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Advocates who work at local domestic violence or sexual assault programs can help victims and survivors who need emotional support, help with making a plan to stay safe, shelter, accompaniment to court or to the police, and more. On these pages, you can find contact information for these non-profit statewide and local programs.
Child Welfare Information Gateway
URL: https://www.childwelfare.gov/topics/systemwide/laws-policies/state/ The Child Welfare Information Gateway is a database of state statutes and resources related to child abuse and neglect, domestic violence, and mandatory reporting.
Childhelp
Hotline: (800) 422-4453 URL: https://www.childhelp.org/
Childhelp provides services to victims and survivors of child abuse. Childhelp focuses efforts on prevention, intervention, treatment, and community outreach. Childhelp’s prevention programs work with children, families, and communities to provide long-term education and increase awareness of abuse and neglect. The intervention programs protect children from danger along several steps of crisis resolution. Childhelp’s treatment programs provide treatment to severely abused, neglected, and at-risk children. Children in treatment programs are provided with therapy, support, education, and medical attention. Contact Childhelp online here.
Jacob Wetterling Resource Center
Phone: (800) 325-HOPE (4673) URL: https://zeroabuseproject.org/victim-assistance/jwrc/
The Center works to prevent crimes against children while connecting families of the missing and exploited to important resources. They provide support, referrals to local agencies, family safety planning, and assistance for individuals reporting a child experiencing abuse or neglect.
Justice for Children
URL: https://justiceforchildren.org/ Justice for Children provides a full range of advocacy and services for abused and neglected children, including pro-bono legal advocacy, public policy monitoring, guidance through a complex child protective system, professional referrals, mental health services, court watch, research, education, and emotional support. Justice for Children’s Call Center helps when the child protection system fails to protect a child. They offer information, guidance and assistance to adults who are trying to keep the child safe. Their Pro Bono Legal program provides free legal help when it appears that a court or agency will return a child to an abusive situation. The Court Watch program sends observers to courts in cases where a known abuser might be on the verge of obtaining custody or unsupervised visitation. Contact Justice for Children online here.
Parents for Megan’s Law and the Crime Victims Center
Hotline: 1(888) ASK-PFML URL: https://www.parentsformeganslaw.org/
Email: pfmeganslaw@aol.com
Parents for Megan’s Law, Inc. is a national community and victim’s rights organization dedicated to the prevention and treatment of childhood sexual abuse through the provision of education, advocacy, counseling, policy and legislative support services. They are a certified Rape Crisis Center and staff the National Megan’s Law Hotline and the National Sex Offender Registration Tips Program.
Resource Center on Domestic Violence: Child Protection and Custody
URL: https://rcdvcpc.org/ The Resource Center on Domestic Violence provides information and materials related to child protection and custody within the context of domestic violence.
Stop It Now!
Hotline: (888) PREVENT (773-8368) URL: https://www.stopitnow.org/
Stop It Now! applies a public health approach to preventing the perpetration of child sexual abuse. Stop It Now!’s toll-free national helpline is an information and referral resource for adults concerned about sexually inappropriate behaviors. Their helpline provides assistance in English and Spanish. Contact Stop it Now! online here.
SurvivorSpace
URL: https://survivorspace.org/ SurvivorSpace is a resource for adult survivors of child sexual abuse and those who care about them. It was created by survivors, for survivors, and includes information and resources, self-care strategies, survivor stories, tips for loved ones, and news stories. SurvivorsSpace offers clinically-led online chat groups, discussion boards on a wide range of topics, and a space for survivors to share their stories.
