with hundred of colleges around the nation to pair individuals with IDD with college students. e-Buddies is an email pen pal program for people with IDD, ages 10 and up that allows them to interact with peer volunteers. These programs are just a few of the ones offered by this expanding organization.
View the Website – Best Buddies International
The Autism Wandering Awareness Alerts Response and Education (AWAARE) Collaboration works to prevent wandering incidents and wandering-related deaths within the autism community. It provides resources and tools that promote awareness, educations, prevention and safety. Its website contains brochures and templates to help parents prepare for these incidents.
View the Website – AWAARE Collaboration
This program assists law enforcement in the early search and safe recovery of individuals with disabilities, children, elderly and college students. Working with different law enforcement agencies, it uses a high-speed telephone alert to inform residents and businesses in the area and prompts them to call the agency if they have any information pertaining to the missing person.
View the Website – A Child Is Missing Alert Program