CHILD ABUSE RESOURCES

The following are toll-free hotlines recommended by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Administration that may also prove useful to you.

Child Abuse

Childhelp USA National Child Abuse Hotline

1-800-4-A-CHILD

(1-800-422-4453)

www.childhelpvillage.com

The Childhelp USA® National Child Abuse Hotline operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and receives calls

from throughout the United States, Canada, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam and Puerto Rico. Approximately 134,000

callers are assisted annually with Childhelp USA's abuse hotline.

The Childhelp hotline is staffed with professional counselors who utilize a database of thousands of emergency,

social service and support resources. Since the 1982 inception of the Childhelp hotline, more than 2 million calls have

been received from children in the midst of abuse, troubled parents, individuals concerned that abuse is occurring,

and others requesting child abuse information.

The child abuse hotline offers crisis intervention, information, literature and referrals. State-of-the-art technology

provides translators in approximately 140 languages. (source: Childhelp USA)

Child Abuse Awareness

www.child-abuse-blog.blogspot.com

This site was created to bring to the forefront the sad reality of child abuse throughout the world in the 21st century.

The site contains blogs, information and links to other sites dealing with abuse of all kinds.

Child Care

Child Care Aware

1-800-424-2246

www.childcareaware.org

Choosing child care is an important decision. Good child care arrangements can improve the daily lives of children

and parents. In addition, children in high quality care have higher levels of success when they enter school. (source:

Child Care Aware)

Lawyers for Children

www.lawyersforchildren.org

Lawyers For Children is a New York City based not-for-profit corporation that provides free legal and social work

services to children in foster care and to children who are involved in high conflict custody or visitation cases. We

have compiled a list of local and national links to child advocates, government agencies and other organizations of

interest to our clients and their guardians.

Parenting Teens

www.parentingteens.com

Information and articles for teen parenting, troubled teens, teen education, teen boot camps. Also provide parents to

offer their views about military schools, boarding schools and parenting issues.

Teen Boot Camps

www.teenbootcamps.com

Information about various teen boot camps and military pre-training camps for teens and troubled teens.

Mountain Homes Youth Ranch

www.mhyr.com

MHYR is a therapeutic wilderness treatment program for troubled teenagers ages 12-17 that operates on a 15,000

acre working ranch in Northwest Colorado. The MHYR program has been featured on the Dr. Phil show and

received students from the show who needed therapy.