Don't Be Afraid...
If you have questions or are worried about reporting to law enforcement, you are not alone. Sometimes reporting can feel scary or stressful. In each of the resources listed below, you can learn more about how to report to law enforcement and what reporting might look like and involve. You can also learn more about what giving and getting consent means and why it's so important.
Online Harm
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children CyberTipline
The CyberTipline is the place to report child sexual exploitation. If you believe you or someone you know is a victim of exploitation, we are here to help.
Making a report is secure and easy. The form can be completed in just a few minutes, and you decide if you want to share your contact information. In fact, many of the fields are optional so what information you provide, is up to you.
Offline Harm
National Sexual Assault Hotline: Confidential 24/7 Support
RAINN is the nation's largest anti-sexual violence organization. RAINN created and operates the National Sexual Assault Hotline in partnership with more than 1,000 local sexual assault service providers across the country.
If you or someone you know has been sexually assaulted, help is available.
Additional Assistance
Childhelp
The Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline Crisis counselors are here to support those concerned about or affected by child abuse and provide appropriate, individualized guidance for those that reach out. We can also help research additional resources that may be available. The hotline is staffed by live crisis counselors (not bots) who all have college education and life experience in working with child abuse, neglect, and maltreatment. Crisis counselors complete over 72 hours of training which includes supportive listening, crisis intervention, trauma-informed practices, and diversity.
Bottom line, crisis counselors are here to answer calls, texts, and chats 24/7 in a safe place for support and guidance for the help-seeker.
If you need to talk, the 988 Lifeline is here.
At the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, we understand that life's challenges can sometimes be difficult. Whether you're facing mental health struggles, emotional distress, alcohol or drug use concerns, or just need someone to talk to, our caring counselors are here for you. You are not alone.
Love Is Respect
We offer confidential support for teens, young adults, and their loved ones seeking help, resources, or information related to healthy relationships and dating abuse in the US. We’re available by text (“LOVEIS” to 22522), call (866.331.9474), or live chat online.
No matter how you reach out to us, you’ll always receive one-on-one, real-time, confidential support.
Our advocates are trained on issues related to dating abuse and healthy relationships, as well as crisis intervention. When you contact us, we’ll listen to your situation, assess how you’re feeling in the moment, and help you identify what next steps may be best for you. This might include brainstorming a safety plan together or identifying local resources to further support you, whether it’s a service provider, legal resource, counselor, or survivor network to get in touch with.
If you don’t feel safe—or if you begin to notice any of the warning signs of abuse—it’s important you take the necessary steps to ensure your ongoing safety.
Contact us 24/7 to anonymously discuss your situation with an advocate and identify ways to reach a safer place.
Your Life Your Voice - By Boys Town National Hotline
Our counselors are here to help. We specialize in talking to kids, teens and young adults. Our counselors can provide the support that you need in the moment. Call 800-448-3000 or TEXT VOICE to 20121. We help with many different types of stress.
Our website www.yourlifeyourvoice.org has a tips and tools tab that contains 28 different topics with many tips about each one. There are also journal tools for each topic. In addition, we have a Your Life Q&A that contains real questions from emails that we have received along with real responses from our counselors.
We also have a new mood journaling App you can download called, Your Life Your Voice that includes an interactive Safety Plan.
You are not alone! If you are struggling with your mental health, the NAMI HelpLine is here for you. Connect with a NAMI HelpLine volunteer today.
Call 1-800-950-NAMI (6264), text “HelpLine” to 62640 or email us at helpline@nami.org
Text HOME to 741741 from anywhere in the United States – 24/7, free, confidential. Crisis Text Line (CTL) is here for you. A live, trained volunteer Crisis Counselor receives the text and responds, all from our secure online platform. The volunteer Crisis Counselor will help you move from a hot moment to a cool calm.
Toll Free, Text, and Online Hotlines
If you are a victim of crime, you have many rights and services available to help you. Use the following contact list to get help or find additional information.
The OVC Help in Your State page is also available to help you locate local services.
We are not here to pressure you, lecture you or judge you. Everyone deserves support.
Text or Chat
Text: WHATSOK to 1.888.532.0550 | Chat starting here.
You can email our helpline any time. We respond as soon as we can, but it may take up to 3 days. As with any conversation with WhatsOK, you don’t need to give us specific details like last names, addresses or phone numbers. Email us via our form.
Call: 844.WHATSOK (844.942.8765)
We are a survivor-centered global movement.
Millions of children worldwide experience sexual violence. This threatens the safety and protection of all children and adolescents in our communities.
Childhood sexual violence remains a taboo and continues to affect individuals, families and communities globally. For many years, victims have been silenced, stigmatized, and shamed whilst perpetrators have been exempt from justice.
That changes now: sexual violence against children must be recognized worldwide as an unacceptable, preventable, and criminal act.
We are survivors of sexual violence with different backgrounds and experiences, and we share a common knowledge of what it’s like to feel alone, to be hidden, to live scared and to hold onto misplaced blame. We know what it is like to carry shame and are working to ensure that others do not experience this.
Through the Brave Movement, we are transforming our shame into a call for bold and transformative action.
For Parents & Caregivers
Be Your Kid's Safety Net
Parents and caregivers today need to be equipped to have conversations with their children about safety online, and they need to understand the unique risks when sexual exploration and technology mix. We’re here for that.
Kids today face a very different set of challenges. There’s a whole new landscape where a child’s relationship with technology and normal sexual development overlap, with a whole new set of experiences online. And they need your help to navigate it safely.
The Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline Crisis counselors are here to support those concerned about or affected by child abuse and provide appropriate, individualized guidance for those that reach out. We can also help research additional resources that may be available. The hotline is staffed by live crisis counselors (not bots) who all have college education and life experience in working with child abuse, neglect, and maltreatment. Crisis counselors complete over 72 hours of training which includes supportive listening, crisis intervention, trauma-informed practices, and diversity.
Bottom line, crisis counselors are here to answer calls, texts, and chats 24/7 in a safe place for support and guidance for the help-seeker.
