Florida Missing Children's Day Foundation
2025 Florida Missing Children's Day
Award Nominations
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) is accepting nominations for the 2024-2025 FMCD Ceremony on Monday, September 8, 2025. Florida Missing Children's Day is sponsored by the Florida Missing Children's Day Foundation and supported by the Missing Endangered Persons Information Clearinghouse (MEPIC) Advisory Board.
To see the 2024 FMCD Award Winners, please visit this website's 2024 Award Winners page. You may also view the FDLE press release.
FMCD recognizes citizens, law enforcement officers, and K9 trailing teams for their exemplary efforts when investigating missing persons or preventing child abductions. These men, women, and K9s serve Florida's citizens to ensure their safety and serve our community. They have gone above and beyond in ensuring child safety, working cases related to children, or enforcing cases related to child homicide or sexual exploitation.
Please take a moment to consider individuals and/or groups who have gone above and beyond for these prestigious awards.
Nomination Deadline: Friday, May 16, 2025
Nominations may be submitted using the new multipurpose award nomination form. Completing the multipurpose award nomination form allows FDLE and the MEPIC Advisory Board to select the award category that best exemplifies the work completed and/or consider applicants for awards that do not have specific nomination forms. The multipurpose award nomination form may be used for ALL award categories except the Combatting Human Trafficking Award and the Jimmy Ryce Trailing Team of the Year Award.
If you would like to submit specific nominations to a specific category, you may use the nomination forms below.
You do not need to complete or submit the nomination applications below if you complete the multipurpose award nomination form.
Award Nomination Form for Citizens
(Citizen of the Year, School Bus Operator of the Year, & Young Hero Award)
Award Nomination Form for Sworn Law Enforcement
(Local Law Enforcement Officer of the Year & State/Federal Officer of the Year Award)
Task Force/Team of the Year Award Nomination Form
(Requires at least one sworn law enforcement member to qualify. However the task force/team may include other sworn members, non-sworn members, civilians, and different agency/organization members that substantially participated on the team.)
To submit FMCD nominations, email the completed form as an attachment to FMCD@fdle.state.fl.us. The FMCD general award winners will be selected by the FDLE Missing Endangered Persons Information Clearinghouse Advisory Board. The awards will be presented at the FMCD ceremony on Monday, September 8, 2025. For further information, contact FMCD@fdle.state.fl.us or call FDLE's Florida Missing Children's Day Coordinator at 850-410-8863.