Community Resources for Responding to Child Sexual Abuse
Sep 05, 2015
Call to Report Abuse
Contact the CPS Program at 888-767-2445 or any Law Enforcement Agency at 911. You are not required to provide proof. Anyone who makes a good faith report based on reasonable grounds is immune from prosecution.
Call to Report Abuse
Contact the CPS Program at 888-767-2445 or any Law Enforcement Agency at 911. You are not required to provide proof. Anyone who makes a good faith report based on reasonable grounds is immune from prosecution. If the abuse occurred within the past 72 hours, a medical evaluation by a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner is available by going to the Emergency Department at Our County Medical Center.
| Helplines | |
| Empact-Crisis Helpline (24 hour) Domestic Violence (24 hour) AZ Coalition Against Domestic Violence Arizona Teen Crisis Solutions Peer Counseling Suicide Hotline - 3-9pm / 7 days Center Against Sexual Assault (CASA) |
(480) 784-1500 (800) 352-3792 (800) 799-SAFE (7223) (623) 879-9600 (602) 248-TEEN (8336) (602) 254-6400 |
| Legal Help | |
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Arizona State Bar |
(602) 257-4434 (866) 637-5341 |
| Victim Advocacy | |
| Arizona Coalition for Victim Services Office of Victim Services CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) Program Arizona Voice for Crime Victims |
(602) 421-9354 (602) 542-4911 (602) 506-4083 (480) 600-2661 |
| Treatment Providers | |
| Division of BehavioralHealth Services (limited to Medicaid or people with inability to pay) Women’s Care Center Clinic ChildHelp Children's Center of AZ |
(602) 364-4558 Adults & Children (480) 844-4702 Adults (602) 271-4500 |
Websites for more information on child sexual abuse and/or trauma
www.darkness2light.org
www.trauma-pages.com
www.stopitnow.com
www.samhsa.gov
www.childtrauma.org/
www.nctsn.org
The Center is the Child Advocacy Center for Maricopa County. FEEL FREE TO CALL THE CENTER WITH ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT WHERE TO FIND RESOURCES RELATED TO CHILD ABUSE: (602) 861-6735