Bureau of Indian Affair's Indian Country Child Abuse Hotline - 1-800-633-5155
- Childhelp USA/Forrester National Child Abuse Hotline - 1-800-4-A-CHILD
(1-800-422-4453)
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- TTD Hotline - 1-800-2-A-CHILD (1-800-222-4453)
- Childhelp USA operates the National Child Abuse Hotline (1-800-4-A-Child) providing
24-hour professional crisis counseling and referral services in all 50 states. Childhelp
also provides counseling for adult and teen survivors of abuse at its Los Angeles Center,
residential treatment for abused children at its Villages in California and Virginia,
abuse investigation services at its Children's Advocacy Centers in Tennessee and New York,
and abuse prevention programs at the Fall Church, Virginia Office.
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- Family Violence Prevention Fund/Health Resource Center - 1-800-313-1310
- The Family Violence and Prevention Fund (FUND) is a national, non-profit organization
that focuses on domestic violence education, prevention, and public policy reform. The
overriding mission of the FUND is to stem the epidemic of domestic violence in our homes.
Throughout its history, the FUND has developed pioneering prevention strategies in the
justice, public education, and public health fields. The FUND's publications and model
programs have been distributed to every state and several foreign countries. The FUND's
"There's No Excuse for Domestic Violence" campaign is the first national public
education effort on this subject.
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- Juvenile Statistics Clearinghouse - 1-800-732-3277
- Answers statistical questions and distributes the Department of Justice, Bureau of
Justice Statistics reports to persons seeking crime and criminal justice data. The
clearinghouse also offers statistical information packages, referrals, and other related
products and services.
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- Juvenile Justice Clearinghouse - 1-800-638-8736
- Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) is an agency of the U.S.
Department of Justice which provides national leadership, coordination and resources to
prevent and treat juvenile delinquency. The Juvenile Justice Clearinghouse produces and
disseminates OJJDP publications and prepares customized responses to information requests.
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- National
Center for Missing and Exploited Children - 1-800-843-5678
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- TTD Hotline 1-800-826-7653
- The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) serves as a national
clearinghouse and resource center on issues relating to child victimization, specifically
the abduction and sexual exploitation of American youth. Opened in June, 1984, the
National Center works in cooperation with the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Prevention (OJJDP) at the U.S. Department of justice in an effort to reduce crimes against
children and better address the needs of victim families and the professionals serving
them.
- The National Center operates a 24-hour, roll-free hotline for parents to call to report
a missing child; the public to relay information which could lead to a child's recovery;
or for citizens m request free information on child protection. Since the National
Center's establishment, the hotline has received approximately 900,000 calls, and over 11
million publications have been distributed. In addition to networking with other nonprofit
organizations, NCMEC staff works closely with law enforcement, child protective services,
victim advocacy organizations, medical professionals, legislators, attorneys and judges in
an effort to begin to close the gap in services for parents and siblings of missing and
exploited children.
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- National Center for Victims of Crime 1-800-FYI-CALL (1-800-394-3255)
- The National Center for Victims of Crime is a not-for-profit organization founded in
1985 in honor of Sunny yon Buiow. The Center is dedicated to reducing the consequences of
crime on victims and society by promoting victims' rights and victim assistance, and
enhancing the dignity and value of human life by eliminating America's acceptance of
violence. The many programs of the National Victim Center include: training and technical
assistance to strengthen the abilities of victim advocates and criminal justice officials
to assist and support crime victims; a legislative database containing over 27,000
statutes relevant to violence, victimization and criminal justice issues which support the
public policy program efforts to establish, expand and protect victims' fights through
legislation and policy development; a library with the nation's most comprehensive
collection addressing crime and victimization issues; Infolink (I-800-FYI-CALL), a
comprehensive source of crime victimization information and referrals to local victim
assistance programs; and the Cartington Victims' Litigation Project offering a centralized
source of civil cases brought by victims of crime, as well as attorney referrals operating
in this field.
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- National Children's Alliance - 1-800-239-9950
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- National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information - 1-800-729-6686
- TTD Hotline - 1-800-487-4889
- Hearing Impaired - 1-800-735-2258
- National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect - 1-800-394-3366
- Is a national resource for professionals and concerned citizens seeking information on
the prevention, identification, and treatment of child abuse and neglect. CANet the Child
Abuse and Neglect Network is an electronic service operated by NCCAN offering information
on new child abuse and neglect resources and recent events, searchable database records,
downloadable publication files, a conference calendar, and opportunities for professionals
to exchange information with colleagues working in the field.
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- National Criminal Justice Reference Service - 1-800-851-3420
- Is a collection of clearinghouse supporting all bureaus of the U.S. Department of
Justice, Office of Justice Programs; National Institute of Justice, Office of Juvenile
Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Bureau of justice Statistics, Bureau of Justice
Assistance, and the Office for Victims of Crime. NCJRS also supports the Office of
National Drug Control Policy.
