Staff should follow existing policy, 6460, ‘When a Child or Youth is Missing from CPS Conservatorship and the Locating Missing Children Resource Guide for children or youth who are missing from care.   

Children and youth who are missing or on runaway status require an informed and coordinated effort that supports expedient recoveries.  All DFPS staff actively involved with a child or youth who is missing or on runaway status have a responsibility to act with urgency and support one another in recovery efforts.  

Children and youth in DFPS Conservatorship who are in missing or runaway status are considered to be at high risk for human trafficking because accessibility to traffickers has been determined to be the number one risk factor for exploitation.   

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