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How to Report Child Abuse and Neglect

There are ways you can help stop child maltreatment if you suspect or know that a child is being abused or neglected. If you or someone else is in immediate and serious danger, you should call 911.

You may be wondering who can report child abuse and neglect, what information is included in a report, or what happens after a report is made. On this page, find answers to your questions, as well as national and local resources that are available to provide assistance and information about reporting suspected maltreatment.

How do I report suspected child abuse or neglect? 

State Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Numbers
Contact your local child protective services office or law enforcement agency.

Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline
Childhelp
Provides information on the Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline (Call or text 1.800.4.A.CHILD [1.800.422.4453]). Professional crisis counselors are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, in over 170 languages. All calls are confidential. The hotline offers crisis intervention, information, and referrals to thousands of emergency, social service, and support resources.

CyberTipline
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (2022)
Provides information about how to report online sexual exploitation of a child or if you suspect that a child has been inappropriately contacted online. Information will be made available to law enforcement to investigate.

Child Welfare Information Gateway is not a hotline for reporting suspected child abuse or neglect, and it is not equipped to accept reports or intervene in personal situations of this nature.

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Who can report child abuse or neglect?

Anyone can report suspected child abuse or neglect. Reporting abuse or neglect can protect a child and get help for a family.

Mandatory Reporters of Child Abuse and Neglect 
All U.S. States and territories have laws identifying persons who are required to report suspected child abuse or neglect. Mandatory reporters may include social workers, teachers and other school personnel, child care providers, physicians and other health-care workers, mental health professionals, and law enforcement officers. Some States require any person who suspects child abuse or neglect to report.

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What do I report when I suspect child abuse or neglect?

Provide a complete, honest account of what you observed that led you to suspect the occurrence of child abuse or neglect. Any reasonable suspicion is sufficient.

What Is Child Abuse and Neglect? Recognizing the Signs and Symptoms
Learn how to identify and report child abuse or neglect and refer children who may have been maltreated. This factsheet provides information on the legal definitions, different types, and signs and symptoms of abuse and neglect.

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What will happen after I make a report of child abuse or neglect?

After you make a report, it will be sent to child protective services (CPS). When CPS receives a report, the CPS worker reviews the information and determines if an investigation is needed. The CPS worker may talk with the family, the child, or others to help determine what is making the child unsafe. The CPS worker can help parents or other caregivers get services, education, or other assistance.

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DFPS - Report Abuse or Neglect

Report Abuse

• By Phone: 1-800-252-5400
• Online: Texas Abuse Hotline

Call our Abuse Hotline toll-free 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, nationwide, or report with our secure website and get a response within 24 hours.

We cannot accept email reports of suspected abuse or neglect.

Emergencies

Call your local law enforcement agency or 911 immediately if you have an emergency or life-threatening situation.

Got Questions About Reporting?

• Read our Frequently Asked Questions
• Reporting Abuse, Neglect or Exploitation
• Online Texas Abuse Hotline User Guide
• Online Reporting: A Video Tutorial
• Training for Texas School Staff on Reporting Abuse
• Guide to Reporting Suspected Abuse, Neglect or Financial Exploitation of Adults

Need Help Reporting Abuse?

Call: 1-800-252-5400. If you can't use the Texas Abuse Hotline you can:

• Report online at www.TxAbuseHotline.org
• Use the relay service of your choice or use Relay Texas at 7-1-1. Tell the relay operator to call the Texas Abuse Hotline at (800) 252-5400.

The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) has a central place to report:

• Child abuse and neglect.
• Abuse, neglect, self-neglect, and exploitation of the elderly or adults with disabilities living at home.
• Abuse of children in child-care facilities or treatment centers.
• Abuse of adults and children who live in state facilities or are being helped by programs for people with mental illness or intellectual disabilities. These reports are investigated by HHSC Provider Investigations, not DFPS.

Anyone who has a reasonable cause to believe a child, or person 65 years or older, or an adult with disabilities is being abused, neglected, or exploited must report it to DFPS according to Texas laws.

A person who reports abuse in good faith is immune from civil or criminal liability. DFPS keeps the name of the person making the report confidential. Anyone who does not report suspected abuse can be held liable for a misdemeanor or felony.

Time frames for investigating reports are based on the severity of the allegations. Reporting suspected abuse makes it possible for a family to get help.

Recognizing Signs of Abuse

• Recognize Signs of Child Abuse and Neglect
• Recognize Signs of Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation of People Who Are Elderly or Have Disabilities

Legal Definitions of Abuse

• Child Abuse and Neglect
• Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation of People Who Are Elderly or Have Disabilities.

Commissions for minors and protection of their rights - Commissions for minors and protection of their rights

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It is unlikely that your visit to the page of the commission for minors and the protection of their rights is accidental. You probably need help, good advice, or answers to difficult questions.

Here you will find information on how to get help in a variety of difficult situations. You can also learn a little more about your rights, how to protect them, and where to go with problematic issues.

You can take part in surveys and discussions on our forum, ask a question to a competent specialist.

Our page will tell you how to find those who are ready to help you with your problems.

Commission

for minors and protection of their rights

all forms of discrimination, physical or mental violence, insult, abuse, sexual and other exploitation, identifying and eliminating the causes and conditions that contribute to neglect, homelessness, delinquency and antisocial actions of minors;

Commissions for juvenile affairs and the protection of their rights adopt resolutions on issues within their competence, binding on the bodies and institutions of the system for the prevention of neglect and juvenile delinquency.

The resolution of the commission for minors and the protection of their rights indicates the identified violations of the rights and legitimate interests of minors, the causes and conditions that contribute to neglect, homelessness, delinquency and antisocial actions of minors, measures to eliminate them and the timing of the adoption of these measures.

Bodies and institutions of the system for the prevention of neglect and juvenile delinquency are obliged to inform the commission on juvenile affairs and the protection of their rights about the measures taken to implement this decision within the time period specified in the decision.

The procedure for the formation of commissions for minors and the protection of their rights and the exercise by them of certain state powers is determined by the legislation of the constituent entity of the Russian Federation.

You can apply to the commission for minors and the protection of their rights - about identified cases of violation of the rights and legitimate interests of minors to education, work, rest, housing and other rights, as well as shortcomings in the activities of bodies and institutions that impede the prevention of neglect and offenses minors.

For information:

The Decree of the Council of People's Commissars of the RSFSR dated January 14, 1918 marked the beginning of the history of commissions for minors and the protection of their rights in the Russian Federation.

This is a document of the Soviet power, signed by the chairman of the Council of People's Commissars V.I. Lenin, abolished courts and imprisonment for minors and minors under 18 years of age.

The task of the commissions in the Yenisei province in accordance with the Decree of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee of February 10, 1921 years were:

• Assistance with food, housing, fuel to institutions in charge of protecting the life and health of street children;
• Monitoring the implementation of regulations issued in the protection of children and in order to provide them with everything necessary, as well as legislative initiative on these matters;
• Determination of measures of medical and pedagogical influence on minors accused of socially dangerous acts.

The members of the commissions were doctors, people's judges, sisters and brothers of help.

Over the following years, the activities of the commissions were repeatedly changed, functions were specified, powers were expanded:

in the 70s, the coordinating role of the commission in the organization of educational and preventive work was fixed, control functions were expanded; in 1977, the commission was given the right to hold parents accountable for failing to fulfill their obligations to educate children, to observe the behavior of convicted adolescents in respect of whom the execution of the sentence was suspended; in the 80s, with the adoption of the fundamentals of legislation on administrative offenses, the competence of the commission was expanded in terms of considering cases of administrative offenses of minors and their parents. In the mid-1980s, commissions on juvenile affairs were finally consolidated as bodies designed to organize the prevention of juvenile delinquency, and as bodies for investigating cases of such offenses, i. e. their activities are not only organizational, but also legal in nature.

First Juvenile Commissions Act, approved in 1967 (still in force). In 1999, Federal Law No. 120 "On the Fundamentals of the System for the Prevention of Neglect and Juvenile Delinquency" was adopted, which for the first time defined the subjects of the prevention system (education, social protection of the population, guardianship and guardianship, health care, youth policy, employment service and internal affairs bodies) and laid to the Commission on Juvenile Affairs and the Protection of Their Rights, the coordinating role in this work and the function of protecting the rights of children.

