California recently passed a law to create the Ebony Alert, the first statewide alert system focused on finding missing Black children and young people ages 12 to 25.
California recently passed a new law creating an Ebony Alert, a notification system that will keep the public informed about missing Black children and young people in an effort to address the disparity in missing persons cases. The Ebony Alert system — which will be used for Black people aged 12 to 25 — takes effect in California on Jan. 1, 2024, when it will become the first statewide program of its kind in the country.
The nonprofit organization has compiled breakdowns of nationwide missing persons statistics by race, age and gender, using data from the Justice Department's National Criminal Information Center as well as the Census Bureau. Race was listed as unknown for a small percentage of children reported missing.
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