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How Do We Get Notified?

The Dock Ellis Foundation is notified in various ways: Through family members of victims, our crisis hotline, sometimes through law enforcement investigations, and even sometimes through press or online publications.

Over 600,000 individuals go missing in the United States every year. Fortunately, many missing children and adults are quickly found, alive and well. However, tens of thousands of individuals remain missing for more than one year – what many agencies consider “cold cases”. It is estimated that 4,400 unidentified bodies are recovered each year, with approximately 1,000 of those bodies remaining unidentified after one year.
(source: www.NamUs.gov)

Our volunteers are trained advocates that work Nationally to initiate Assistance and public Awareness to Help Bring The missing Home.

What Services Do You Provide?

We are dedicated to providing opportunities, resources and advocacy to minority communities to improve the lives of the poorly served, underserved, never served and those traumatized by the atrocities of human trafficking.

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CIERRA CHAPMAN

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SAFETY PLANNING

Safety planning is important at various stages in a human trafficking situation – while a victim is in the situation, during the process of leaving, and once the victim has left. The following document presents general guidelines for conducting safety planning with victims of human trafficking

VICTIMS OF CRIME

We are here to assist individuals with victims of crime compensation applications. We will walk you through the application and complete the paperwork on your behalf.

An application cannot be approved unless the crime was reported to the police or other proper authority. A Police Report should be provided with the application whenever possible

INVESTIGATION SERVICES

When your case is assigned to our team, your missing loved one becomes our priority. Our team knows that each case is unique to its own circumstances. Your family will meet with our team to establish behavior patterns, close friends, and family. The Dock Ellis Foundation offers free investigative services to qualifying cases. We work closely with our sexual exploitation and Human Trafficking Investigator to bring your loved one home.

MISSING PERSON ASSISTANCE

We create awareness for missing persons of color by providing community outreach programs to inform minority communities of ways to keep our youth safe and educate and train adults and children on ways to avoid human trafficking. The Dock Ellis Foundation works closely with families to assist with navigating the system during a critical moment when a loved one is reported missing. Our ultimate goals is to bring about a positive reunion of children with their loved ones.

sEACH AND RESCUE ASSISTANCE

.On any given day across the United States, as many as 1,773 missing person cases are reported daily that result in 100,000 of searches yearly. We work closely with
official government agencies, search and rescue teams that locate lost or missing persons, including missing children, elderly walk-a-ways, suicidal persons, human remains, disaster victims, and many other types of searches.

ADVOCACY & mEDIA ASSISTANCE

We assist families with gaining media attention to help increase awareness for missing and unidentified loved ones, through multiple viewing methods. Dock Ellis Foundation Provides information and referrals to appropriate services or agencies, as well as directly advocating on behalf of clients when dealing with Law Enforcement and other government agencies within these services and agencies.

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