• manages the state Missing Persons Database and oversee Missing Person entries into the NCIC database to ensure records are accurate, complete and timely

    • Provides public outreach and education on missing persons issues and facilitate training for law enforcement authorities regarding missing person investigations and available resources.

    • works closely with local, state, federal, and tribal law enforcement authorities on missing person cases in addition to other state, national and international missing persons programs.

    • Ensures records in the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) and other databases are accurate, complete, and timely.

    • Issues public alerts at the request of law enforcement to mobilize public assistance in locating endangered missing persons.

      Kelly Gilman (406)-444-3352

      KGilman@mt.gov

  • http://www.dojmt.gov/missing-persons

    The Missing Children Act of 1985 established a Montana Missing Persons Database within the Department of Justice. In October 2021, Attorney General Austin Knudsen launched an enhanced online Montana Missing Persons Database to aid law enforcement agencies and the public find missing persons and bring them home.

  • contactdoj@mt.gov

Montana Department of Justice

  • www.snowbirdfund.org‍ ‍

    Created by Montana businesswoman Whitney Williams, directly supports Native families in Montana by providing rapid-response financial assistance to families or individuals leading the search for their missing loved ones in urban and reservation areas

  • About RAM | Recovery Access Montana

    RAM builds and supports the infrastructure behind recovery across Montana. We certify recovery residences and Recovery Community Centers (RCCs), provide comprehensive technical assistance, manage provider data systems, and connect housing, peer support, reentry, and workforce development services.

  • www.tumbleweedprogram.org

    Tumbleweed meets at-risk youth and young adults where they are and strives to create a continuum of care, making space for hope and opportunity. Founded in 1976, Tumbleweed is a non-profit, community-based agency serving homeless, trafficked, runaway, and otherwise at-risk youth and their families and support systems

  • www.unchained-freedom.com

    Unchained a freedom alliance, is an organization that provides strong partnerships with various government, non-profit and corporate organizations, dedicated to fighting human trafficking at all levels – local, state, federal, and tribal. The stand against the tragic disappearances, murders and exploitation of First Nations families in which recovery of victims and justice is often elusive. They support Native communities and law enforcement to find those missing and hunt down the criminals responsible.

Advisory Council Partners

National Resources

  • https://fbi.gov/services/cjis/ncic

    The National Crime Information Center (NCIC) is an information system that contains records contributed by and accessible to criminal justice agencies nationwide. Its purpose is to enhance officer and public safety, and it has been called the lifeline of law enforcement.

  • https://namus.gov/

    The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) is a national centralized repository and resource center for missing, unidentified, and unclaimed person cases across the United States.

  • https://bja.ojp.gov/

    The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), created in 1984, helps reduce violent crime and improve fairness and safety in the criminal justice system. BJA supports state, local, and tribal agencies by funding and providing training, technical help, and resources to law enforcement, courts, corrections, treatment and reentry programs, information sharing, and community partners to prevent crime and cut recidivism.

  • https://bja.ojp.gov/

    The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), created in 1984, helps reduce violent crime and improve fairness and safety in the criminal justice system. BJA supports state, local, and tribal agencies by funding and providing training, technical help, and resources to law enforcement, courts, corrections, treatment and reentry programs, information sharing, and community partners to prevent crime and cut recidivism.

  • https://ojp.gov/

    The Office of Justice Programs is the largest grantmaking component of the Department of Justice and houses the Department’s criminal and juvenile justice-related science, statistics, and programmatic agencies. OJP is committed to advancing work that furthers DOJ’s mission to uphold the rule of law, to keep our country safe, and protect civil rights. OJP provides federal leadership, funding, and other critical resources to directly support law enforcement, combat violent crime, protect American children, provide services to American crime victims, and address public safety challenges, including human trafficking and the opioid crisis.

  • https://www.missingkids.org/

    The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children is a private, non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation whose mission is to help find missing children, reduce child sexual exploitation, and prevent child victimization. NCMEC works with families, victims, private industry, law enforcement, and the public to assist with preventing child abductions, recovering missing children, and providing services to deter and combat child sexual exploitation.

  • https://amberalert.ojp.gov/

    The AMBER Alert System began in 1996 when Dallas-Fort Worth broadcasters teamed with local police to develop an early warning system to help find abducted children. AMBER stands for America's Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response and was created as a legacy to 9-year-old Amber Hagerman, who was kidnapped while riding her bicycle in Arlington, TX, and then brutally murdered. Other states and communities soon set up their own AMBER plans as the idea was adopted across the nation.