About CSN
A home for neighbors who want to help find missing people at risk, and who are not part of a search team, community search group or public agency.
Our mission
Community Search Network recruits, screens, trains, insures and supports community volunteers who help search for missing people at risk, especially autistic children and adults and people living with dementia.
What we believe
- Alert. Communities that know the risks act faster.
- Collaborate. Volunteers support police and search leaders. They never replace them.
- Mobilize. Ready, trusted people make the difference in the first hours.
How we are run
CSN is a Virginia nonstock corporation, incorporated October 29, 2026, governed by a volunteer board of directors. We keep volunteer screening records and supporter information private and in CSN's own systems, and we never sell or share them.
Community Search Network is independent of Find With Dennis LLC, the company that makes the DENNIS app. CSN may use tools like DENNIS, but the two are separate organizations.
Join our team. We are looking for advisors, future board members and volunteers. See ways to join.