National Child Abuse Hotline

Confidential child abuse hotline staffed by professional crisis counselors offering crisis intervention, information, literature, and referrals to thousands of emergency, social service, and support resources. Focus areas include assistance for:

• A child calling for help who is experiencing or is in threat of experiencing abuse, frustrated parents precariously close to abusing their child
• Teens who are concerned for themselves or a friend
• Anyone experiencing sexual abuse or the effects of past sexual exploitation or abuse
• Callers needing a definition or the signs and symptoms of child abuse or neglect
• A report of system failure – CPS was contacted but nothing has happened and caller wants to know what else can be done
• A youth who suspects that someone will conduct a violent act at school or neighborhood
• Adult survivors of sexual abuse to address lingering effects of the traumatic abuse they experienced