You're Not Alone: The Journey from Abduction to Empowerment

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Through the Office for Victims of Crime, all States, the District of Columbia, theCommonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the territories of AmericanSamoa, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands receive victimassistance grants to support direct services to crime victims. Grants support domesticviolence shelters; rape crisis centers; child abuse programs; and victim service units in lawenforcement agencies, prosecutors’ offices, hospitals, and social service agencies. Theseprograms provide crisis intervention, counseling, emergency shelter, criminal justiceadvocacy, emergency transportation, and related services. Through Victims of CrimeAct funding, State agencies within the United States and U.S. territories have establishedcompensation programs to reimburse crime victims and assistance programs to offervictim services. Information about these services can be found athttp://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/help/links.htm.NOTESThis document is one of three important publications developed by the Department ofJustice to assist and support children and families who have suffered the trauma of a childabduction. In 1997 the Department of Justice worked with parents of abducted children tocreate a guide to help families cope with the loss of a child, titled When Your Child Is Missing:A Family Survival Guide. In 2007, the Department of Justice worked with the left-behindbrothers and sisters of abducted children to make sure they are no longer the forgottenvictims. With their assistance, a guide titled What About Me: Coping With the Abduction of aBrother or Sister was written and a video produced to help brothers and sisters cope. All threepublications are important tools not only for families, but for friends, acquaintances, andprofessionals who deal with the abduction of a child. All three publications are available fromthe National Criminal Justice Reference Service at www.ncjrs.org.62
ACKNOWLEDGMENTSA project like this takes many hands toturn it from a vision to reality. No oneperson could have done this on his orher own.We would like to thank personallyseveral individuals for theircontributions to this document.Our thanks first go to J. RobertFlores, the Administrator of theOffice of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, for hisleadership and commitment to children and families. Many thanks go to Ron Laney,Associate Administrator of the Child Protection Division, Office of Juvenile Justice andDelinquency Prevention, U.S. Department of Justice, not only for his leadership on thisproject but for his tireless commitment to helping children. We want to thank HelenConnelly of Fox Valley Technical College for her direction, guidance, and compassion.Thank you to Cheri Hoffman, Julie Kenniston, and Lori St. Onge for walking with usthroughout the process. Finally, thanks to Katherine Lenard of FasterKitty, LLC forenvisioning and designing the final product. You all played such an important role inmaking this document a reality! We cannot thank you enough.Many other people were part of this process as well and deserve our gratitude: HarrietHeiberg and Tom Weeden of Fox Valley Technical College; Catherine Doyle of OJJDP;Tom Cullen of Lockheed Martin; Lynn Miller; Liss Hart-Haviv from Take Root; NancySabin of the Jacob Wetterling Foundation; and Abby Potash from Team HOPE. Thank youfor working with us to communicate this important message and these words of hope andencouragement.63
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LETTER FROM THE AUTHORSLike you, we
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You may feel that you need some spa
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Remember, you cannot do this alone.
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Page 19 and 20: in pieces when I came home. But thr
Page 21: Remember:>> Seek out the people you
Page 24 and 25: SAM’S STORYMy story is not your a
Page 26 and 27: I eventually realized that was okay
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Page 30 and 31: YOUR RIGHTSRemember that you have r
Page 32 and 33: ELIZABETH’S STORYBelieve it or no
Page 34 and 35: REACHING OUTWhen I needed someone,
Page 36 and 37: SECTION 4: NAVIGATING THE ROADBLOCK
Page 38 and 39: “I only go on media if I believe
Page 40 and 41: POLICE INVESTIGATIONSOne thing that
Page 42 and 43: VICTIM IMPACT STATEMENTAt the sente
Page 44 and 45: MAGGIE’S STORYMy name is Maggie a
Page 46 and 47: come to depend on. And believe it o
Page 48 and 49: FINDING YOUR STRENGTHIt is not easy
Page 50 and 51: SECTION 5: THE NEW NORMALWhat you h
Page 52 and 53: RETURNING TO SCHOOLReturning to sch
Page 54 and 55: CELEBRITY STATUSBe prepared to live
Page 56 and 57: ALICIA’S STORYWelcome home! You a
Page 58 and 59: IT’S NOT YOUR FAULTIt took me a w
Page 60 and 61: want to know whom I am talking to a
Page 62 and 63: A LETTER TOPARENTSDear Parents,As s
Page 64 and 65: WHERE TO FINDMORE HELPEveryone who
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