Digital Wellness Check
Protecting Vulnerable Teens: The Power of Partnership
August 31, 2026
Finding a missing child is only the first step. In this conversation, Snap’s Director of Safety Outreach joins representatives from the National Child Protection Task Force (NCPTF) to discuss how technology, collaboration, and trusted adults can help locate and support missing and vulnerable youth.
Through child rescue operations, NCPTF brings together law enforcement, prosecutors, technology companies, social workers, and child advocates to combine expertise and information that can help locate missing teens more quickly. Their approach centers on three steps: find, listen, help. That means finding a child, understanding what led them to leave, and connecting them with the support they need. Listen to the interview: