National Child Advocate Organizations
A Child Is Missing Alert
500 SE 17th St, # 101
Ft Lauderdale, FL 33316
Phone: 954-763-1288
Toll-free: 888-875-2246
Fax: 954-763-4569
Pager: 954-492-4778
Email
http://www.achildismissing.org
ACIM is devoted to assisting law enforcement in the search and early safe recovery efforts of children / the elderly (often with Alzheimer's) / disabled persons and college students via a rapid-response neighborhood alert program utilizing high-tech telephony systems.
American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC)
350 Poplar Avenue
CHO 3B-3406
Elmhurst, IL 60126
Phone: (630) 941-1235
Fax: (630) 359-4274
Toll-Free: (877) 402-7722
Email
General Scope:The American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC) addresses all facets of the professional response to child maltreatment: prevention, assessment, intervention, and treatment.
Baby James Foundation
RR2 Box 63H
Brownstown, IL 62418
Their goals are to pass Baby James Law, keeping children out of their abuser's arms forever as well as cutting down on false charges.
Blue Ribbons for Kids
Children's Trust Fund
110 East Main Street
Suite 810
Madison, WI 53703
toll-free 1-866-640-3936
blueribbon@chw.org
http://blueribbonsonline.wi.gov/
The Blue Ribbons for Kids awareness campaign was created by the Wisconsin
Children's Trust Fund, Child Abuse Prevention Fund of Children's Hospital
and Health System and Prevent Child Abuse Wisconsin, creating a public-private
partnership of shared resources, planning and materials development. The
Three not-for-profit organizations have similar missions of preventing child
abuse and supporting families. We invite communities throughout the country
to use Blue Ribbons for Kids as a resources to help keep kids safe and families
strong.
Care Net
44180 Riverside Parkway
Suite 200
Lansdowne, Virginia 20176
1-800-395-HELP(4357)
Phone: 703.554.8734
Fax: 703.554.8735
Email
The mission of Care Net is to promote a culture of life through the delivery
of valuable, life-affirming, evangelistic ministry to people facing unplanned
pregnancies and related sexual issues.
Childhelp®
15757 North 78th Street
Scottsdale, AZ 85260
Phone: (480) 922-8212
Fax: (480) 922-7061
TDD: (800) 2AC-HILD
Toll-Free: (800) 4AC-HILD (1-800-422-4453)
Childhelp® is dedicated to helping victims of child abuse and neglect.
Childhelp’s approach focuses on prevention, intervention and treatment.
The Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline, 1-800-4-A-CHILD®, operates
24 hours a day, seven days a week, and receives calls from throughout the
United States, Canada, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and Guam. Childhelp’s
programs and services also include residential treatment services; children’s
advocacy centers; therapeutic foster care; group homes; child abuse prevention,
education and training; and the National Day of Hope®, part of National
Child Abuse Prevention Month every April.
Children Without a Voice USA
P.O. Box 4351
Alpharetta, GA. 30023
800-422-4453 (24 hour crisis hotline for parents)
800-799-7233 (national domestic abuse hotline)
800-999-9999 (national hotline for children)
312-214-1606 (Fax)
Email
Their goals are to educate people to recognize child abuse, work with lawmakers,
help victims and prevent abuse by working with families.
DREAMCATCHERS for Abused Children
P.O. BOX 142
Peck, MI 48466
Email
They are here to educate others & offer their services anyway that they
possibly can.
Kidz 2000 And Beyond
1545 Cleveland Road
Miami Beach, FL 33141
(877) 4-KIDZ2K
Email
KIDZ 2000 And Beyond was created to bring world awareness to the increasing
problem of child abuse and the urge for us all to recognize that we have
to stop killing our children. KIDZ 2000 And Beyond was designed predominately
for the children to have 24-hour access to help from people that are aware
and that do care.
Love Our Children USA
220 East 57th Street
New York, NY 10022
212.629.2099
1.888.347.KIDS (5437)
Our commitment is to break the cycle of violence against children. Empowering
the public with knowledge … giving children and youth a voice by speaking
for them… advocating for their safety and taking their message to
the media and to our communities … a liaison between those with no
power and those with power.
National CASA Association
100 West Harrison
North Tower, Suite 500
Seattle, WA 98119
800-628-3233
Email
CASA volunteers are appointed by judges to watch over and advocate for abused
and neglected children, to make sure they don’t get lost in the overburdened
legal and social service system or languish in an inappropriate group or
foster home.
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
Charles B. Wang International Children's Building
699 Prince Street
Alexandria, VA 22314-3175
24 hotline: 1-800-THE-LOST (1-800-843-5678)
Fax: 703-274-2200
The Nation's Resource Center for Child Protection
National Center On Shaken Baby Syndrome
2955 Harrison Blvd #102
Ogden, UT 84403
801-627-3399 Office
1-888-273-0071 Toll Free Continental U.S. Only
801-627-3321 Fax
Email
The NCSBS focuses their efforts in two areas: professional training for
those who work with SBS/AHT cases, and prevention education for parents
and those who work to prevent child abuse.
National Exchange Club Foundation
3050 Central Ave.
Toledo, OH 43606-1700
Phone: 419-535-3232
Toll-free: 800-XCHANGE (924-2643)
Fax: 419-535-1989
Email
The NEC Foundation, through its network of more than 100 child abuse prevention
centers (including sites and affiliated programs), has helped more than
1.6 million children and 656,689 families break the cycle of child abuse.
Prevent Child Abuse America (PCAA)
500 North Michigan Avenue
Suite 200
Chicago, IL 60611
Phone: (312) 663-3520
Fax: (312) 939-8962
Email
Prevent Child Abuse America (PCAA) is committed to promoting legislation,
policies, and programs that help prevent child abuse and neglect, support
healthy childhood development, and strengthen families. Working with State
chapters, PCCA provides leadership to promote and implement prevention efforts
at the national and local levels.
Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN)
2000 L Street, NW
Suite 406
Washington, DC 20036
phone: 202.544.3064
fax: 202.544.3556
1-800-656-HOPE (1-800-656-4673)
Email
The nation's largest anti-sexual assault organization.
The Online
Hotline provides live, secure, anonymous crisis support for victims
of sexual assault, their friends, and families over RAINN's website. The
Online Hotline is free of charge and is available 24 hours per day, 7 days
per week!
Shattered W.I.N.G.S - Women In Need Gaining Strength
888-353-0032
Their mission is to bring awareness, support and education to those that
are in an abusive relationship/situation or for those that have been in
one. They are also putting in the works lectures and speaking engagements
to be given. The voices need to be heard, not silenced any longer.
The Shaken Baby Alliance
4516 Boat Club Rd., Suite 114
Fort Worth, TX 76135
817-882-8686 (in Texas)
877-6-END-SBS (toll free)
817-882-8687 (fax)
Email
The Shaken Baby Alliance provides support to victim family members and others
affected by this form of child abuse. We have built our foundation on providing
quality, accurate, and up-to-date information and training programs to professionals
from multidisciplinary fields. We advocate a coordinated effort for legislation
to enact laws and policies to protect children, prevent abuse, and hold
perpetrators criminally responsible for the abuse of our innocent children.
It is our goal to work collaboratively with agencies and individuals in
a community effort to benefit children and families.
