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Child Abuse and Neglect
Resources

U.S. Department Of Health And Human Services’ Administration for Children and Families (ACF) website contains a variety of information with which physicians should be familiar.

• To access ACF’s definition of a mandated reporter, and to access a list of each state’s definitions of mandated reporters, visit www.calib.com/nccanch/pubs/stats01/mandrep.cfm

• To access ACF’s definition of child abuse and neglect, and to review each state’s legislation on the topic, visit www.calib.com/nccanch/pubs/stats01/define/index.cfm

• To access ACF’s reporting procedures, as well as each state’s procedures, visit www.calib.com/nccanch/pubs/stats01/report/index.cfm

• ACF also has information on a variety of other related topics at www.calib.com/nccanch/statutes/index.cfm

Reporting Child Abuse and Neglect

National Hotline

Childhelp USA National Child Abuse Hotline 800-4-A-CHILD
(1-800-422-4453)

State Hotlines

Alaska
800-478-4444

Arizona
888-SOS-CHILD
(888-767-2445)

Arkansas
800-482-5964

Connecticut
800-842-2288
800-624-5518 (TDD/hearing impaired)

Delaware
800-292-9582

Florida
800-96-ABUSE
(800-962-2873)

Illinois
800-252-2873

Indiana
800-562-2407

Iowa
800-362-2178

Kansas
800-922-5330

Kentucky
800-752-6200

Maine
800-452-1999

Maryland
Call the County Dept. of Social Services or the local law enforcement agency

Massachusetts
800-792-5200

Michigan
800-942-4357

Mississippi
800-222-8000

Missouri
800-392-3738

Montana
800-332-6100

Nebraska
800-652-1999

Nevada
800-992-5757

New Hampshire
800-894-5533

New Jersey
800-792-8610
800-835-5510 (TDD/hearing impaired)

New Mexico
800-797-3260

New York
800-342-3720

North Carolina
800-662-7030

North Dakota
800-245-3736

Oklahoma
800-522-3511

Oregon
800-854-3508

Pennsylvania
800-932-0313

Rhode Island
800-RI-CHILD
(800-742-4453)

Texas
800-252-5400

Utah
800-768-9399

Virginia
800-552-7096

Washington
800-562-5624

West Virginia
800-352-6513