The Vanished Children's Alliance (VCA) was an American non-profit charity organization based in San Jose, California. It was established in 1980 and incorporated as a 501(c)(3) in 1981. In 1996, it was reported that VCA had helped the families of over 20,000 missing children; in 2005, VCA had helped over 32,000 cases. As of September 30, 2009, however, the organization is no longer operational; the VCA's website claimed that the organization "ha[d] been unable to recover from the recent recession".