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New National Alert for 'Missing and Endangered Adults' Could Help Address MMIP Crisis

Source
KUNC
Date
Aug 16, 2024
Summary
Discusses a new national alert code from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons (MMIP). Notes the foundation of the new alert in a recently passed Wyoming state law and the disparate rates of missing Indigenous people when compared to White people in Wyoming.
Tagged as
Abuse and violence · American Indian or Alaska Native · Health disparities · Wyoming