Take Root, a non-profit organization established on a grant from the United States Department of Justice

United States Department of Justice

The United States Department of Justice , is the United States federal executive department responsible for the enforcement of the law and administration of justice, equivalent to the justice or interior ministries of other countries.The Department is led by the Attorney General, who is nominated...

, is the first missing-child organization ever founded by former abducted children. Incorporated in 2005, over three hundred former abducted children have participated, providing peer support

Peer support

Peer support occurs when people provide knowledge, experience, emotional, social or practical help to each other. It commonly refers to an initiative consisting of trained supporters, and can take a number of forms such as peer mentoring, listening, or counseling...

 to fellow former abducted children, advocating on child-abduction issues from the child-victim's perspective, and providing landmark information on the victimology

Victimology

Victimology is the scientific study of victimization, including the relationships between victims and offenders, the interactions between victims and the criminal justice system — that is, the police and courts, and corrections officials — and the connections between victims and other social groups...

of child-abduction to multidisciplinary professionals, impacted families, and the public. Their mission is to "elevate the voice of the abducted child, using the collected wisdom of former missing-children to improve America's missing-child response." Their tag-line is "beyond recovering missing-children; to helping missing-children recover."