Why A Child ID? The F.B.I. receives over 2000 missing child reports every day. If your child is missing, what would you rather be doing: frantically trying to answer a long list of questions about your child's physical appearance or actively looking for your child right away? You need an accurate and immediate description of your child. You might not be able to rely on your memory in such an emergency and a photo, video or ID kit kept at home will be of no use. Authorities and others need identification before they can take action finding your child. You should have a photo ID and digital ID Disk of your child/children with you at all times.           Arkansas Sex Offender Directory

The Arkansas State Police serves as the coordinating law enforcement agency in Arkansas to alert the public of missing or abducted children. The Morgan Nick Alert is an emergency plan to spread the word when a child is abducted. It was developed by local and state law enforcement agencies, the FBI and the news media. It utilizes the Internet, e-mail, government communication channels and broadcast stations to alert the public. Such notification within the first few minutes of an abduction greatly increases a child’s chance of being rescued, authorities say. In addition to written information, a child’s picture can be instantly sent over the communications network, adding to the effectiveness of the alert. The key to fully using the Morgan Nick Alert is to photograph children with a digital camera, which stores the picture on a computer disk. The disk is then given to the parents for safekeeping. Should the child be abducted or become lost, the parents can give the disk to police, who electronically relay it to other law enforcement agencies and broadcast stations. The child’s picture can be all over the state in minutes. A copy of the state's Amber Alert policy can be obtained from this link. ARKidsID conducts I.D. Events in towns throughout Arkansas as fundraisers for local organizations and businesses. The outstanding software used in these events is available to all parents for use at home. The safety of your children is to important to wait for one of these I.D. events to reach your hometown. You may download our "Please Find Me!" child I.D. software for free. Just click on the "Free ID Software" button above. This software will allow you to print unlimited ID cards, print personalized fingerprint cards, create additional 3½" ID Diskettes and print "Missing Child" flyers if needed. We believe this to be the best ID software available for home use today! You will need to acquire digital photos of your child and know basic computer operations.

What to Do! If your child disappears when you are away from home -- at a shopping center or mall for example -- notify the manager of the store and the security office. Request assistance in finding your child. Then telephone the police immediately! Have the child's name and description announced over the P.A. system. Also describe type and color of clothing the child is wearing. Many businesses participate in the "Code Adam" program and the employees will stop work and search for the child. Having your child's ID card will enable you to have this information available. (Photos and videos that are at home will not help at this time. Always carry your child's ID card and the ID Disk with you.) Wait for the police near the exit of the store so you can see if anyone is trying to leave with your child. If the child is missing from home, begin by thoroughly searching the house. Be sure to check any place a child could crawl, hide, and possibly fall asleep. Alert friends, neighbors and relatives. Organize a search for the child as quickly as possible. Check the child's favorite play areas. Have someone check these areas again. - CALL THE POLICE IMMEDIATELY !! - Have the child's ID card and ID Disk ready for the police, in a panic you may give vague descriptions. But, if you can hand a policeman a card with all the child's descriptive information, he/she can immediately put it out over their radio and the digital photo of the child, contained in the ID Disk, can be instantly sent to other agencies and television stations. Request that your child be immediately entered into the National Crime Information Center's (NCIC) Missing Person File. This will assist other law enforcement agencies in identifying your child if they are located in another community. Contact the Arkansas Missing Children Services Program. You may contact the program by calling 1-800-448-3014 (Arkansas only) or (501) 682-1020. Contact the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children by calling their nationwide toll free number 1-800-THE-LOST