Commissions for juvenile affairs and protection of their rights (data on responsible specialists of the commissions)

Decree of the city administration of Krasnoyarsk dated March 24, 2014 N 151 "On approval of the regulation on commissions for juvenile affairs and protection of their rights"

The composition of the city commission for minors and the protection of their rights of the city administration

Composition of the commission for minors and the protection of their rights of the administration of the Zheleznodorozhny district in Krasnoyarsk

Composition of the commission for minors and the protection of their rights of the administration of the Kirovsky district in Krasnoyarsk

Composition of the commission for affairs of minors and the protection of their rights of the administration of the Leninsky district in Krasnoyarsk

Composition of the commission for minors and the protection of their rights of the administration of the Oktyabrsky district in the city of Krasnoyarsk

Composition of the commission for minors and the protection of their rights of the administration of the Sverdlovsk district in the city of Krasnoyarsk

Composition of the Commission on Affairs of Minors and Protection of Their Rights of the Administration of the Sovetsky District in Krasnoyarsk

Composition of the Commission on Affairs of Minors and Protection of Their Rights of the Administration of the Central District in Krasnoyarsk

Procedure for ill-treatment

Approved

regional decree

juvenile commission

and protecting their rights

dated December 27, 2014 No. 16

ORDER

detection of cases of violence or abuse of minors and organization of work with them

1. General

1.1. This procedure for detecting cases of violence or cruel treatment of minors and organizing work with them (hereinafter referred to as the procedure) was developed in accordance with the Federal Law of June 24, 1999 No. July 1998 No. 124-FZ "On the Basic Guarantees of the Rights of the Child in the Russian Federation", by the Order of the Administration of the Novgorod Region dated October 1, 2012 No. 329-rz "On Approval of the Strategy for Actions in the Interests of Children in the Novgorod Region for 2012-2017" and defines functions of participants in interdepartmental interaction on the prevention of violence and abuse against minors.

1.2. The purpose of the Procedure for detecting cases of violence, cruel treatment of minors and organizing work with them is to prevent cruelty and violence against minors and to provide assistance to minors who have suffered from violence, cruel treatment.

1.3. The participants in the identification of cases of violence, cruelty to minors are the bodies, organizations and institutions of the system for the prevention of neglect and delinquency of minors (hereinafter referred to as the bodies and institutions of the prevention system), namely:

internal affairs bodies,

commissions for minors and protection of their rights,

guardianship and guardianship authorities,

management bodies of social protection of the population,

social service institutions,

educational authorities, educational organizations,

health authorities, medical organizations,

Commissioner for Children's Rights in the Novgorod Region,

other bodies, organizations and institutions involved in the process of providing assistance to minors who have suffered from violence and abuse.

Identification of cases of violence, abuse of minors is carried out through the exchange of information between bodies and institutions of the prevention system, the implementation of joint preventive measures, participation in meetings and working groups on the prevention of violence and abuse of minors.

1.4. Terms and definitions:

Violence , as defined by the World Health Organization, the intentional use of physical force or power, whether actual or in the form of a threat, directed against oneself, another person, group of people or community, which results (or is highly likely to do so) to bodily injury , death, psychological trauma, developmental disabilities or damage of any kind.

Child abuse - mistreatment of him.

Cruelty - physical or mental abuse of a child, or an attempt on his sexual inviolability, as well as the use of unacceptable methods of education (rude, neglectful, degrading treatment of children, insult or exploitation of children (Resolution of the Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation of 27.05 .1998 No. 10 "On the application of legislation by the courts in resolving disputes related to the upbringing of children").

Forms of child abuse: physical, psychological abuse, abuse, abuse, neglect, neglect, abuse, exploitation, including sexual abuse, by parents, legal guardians or any other person caring for the child (art. 19 Convention on the Rights of the Child, approved by the UN General Assembly on November 20, 1989).

Physical abuse is a form of ill-treatment in which a minor is subjected to pain, corporal punishment, beatings, injuries and injuries, loss of life or does not prevent the possibility of suffering, harm to his health or physical development (World Health Organization. Cruel Treatment of Children, Fact Sheet No. 150, August 2010).

Sexual abuse is a type of ill-treatment, which consists in involving a minor in sexual activities in order to obtain sexual satisfaction or material gain by adults (“Methodological recommendations “Prevention of child abuse and domestic violence” No. 18, approved by the chairman Committee of Health of Moscow 10/15/1999).

Emotional (psychological) abuse - a single or chronic mental impact on a child or his rejection by parents and other adults, as a result of which the child's emotional development, behavior and ability to socialize are disturbed ("Methodological recommendations" Prevention of cruelty to children and Domestic Violence” No. 18, approved by the Chairman of the Moscow Health Committee on 10/15/1999).

