This program gives the parents of every participating child the tools they need for indentification of that child should he or she ever become missing.
At CHIPs events trained volunteers make a video of the child, take an impression of the teeth, make a DNA swab, and take the child's fingerprints. These are put into a kit which is given to the parents for safekeeping and nothing is retained by CHIPs except a signed permission slip.
Give yourself peace of mind and participate when CHIPs has an event in your area!
The probability of recovering a child is directly proportional to the quality and quantity of accurate, current identification data available on them, and the speed and breadth of the response to the situation.
It is the goal of CHIPs to help families be prepared for a lost, missing, or kidnapped child by having, in hand, the exact kind of high quality information / data on the child that news agencies and law enforcement needs to provide the best and most diverse response to the crises.