Our Mission.
The mission of Texas Women for Children is to educate, engage, and empower Texas women on missing children and child sexual exploitation, and select and support programs for the community.
Diane Allbaugh
FOUNDER
Texas Regional Office, Texas Women for Children
Jan Bullock
FOUNDER
Texas Regional Office, Texas Women for Children
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The Beginning
In 2007, two prominent Texas businesswomen, Diane Allbaugh and Jan Bullock, spearheaded efforts to raise funds to open the Texas Regional Office of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) to address the issues of missing and exploited children in our state. It is well documented that Texas has its unique challenges in combatting child abductions and child sex trafficking.
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Prevention Education
NCMEC provides prevention education to children, families, and schools, and technical assistance, training, and resources to law enforcement and child welfare professionals. Through community programs and outreach around the state, NCMEC has educated children, law enforcement and child welfare professionals, and a countless number of Texans like yourself, on how to best prevent and respond to missing and sexually exploited child issues.
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Our Heart
The Texas office assists with protecting children in record numbers because of Allbaugh and Bullock's galvanizing persistence and commitment. In that spirit, we created the Texas Women for Children (TWC) because we believe every child deserves a safe childhood. The TWC is an opportunity for like-minded women, deeply committed to this mission, to come together to expand awareness and help determine which programs its privately-raised funds will support. Through the application of these funds, the TWC brings the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children’s mission directly into the community, helping to serve the children most in need.
