Contact: Beth Alberts
713.409.2720 or
Melissa Turnquist
713.599.0235
For Immediate Release: Texas Center for the Missing Receives
2009 Missing Children Nonprofit of the Year Award on April 24, 2009.
On April 24, 2009, at the Annual Executive Director’s Conference of the Association of Missing and Exploited Children’s Organizations (AMECO), Texas Center for the Missing received the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) 2009 Missing Children Nonprofit of the Year Award.
The award was presented to Texas Center for the Missing’s CEO Beth Alberts by Ron Laney, Associate Administrator the U.S. Department of Justice, OJJDP. The organization was nominated by the FBI-Houston Field Office.
AMECO’s Conference was held in Alexandria, VA, at the office of the National Center for Missing and exploited Children. Texas Center for the Missing’s CEO Beth Alberts is the President of AMECO, an international association of nonprofit organizations whose mission is to provide a voice on issues related to missing and exploited children and their families, and to nurture credible, ethical, and effective nonprofit member organizations.
Texas Center for the Missing not only administers the Houston Regional Amber Alert Plan but also coordinates the Southeast Texas Child Abduction Response Team and the Southeast Texas Search and Rescue Alliance.
Texas Center for the Missing is dedicated to providing support for families and the volunteers searching for their missing children and endangered adults. The organization also serves as a catalyst for mobilizing resources in the search for missing children and adults, has created a plan for immediate action if a child is unaccounted for, and educates the public on prevention of abduction and internet lures.
For more information, contact Beth Alberts at balberts@tcftm.org, or 713.409.2720 or visit www.thetexascenter.org.
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