Identify & Report Abuse

Making a Report for Sexual Abuse

If you witness or suspect abuse, please contact the Abuse Hotline at 1-800-96-Abuse (1-800-962-2873)

The California Abuse Hotline accepts reports 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, of known or suspected child abuse, neglect or abandonment.

If you ever suspect a minor is in immediate danger, contact 911

There are four ways to make a report:

• Telephone:  Please immediately contact the Child Protection Hotline at (800) 540-4000

  If Calling from Outside of California: (213) 639-4500

  TDD - Telecommunication Device for the Deaf: (800) 272-6699

  For additional services for the hard of hearing, please click Here.

• Web reporting:

   Non-emergent reports include incidents of suspected child abuse or neglect that do not require immediate attention or the victim is not in immediate danger.

  Please click here to complete a non-emergent report in the Child Abuse Reporting Electronic System (CARES).

  After making a verbal report to the Child Protection Hotline, Mandated Reporters are required to submit a follow-up written report within 36 hours (CA Penal Code 11166).

  Please allow up to two hours after the Hotline phone call for your Referral Number to become activated.

  Please click here to submit your follow-up report.

  Los Angeles https://mandreptla.org/cars.web/Account/Login?ReturnUrl=%2Fcars.web%2FAuth%2FCARES

• Department of Education http://www.cde.ca.gov/re/di/cd/

• If the abuse took place in a school setting, contact the specific school district and ask to speak with the Human Resource department to file a complaint.

Under CA Civ Pro Code § 340.16, adult victims of sexual abuse and assault can file a case within 10 years of the event, or within three years since the discovery of any injury or illness resulting from the assault.

What information do I need to report?

In making a report to the department of child & family services, it is important to have the following information:

• Name, ages, race and gender of all parties (alleged victim and alleged perpetrator) involved

• Addresses of all parties, including current location

• Relationship between alleged victim and alleged perpetrator

• Any other information that may assist the department of child & family services in making their investigation, such as injuries reported or observed, directions to location of parties and potential safety concerns for investigators.

We are all responsible to be advocates for children in need

California Resources:

Department of Child services

https://cdss.ca.gov/inforesources/guides

Report Suspected Child Abuse or Neglect

https://cdss.ca.gov/reporting/report-abuse/child-protective-services/report-child-abuse

The Office of Child Abuse Prevention (OCAP)

https://cdss.ca.gov/inforesources/ocap

Advocacy center Helping Survivors, a proud partner of RAINN. Mission is to assist anyone who has been victimized by sexual assault or abuse. Our website is a compilation of information around different instances of sexual violence. We offer resources to assist survivors and their families, and we will continuously be adding more. To see our organization and some of the helpful information we have made, check out the link below:

Helping Survivors - helpingsurvivors.org/rideshare-sexual-assault/

Shame grows in silence, secrecy and judgment. Do not wait, the abuse will get buried alive.

Children, Teens & Adult Healing Homes to help in restoration after abuse has happened:

Olive Crest- service to various regions https://www.olivecrest.org

Family Healing Center- Fresno https://www.fhcfresno.org

First 5 California-Find Help Abuse & Violence

https://www.first5california.com/en-us/services/violence-and-abuse/

Domestic Abuse

Call 1-800-799-SAFE (7233)

Text 88788

Website

https://www.thehotline.org

Safe Homes in California for Domestic Violence

Call your local church for guidance in this area if they are set up for this. Not all churches have the resources. Please keep this in mind.