Neglect is the neglect of a child's basic needs (food, clothing, shelter, medical care, or supervision) by a parent or other person responsible for the child, whereby the health, safety, and well-being of the child is endangered. Observable signs of neglect include the child not attending school all the time, begging, the child stealing money or food, dirty skin or clothing, lack of seasonal clothing, etc. (World Health Organization. Child Abuse. Fact Sheet No. 150. August 2010).

Obvious signs of violence against children, which require immediate notification of the territorial bodies of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia at the district level of the Novgorod region (hereinafter referred to as the territorial bodies of the Ministry of Internal Affairs), guardianship and guardianship authorities, city, district commissions for minors and the protection of their rights (hereinafter referred to as the commission):

- traces of beatings, torture, other physical impact;

- traces of sexual violence;

- neglected state of health;

- lack of normal conditions for the existence of a child: unsanitary condition of housing, failure to comply with elementary hygiene rules, lack of sleeping places, bedding, clothing, food and other items in the house that meet the age needs of children and are necessary for caring for them;

- systematic drunkenness of parents, fights in the presence of a minor, deprivation of sleep, etc.

The reason for the intervention of specialists, studying the situation in the family may be:

- information from a minor;

- information from parents (legal representatives), other family members;

- information from specialists;

- information from peers and friends, neighbors, other citizens;

- information from representatives of public associations;

- results of a medical examination;

- results of examinations;

- additional information collected in the course of psychological diagnostics, observations of a minor, etc.

Particular attention should be given to identifying signs of violence and abuse against:

- minors admitted to medical organizations with bodily injuries;

2. Actions of employees of bodies and institutions of the prevention system in case of detection of obvious signs of violence or cruel treatment of a minor

2.1. Actions of employees of medical organizations

2.1.1. Within one hour from the moment of revealing signs of violence or abuse with a minor, a medical worker conducts a medical assessment of the condition of a minor - a victim of violence or abuse, fixing the data in the medical record.

2.1.2. If necessary, hospitalizes a minor who has been subjected to violence or ill-treatment, with the consent of legal representatives.

2.1.3. Within one hour from the moment of revealing the fact of violence or ill-treatment, sends information to the head of the medical organization about the identified case of violence or ill-treatment of a minor.

2.1.4. Within one hour from the moment of receiving information about the revealed fact, the head of the medical organization reports the identified case of violence or ill-treatment of a minor by phone, then within one day sends information in writing to the territorial bodies of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, to the commission in accordance with Appendix 1.

2.2. Actions of employees of educational organizations

2.2.1. Teaching staff:

inform (verbally) the head of the educational organization within one hour from the moment of revealing signs of violence or abuse with a student about the revealed fact of violence or abuse with a minor.

2.2.2. Head of educational organization:

organizes, within one hour from the moment of receiving information about the fact of violence or ill-treatment of a minor (in case of a threat to the life or health of a student - immediately) a medical assessment of the state of health of a minor who has been subjected to violence or ill-treatment;

informs the territorial bodies of the Ministry of Internal Affairs by telephone within one hour from the moment the medical worker fixes the fact of ill-treatment of a minor;

sends, within one working day from the date of detection of the fact of violence or ill-treatment of a minor, information in writing to the territorial bodies of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, educational authorities, the commission;

organizes, within one working day from the date of detection of the fact of violence or ill-treatment of a minor, an examination by a social teacher of an educational organization of the living conditions and upbringing of a student, if necessary, together with representatives of the territorial bodies of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, guardianship and guardianship authorities. Based on the results of the examination, an act of examination of the living conditions and upbringing of the student is drawn up, where signs of ill-treatment of a minor are recorded.

2.3. Actions of guardianship and guardianship officials

2.3.1. Upon receipt of information about an immediate threat to the life of a minor or his health, within a day from the date of receipt of information about an immediate threat to the life and (or) health of the child, together with the participation of employees of the territorial bodies of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, selects the minor from his parents (parent), or from other persons in care where he is located and provides his temporary placement on the basis of an act on the temporary placement of a minor in specialized institutions of the Novgorod region for minors in need of social rehabilitation.

2.3.2. Prepares an act of the Head of the municipality on the removal of a minor from his parents (parent), or from other persons in whose care he is, with a statement of the fact that the minor is in an environment that is extremely dangerous for his health and (or) life.

2.3.3. Immediately notifies the territorial bodies of the prosecutor's office about the incident.

2.3.4. Files a lawsuit in court for deprivation of parental rights or restriction of parental rights (within 7 days from the date of adoption of the act on the removal of a minor).

