Child Abduction
Task Force Agencies
Find the Children
ICAN
Los Angeles County Law Enforcement Agencies
Didi Hirsch Community Mental Health Center
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Department of Children and Family Services
Los Angeles District Attorney Child Abduction Unit
Los Angeles Legal Aid Foundation
The HELP Group
Los Angeles Child Guidance Center
Foothill Family Services |
Our Goal
The goal of the Reunification Program is to reduce the trauma of abduction for children and their families and to support a successful and lasting reunification.
Services
The therapy services are coordinated by Find the Children a non-profit agency dedicated to the recovery of missing children. Therapy is provided throughout Los Angeles County at community mental health centers that have been carefully chosen for this Program. The therapists are specially trained in reunification counseling and provide sessions in English and Spanish.
The Task Force
The Los Angeles Child Abduction Task Force is a multi-disciplinary team sponsored by the Inter-Agency Council on Child Abuse and Neglect (ICAN). The Task Force comprises local and federal law enforcement, Los Angeles DistrictAttorney Child Abduction Unit, community mental health agencies, and the Department of Children and Family Services. |
About the Therapy
Provided free of charge
Available at convenient locations throughout the County
All information is private and
confidential
Time-limited (6 sessions)
Available in other languages
Most effective when therapy
begins at recovery
Provides tools for parents to help their children through the process
Will help answer questions
about what happened
Will help put the child's experience
in perspective
Will help prevent future abductions |