Finding Kids

10/05/2026

👟 Your running shoes want you to know about a very worthy cause!

Join Finding Kids and LuxFit for a San Francisco 5K supporting the search for missing children and the care their families need.
Bring your running crew, enjoy a scenic 3.1-mile route, then stick around for a DJ, food, a raffle, and plenty of fun.

Run. Sweat. Laugh. Have fun. Let’s Find Every One.

📅 Sunday, November 15, 2026

📍 LuxFit, 1090 Dr. Maya Angelou Lane, Suite E, San Francisco

⏰ Check-in: 9 a.m. | Run: 9:45 a.m. | Celebration: Until noon

💲 $40 + processing fee

And bring your own cheering section! Registration automatically creates a personal fundraising page you can share with friends, family, and followers, making it easy to rally your support.

Register by clicking here: https://shorturl.at/gSbZO.

09/28/2026

Finding Kids welcomes Emmy and Edward R. Murrow Award-winning journalist Brian Dorman (second from left) as our first Chief Communications Officer.

Brian has worked in newsrooms across Michigan, Kansas, Missouri, Indiana, Oklahoma, and California during this 21 year career in media. His investigative journalism has tackled complex issues including su***de prevention, substance use and addiction, human trafficking, and other challenges affecting children, families, and vulnerable communities.

Brian first connected with Finding Kids while reporting an investigative series on human trafficking in Fresno and the organization’s efforts to protect children. As a member of the Finding Kids team, Brian will draw on his journalism and storytelling experience to amplify the voices of vulnerable children and families, and advance the organization’s mission to find and protect missing and endangered children. Brian can be reached at [email protected], or [email protected].

09/24/2026

09/16/2026

On May 21, 2026, 16-year-old Jenny* disappeared from school in Lake County, California.

The next day, her family contacted Finding Kids, concerned about her safety and well-being. Our investigators quickly developed a lead involving an older friend and a possible trip to Sacramento.

On May 23, a Finding Kids private investigator located the friend at a Sacramento bus station. When Jenny arrived several hours later, our investigator immediately contacted Sacramento Police and provided real-time location updates.

By 12:40 p.m., police had safely recovered Jenny without incident.
Her case was referred to the Finding Kids Family Support team for continued support.

Rapid investigation. Real-time coordination. Persistence.

*Name changed to protect privacy.

09/11/2026

When speaking feels unsafe, one gesture can ask for help. Created by the Canadian Women’s Foundation in April 2020, the Signal for Help offers people experiencing abuse a silent way to request support, in person or over video.

Raise your hand with your palm facing outward. Tuck your thumb into your palm. Close your fingers over it. The message: “Please reach out to me safely.”

If you see it, check in privately when it is safe. Listen, ask what support the person wants, and follow their lead. The signal does not automatically mean “call police.” If someone is in immediate danger, call 911.

Save this post. Share it. Practice it with your children. Knowing the signal, and how to respond, could help someone reach safety.

09/10/2026

From Nola Brantley....

"Every child you serve may not exit exploitation while they are still a child. That’s a painful reality. But it can never become a reason to stop showing up. Healing doesn’t happen on our timeline. Love them. Create safety. Stay patient. Treat them with dignity. Remind them of their worth, even when they aren’t ready to believe it themselves.
Be a light in their journey.

Love, kindness, patience, safety, dignity, always matter. Sometimes the love and kindness you give a young person today becomes part of what helps them choose something different years from now. We have to do our own healing too.

If we’re carrying unaddressed trauma, burnout, anger, or pain, it becomes harder to consistently extend patience and compassion to someone else. Do your healing work. Give yourself grace. Take care of yourself. You may not get to see the ending of their story, but you can make sure your chapter in it was filled with safety, dignity, kindness, and love."

Nola Brantley is a nationally acclaimed anti-human trafficking advocate, motivational speaker, consultant, and survivor of child s*x trafficking whose work helped shape California’s response to the commercial s*xual exploitation of children.

09/09/2026

When a child disappears, the entire family enters a crisis. Parents and caregivers are suddenly navigating fear, uncertainty, law enforcement, incoming tips, social media, and an exhausting search for answers.

Finding Kids Family Support begins as soon as we accept a family’s request for help. We provide guidance throughout the search, practical support, and connections to trauma-informed services, all at no cost.

When the child comes home, the family enters the next stage of recovery. Rebuilding safety, trust, routines, and relationships takes time. We stay beside youth, parents, and caregivers long after the child returns home.

Finding the child is the first step toward healing the family. Family Support helps them keep moving forward.

09/04/2026

Parenting In A Digital World

REGISTER NOW FOR THE PARENTING WEBINAR

Children are navigating an online world that changes faster than most parents can track. Social media, popular apps and online games can affect mental health, expose young people to exploitation and cyberbullying, and make difficult family conversations even harder.

Finding Kids is hosting a 90-minute virtual webinar designed to give parents and caregivers practical guidance they can use at home.

Date: Thursday, September 10
Time: 5:30–7:00 PM Pacific
Location: Online

The webinar will be led by Clayton Cranford, retired Sergeant with the Orange County Sheriff’s Department, founder of Cyber Safety Cop, and author of Parenting in the Digital World. Clayton brings more than 20 years of law enforcement experience involving social media, online exploitation, cyberbullying, digital parenting and behavioral threat assessment.

After registering, you will receive the Zoom link, event reminder, and webinar materials before the event.



https://www.eventbrite.com/e/parenting-in-a-digital-world-cyber-safety-virtual-webinar-for-parents-tickets-1997987730085

Please share this free webinar with parents, caregivers, educators and anyone helping children navigate the digital world.

09/04/2026

*Name changed to protect her identity.

Fourteen-year-old Leah left her California home late one night. Before her parents knew she was gone, two men offered her a ride. They took Leah to another town, where she was drugged, s*xually assaulted, and threatened. After five days, she escaped and reached safety.

Police had taken a missing-person report, but the investigation stopped after Leah was classified as a “runaway.” Finding Kids developed evidence, and referred the case to the Department of Justice.

The “runaway” label shaped the lack of response. Leah was a “missing and endangered” child whose disappearance demanded immediate action. That’s why we’re urging the replacement of “runaway” with “missing and endangered.”

09/02/2026

A missing child should never depend on luck, timing, or whether the right person happens to take the necessary steps. The system needs to work together. And until it does, Finding Kids will keep looking.

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