The Qwest Foundation is committed to helping families learn about protecting their children
from online threats. The Qwest Foundation has partnered with the National
Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) to raise awareness among families
on online safety issues and to proactively help combat online exploitation of youth by
encouraging increased parental and guardian understanding and education.
NetSmartz411:
The Qwest Foundation has funded Netsmartz411, a new online service provided by the National Center for
Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC). For the first time, the general public—especially
parents and guardians—have direct access to experts at the NCMEC who can respond to their specific
questions and concerns about online safety. NetSmartz411 is a free, one-stop, interactive, educational
resource for children, teens, parents, guardians, educators and law enforcement to help keep kids safer
online. For more information about NetSmartz411, visit www.NetSmartz411.org.
The Qwest Foundation Train the Trainer program:
The Qwest Foundation also partnered with the NCMEC to train individuals in Colorado, Utah
and Oregon on how to advise their communities about online safety trends and issues facing
today’s parents and children.
The funding of Netsmartz411 by the Qwest Foundation complements Qwest Communications’ commitment
to online safety and leadership in online safety education. Qwest is developing resources
and establishing relationships at the federal, state and local levels with key community,
government and education leaders to raise online safety awareness and help keep families
safer online including:
To learn more about these programs and how to surf safer and smarter on the Internet,
visit www.IncredibleInternet.com.
To learn more about the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, visit www.missingkids.com.