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- The National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) is one of the most extensive
sources of information on criminal and juvenile justice in the world, providing services
to an international community of policymakers and professionals. NCJRS is a collection of
clearinghouses supporting all bureaus of the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice
Programs: the National Institute of Justice, the Office of Juvenile Justice and
Delinquency Prevention, the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the Bureau of Justice
Assistance, the Office for Victims of Crime, and the OJP Program Offices. It also supports
the Office of National Drug Control Policy.
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- National Coalition Against Sexual Assault - 1-717-728-9764
- The National Coalition Against Sexual Assault (NCASA) is a membership organization
committed to the prevention of sexual violence through intervention, education, advocacy
and public policy. NCASA promotes and advocates a national course of action based on the
sexual assault victim/survivor's perspective within a feminist framework. NCASA works
toward the empowerment of all victims/survivors: children and adults, women and men. Major
NCASA initiatives Include hosting an annual National Conference and Women of Color
Institute as well as producing resources for National Sexual Assault Awareness Month in
April.
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- National Domestic Violence Hotline - 1-800-799-7233
- TTY - 1-800-797-3224
- The National Domestic Violence Hotline answers about 10,000 calls each month from those
experiencing domestic violence, as well as their family and friends. We provide callers
with crisis intervention, information about domestic violence and referrals to local
programs 24 hours a day, 7 days a week in many languages.
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- National Fraud Information Center Hotline - 1-800-876-7060
- Internet address: http://www.fraud.org
- Takes reports of telemarketing and Internet fraud; refers those reports to law
enforcement agencies; maintains a database on fraud schemes and reported crimes; and
provides information on avoiding fraud.
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- National Organization for Victim Assistance - 1-800-TRY-NOVA (1-800-879-6682)
- Founded in 1975, the National Organization for Victim Assistance (NOVA) is the oldest of
the many broad-based victim rights groups now found worldwide, A nonprofit, membership
organization, NOVA is guided by four purposes: to be of service to its members; to be an
advocate for victim rights and services in Federal, state, and local legislatures and
executive agencies; to be a training and educational resource to victim assistance and
allied professionals (including police, prosecutors, clergy members, and health and mental
health professionals); and to be of direct service to victims who call the NOVA offices or
who have suffered in a large-scale disaster to which a NOVA "Crisis Response
Team" (composed of trained volunteers) has been invited to help in the emotional
recovery. NOVA publishes a Newsletter and holds two annual events: the National Forum on
Victims' Rights held during NCVRW in Washington, DC, and the North American Victim
Assistance Conference held in August.
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- National Resource Center on Domestic Violence - 1-800-537-2238
- TTY Hotline - 1-800-553-2508
- The National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (NRC) provides comprehensive
information, resources, policy development and technical assistance designed to enhance
community response to and prevention of domestic violence. The NRC works closely with
three Special Issue Resource Centers to Coordinate information and resource development
and technical assistance. The NRC and the following Special Issue Resource Centers work
together as the Domestic Violence Resource Network:
- Battered Women's Justice Project - 1-800-903-0111
Minneapolis, MN - Provides training, technical assistance and other resources addressing
criminal and civil justice system responses to domestic violence and issues related to
bauered women's self-defense.
- Health Resource Center on Domestic Violence -1-800-313-1310
San Francisco, CA - Provides specialized information packets designed to strengthen the
health care system's response to domestic violence, as well as technical assistance and
library services to support health care-based domestic violence training and program
development.
- Resource Center on Child Protection and Custody - 1-800-527-3223
Reno, NV - Provides resource materials, consultation, technical assistance and legal
research related to child protection and custody in the context of domestic violence to
professionals and practitioners in the field.
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- Office for Victims of Crime Resource Center - 1-800-627-6872
- Provides victim related information such as: domestic violence; child abuse; elderly
victims; hate/bias related violence ; victim rights, and victim compensation. Materials
available through the OVCRC include: training curricula for law enforcement, victim
assistance personnel, and allied professionals; fact sheets outlining special programs and
initiatives managed by the United States Department of Justice, Office for Victims of
Crime; and videotapes on such diverse topics as crime victim compensation, crisis
response, the mental health needs of crime victims, bank robbery victims, and child sexual
abuse.
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- Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network - 1-800-656-4673
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- Resource Center on Domestic Violence, Child Protection and Custody -
1-800-527-3223
- Is operated by the Family Violence Project of the National Council of Juvenile and
Family Court Judges. The resource center offers technical assistance to judges, court
workers, advocates, lawyers, child protective workers, law enforcement personnel and other
professionals. Assistance includes: customized information packets; general phone
information; program materials; access to publications, videos, and audio tapes; National
experts database; legal case law and state statute research; Resource and training
materials, and, Synergy newsletter distributed three times each year.
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- The Rape Abuse and Incest National Network (RAIN) 1-800/656-4673
- The Rape Abuse & Incest National Network (RAIN); is a non-profit organization based
in Washington, D.C. that operates America's only national toll-free hotline for survivors
of sexual abuse. The Hotline provides callers access to counseling 24 hours a day, from
anywhere in the country.
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