Mission: The organizations purpose is to bring hope and healing to the missing and their families through crisis intervention, prevention, and community education.
Geographic areas served: the 14-County Houston-Galveston region
Programs: TCM distributes child ID kits and safety publications to children, parents, and educators provides safety education to teach children how to stay safer in real life and on the internet teaches parents how to safeguard their children in real life and on the internet and what to do if their child goes missing. 2024 services included distributing 6,494 safety brochures and 2,904 child id kits presenting 120 child safety presentations attended by 6,056 children and 1,194 adults.
tcm provides services and support to law enforcement officers and agencies through training and amber alert issuance. In 2023 alone, stakeholders like you made the following accomplishments possible:
• 94 families were reunited as a direct result of TCM services
• 313 left-behind families received assistance searching for 103 missing children and 209 missing adults
• 190 Law Enforcement Officers were trained on Emergency Alert Activation best practices
• 6 Amber Alerts and 37 Silver Alerts were activated with a 98% safe recovery rate
• 1,520 children were educated on internet safety
• 10,080 individuals received direct services
When my daughter went missing, this organization reached out to me in my time of stress and need. They went above and beyond my expectations. Not only did they assist in finding her, but they helped find and get her to a safe place. Melissa Rangel was my contact there and blew me away with her devotion to my case.
I cannot thank them enough. They were definitely the answer to this mother's prayers. Thank you so much TEXAS CENTER FOR THE MISSING and Melissa Rangel (my angel).
