MOCHIP

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MOCHIP (Missouri Child Identification Program) is a comprehensive child ID program in the State of Missouri . Started in August of 2005, it has become a popular program in Missouri and has been endorsed by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

[edit] Background

The program conducts events every Saturday throughout the state of Missouri free of charge to parents. It is run by trained volunteer workers who have dedicated themselves to the process. It exists under the guidance of The Missouri Masonic Childrens Foundation. [1]

The program uses a Mini-CD to place digital information on and consists of five basic components: [2]

  1. Digital Photographs
  2. Digital Fingerprints
  3. Child Information and Emergency contacts
  4. Dental bite impression
  5. Two (2) laminated ID cards

The parents are given the CD, and nothing is retained by any third party. If in the unlikely event a child would go missing or be abducted, the CD can generate an Amber Alert within 30 seconds displaying all pertinent data and pictures for law enforcement officials. [3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://kmox.com/pages/187538.php?contentType=4&contentId=293056
  2. ^ http://www.krcg.com/news/news_story.aspx?id=26420
  3. ^ http://www.semissourian.com/story/1189335.html

[edit] External link

National Center for Missing and Exploited Children

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