2.3.5. Within one working day from the date of fixing the fact of violence or ill-treatment, the head (employee) of the guardianship and guardianship authorities sends information in writing in accordance with Appendix 1 to the commission, an act of examining the living conditions and upbringing of the child, the territorial bodies of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to attract the person who allowed violence or abuse of a minor, to statutory liability.

2.4. Actions of employees of social service institutions

2.4.1. Upon admission of a minor to an institution, a mandatory medical examination and questioning of the minor is carried out in order to identify signs of violence or ill-treatment. In case of detection of signs of violence or ill-treatment, the information is immediately transferred to the head of the social service institution about the revealed facts.

2.4.2. Within one hour from the moment of receiving information about the identification of signs of violence or ill-treatment of a minor, the head of the social service institution organizes a medical, psychological assessment of the condition of a minor who has been subjected to ill-treatment, fixing the data in a medical certificate and a personal file of a minor.

2.4.3. During the first day from the moment of fixing the fact of violence or ill-treatment of a minor, the head of the social service institution informs the territorial bodies of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the commission about the detected case in accordance with Appendix 1.

2.4.4. During the stay of a minor who has been subjected to violence or ill-treatment, employees of social service institutions organize and conduct work with a minor and his family using methods of work for the rehabilitation of victims of violence.

2.5. Actions of employees of the territorial bodies of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, employees of the territorial investigative bodies of the investigative department of the investigative committee of the Russian Federation for the Novgorod region

2.5.1. In accordance with the procedure established by law, they register information on cases of violence, abuse of a minor in the register of reports of incidents, conduct an audit, take measures to bring to justice those who committed violence or abuse of a minor, in accordance with applicable law.

2.5.2. Inform the legal representatives of minors who have suffered from violence, abuse about the social rehabilitation services provided, receiving psychological assistance and other types of assistance to a minor.

2.6. Actions of specialists of the city, district commissions for minors and the protection of their rights

2. 6.1. Upon receipt of information from the bodies and institutions of the prevention system, citizens, as well as upon independent identification of the fact of violence, ill-treatment, the specialists of the commissions within one hour send written information in accordance with Appendix 1 to the territorial bodies of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for taking measures established by law.

2.6.2. Information about the facts of violence, ill-treatment received by the commissions is recorded in the journal.

2.6.3. On a quarterly basis, they send information to the regional commission on juvenile affairs and the protection of their rights about facts of violence, cruel treatment of minors received by the commission in accordance with Appendix 2.

3. Commissioner for Children's Rights in the Novgorod Region

Upon receipt of information from bodies and institutions of the prevention system, citizens, as well as upon independent identification of the fact of violence or abuse of minors, violent actions against children, they send information within one hour in accordance with Appendix 1 to the territorial bodies of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for taking measures established legislation.

Participates (by agreement) in the organization and conduct of actions and events aimed against violence and abuse of minors.

4. Other bodies and institutions of the system for the prevention of neglect and juvenile delinquency

When a fact of violence, ill-treatment of a minor is revealed, information is sent in writing in accordance with Appendix 1 to the territorial bodies of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, a commission for taking measures established by law.

5. Organization of work with minors,

victims of violence or abuse

Specialized institutions of the Novgorod region for minors in need of social rehabilitation:

provide psychological assistance to minors who are victims of any type of violence or abuse;

organize the social rehabilitation of a minor admitted to an institution due to violence, abuse in the family;

organize work with the family, as being in a socially dangerous situation;

organize activities for the general prevention of violence and cruelty to minors.

Appendix 1

Information

about minors who suffered as a result of violence,

domestic abuse

1. Full name of the minor, date of birth, employment: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2. Address of residence _______________________________________________
3. Social status of the family __________________________________________
4. Date, time and place of manifestation of violence, ill-treatment against a minor: __________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

5. Source of information (who, when revealed the fact of violence, abuse of a minor): __________________________________

__________________________________________________________________

6. Information about the person who committed violence, ill-treatment (degree of relationship, age, place of residence, place of work) ________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

7. Brief description of what happened: ___________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

"___" _________ 20__

_________________________ ______________ ______________ ______________ (head position) (signature)

Appendix 2

Information about the facts of violence, cruel treatment of minors in the family, admitted to ____________________________________________________________

(name of the commission for minors and protection of their rights)

in _______________ 20___

(time period)