The Cue Center has been going strong for 20+ years

For 23 years, Monica Caison has been involved in searching for missing people through the Cue Center for Missing Persons, an organization she created. It focuses on finding the missing, advocating for their cause and supporting the families.

What started as a dream for Caison is now a nationally known organization with a governing board and volunteers in many states, including North and South Carolina, both of which have high numbers of missing persons when compared to other states.

The Cue Center provides and promotes the following and much more.

• trained professionals search and recovery units nationwide
• long term care and victim support for families and loved ones left behind.
• complete casework and research of missing person cases,
• national and local missing person campaigns
• canvassing by foot, vehicle and neighborhood – door to door
• Teams: K9, aircraft, water (boat, kayak, ski jet, raft, divers), mounted horse units, ATV, ground support, command ·IC, mapping, written reports, current sonar and technology instruments used for air-land- water
• Set case goals with positive guidance for families of the missing
• Request for support from local and national sisterhood organizations for case
• Act as a liaison for families, communities, media, agencies and law enforcement Request for support from local and national sisterhood organizations for case
• Act as a liaison for families, communities, media, agencies and law enforcement
• Guidance for each communities and public awareness for missing victims
• Provide a variety of professional speakers and presentation topics
• Host finger printing, DNA, dental impression and photo ID programs
• Organize public poster distribution, internet BOLO system, organization’s web site and various social media sites
• Securing billboard resources for missing person – case by case
• Request reward seed money on behalf of law enforcement – case by case
• Offer national safety and prevention workshops for training purpose
• Organizing private and public meetings for missing person case effort
• Provide spokesperson and advocate per each missing person case
• Request for counseling from resource list: group, individual, grief, trauma
• Request for support from local and national sisterhood organizations for case
• Act as a liaison for families, communities, media, agencies and law enforcement
• Guidance for each communities and public awareness for missing victims
• Provide a variety of professional speakers and presentation topics
• families of the missing, search teams and agencies to better service cases concerning missing persons of all ages·
• Guidance for each community and public awareness for missing victims

The nonprofit is entirely funded by donations and staffed by volunteers. including Caison, who takes no salary.

Her brightest moments come when they find someone, and especially if that missing person is still alive.

Unlike many other organizations that concentrate only on children, the Cue Center searches for anyone who is missing.

“Every missing person is somebody’s child,” Caison said. “On the road to remember” is a national tour meant to raise awareness about missing persons. Its focus is on missing persons whose cases have gone cold or has not had enough attention from the media. The tour comes to its end with a fundraiser at 5725 Market Street in Wilmington, NC. on October 28 from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. There will be inflatables, laser tag, music, classic cars, food and much more.

In March, the Cue Center will host an educational event that brings speakers and teachers from around the world to train those who are interested. For more information ,visit http://www.ncmissingpersons.org or call 910 232-1687

This story was originally published September 27, 2017 at 5:00 AM with the headline "The Cue Center has been going strong for 20+ years."