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325 ILCS 40/3

(325 ILCS 40/3) (from Ch. 23, par. 2253)

Sec. 3.

The Illinois State Police shall establish a State Missing Persons Clearinghouse as a resource to promote an immediate
and effective community response to missing children and may engage in,
but shall not be limited to, the following activities:

(a) To establish and conduct programs to educate parents, children and
communities in ways to prevent the abduction of children.

(b) To conduct training programs and distribute materials providing
guidelines for children when dealing with strangers, casual acquaintances,
or non-custodial parents, in order to avoid abduction or kidnapping situations.

(c) To compile, maintain and make available data upon the request of law
enforcement agencies and other entities deemed appropriate by the Illinois State Police 
to assist enforcement agencies in recovering missing children, including
but not limited to data regarding the places of shelter commonly used by
runaway children in a requested geographical area.

(d) To draft and implement plans for the most efficient use of available
resources to publicize information regarding missing children.

(e) To establish  and maintain contacts with other state missing persons clearinghouses, law
enforcement agencies, and missing persons non-profit organizations in order to increase the
probability of locating and returning missing children, and to otherwise
assist in the recovery and tracking of missing children.

(f) To coordinate the tracking and recovery of children under the custody
or guardianship of the Department of Children and Family Services whose
disappearance has been reported and to produce an annual report indicating the
number of children under the custody or guardianship of that Department who
have been reported missing and the number who have been recovered.

(g) To conduct other activities as may be necessary
to achieve the goals established by this Act.

(Source: P.A. 102-538, eff. 8-20-21.)