The program is offered as a service to families, schools, and organizations serving those residing in the Anchor Bay area.

The program was established by the Anchor Bay Community Foundation through community donations to the Justin Mello Memorial Fund and the annual New Baltimore Lions' Polar Bear Plunge to assist in the ongoing effort of parents, schools, organizations, community and law enforcement agencies in keeping our children safe.

After the tragic murder of Justin Mello in October 2000, hundreds of people from the Anchor Bay community offered support and donated thousands of dollars in Justin's memory to the Anchor Bay Community Foundation. Some of those funds have been endowed to create scholarships for law enforcement and criminal justice. The first of those was awarded in 2002.

In the winters of 2002 through 2006, the New Baltimore Lions Club Polar Bear Plunge drew large crowds to the New Baltimore City Park. In excess of $37,000 has been raised to benefit Justin's Fund. Monies from the event, along with ABC Foundation funds, have established the Justin Mello KidPrint Program.

• The identification program includes a card printer, laptop computer, video camera, medical scale, and fingerprint capture device. A form is provided requiring guardian approval and vital statistics such as name, date of birth, eye color, height, weight, address and phone number. All the data is then entered into the police departments' database and printed on a plastic identification card.
• The identification card, which can be updated annually, should be carried in a guardian's wallet where it is easily remembered and quickly accessed should a child be discovered missing. Upon proper notification to police departments, vital information is transmitted to patrol cars to assist in a quick recovery.
• To date, through school and community programs, more than 2,000 children have been provided with the ID card. In addition, a DNA kit may be purchased at the New Baltimore Police Department.