National Resource Referral Information
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Alliance of Information and Referral Systems (AIRS) |
P.O. Box 31668
Seattle, WA 98103
(206) 632-2477
Fax: (206) 632-0855
E-mail: executive@airs.org |
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AIRS is the professional association for nearly 1,000 programs throughout North America that provide information and referral on human services in their respective communities. |
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www.airs.org
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1-800-422-4453
1-800-4-A-CHILD
15757 N. 78th Street
Scottsdale, Arizona 85260
(480) 922-8212
Fax: (480) 922-7061 |
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. It assists more than 134,000 callers annually (calendar year
2001).
The hotline’s professional counselors offer crisis intervention, information, literature and referrals to thousands of emergency, social service and support resources. State-of-the-art technology provides interpreters in approximately 140 languages. The Childhelp USA® National
Child Abuse Hotline, 1-800-4-A-CHILD®, provides confidential, toll-free assistance to:
- Children who are being abused and want help
- Frustrated parents who are about to lose control and
are seeking help
- Adults and children requesting the local telephone
number to report
cases of abuse
- Adult survivors of child abuse who are feeling unsafe
or suicidal
- Adults requesting parenting tips, definitions of child
abuse, or names of recommended books regarding parenting,
child development or adult survivor issues
- Professionals in the fields of mental health, social
work, education, medicine, fire service, etc., who could
benefit from consultation and/or referrals
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www.childhelpusa.org
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PO Box 495
Haydenville, MA 01039
(413) 268-3096
Fax: (413) 268-3098
Helpline: 1-888-PREVENT (1-888-773-8368)
E-mail: info@stopitnow.org |
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STOP IT NOW! is a national nonprofit organization that has
introduced a groundbreaking public health approach to child
sexual abuse prevention. STOP IT NOW! was founded in 1992
with the belief that adults can prevent child sexual abuse.
Through it’s public education, public policy, and research
programs, STOP IT NOW! reaches abusers and those at risk for
abusing, helping them to stop the abuse and seek help. STOP
IT NOW! created the first helpline (1-888-PREVENT) available
for abusers, people at risk to abuse, and their friends and
family to call for accurate information and resources to
prevent child sexual abuse. |
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www.stopitnow.org |
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701 North Fairfax Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
(703) 836-7112 |
As the nation's leading community
solutions provider, United Way invests in and activates the
resources to make the greatest possible impact in
communities across America. The United Way movement includes
approximately 1,400 community-based United Way
organizations. Each is independent, separately incorporated,
and governed by local volunteers.
United Ways bring communities together to focus on the most
important needs in the community -- building partnerships,
forging consensus and leveraging resources to make a
measurable difference.
Provides local United Way based on zip code. Most United
Ways have the resource and referral information for their
locale. |
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national.unitedway.org/myuw
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