Child Abuse Prevention & Intervention

Esperanza House, Inc. provides a confidential, non-threatening facility to interview child victims of abuse, as well as witnesses to violent acts and child victims of domestic violence. Our staff provides direct services to the victim by conducting forensic interviews that are an invaluable tool to the investigator of not only law enforcement, but social service agencies, as well. The mission of the SANE/SART Project is to meet the needs of the sexual assault victim by providing an immediate, compassionate, sensitive, comprehensive forensic evaluation and treatment by a trained, professional nurse expert.

Abuse Counseling/Therapy
Adolescent/Youth Counseling/Therapy
Adult Sexual Assault Prevention
Child Abuse Counseling
Child Sexual Abuse Counseling
Child Sexual Assault Prevention
Crime Victim/Witness Counseling/Therapy
Family Violence Prevention
Individual Counseling/Therapy
Sexual Assault Counseling
Sexual Assault Hotlines

The Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline is dedicated to the prevention of child abuse. Serving the U.S. and Canada, the hotline is staffed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week with professional crisis counselors who—through interpreters—provide assistance in over 170 languages. The hotline offers crisis intervention, information, and referrals to thousands of emergency, social service, and support resources. All calls are confidential.

Also offers a variety of Prevention, Intervention, and Treatment programs.

The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children works with law enforcement, families, and the professionals who serve them on issues related to missing and sexually exploited children. They have created a public and private partnership to establish a missing children hotline and serve as the national clearinghouse for information related to these issues.

• Internet Safety Education
• Child Kidnapping Prevention
• Child Sexual Exploitation Reporting

• Human Trafficking Prevention
• Human Trafficking Hotlines

Operated by Polaris. Polaris received $3.5 million through competitive funding through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Grant # 90ZV0134-01-00. The project will be financed with 71.87% of federal funds and 28.13% ($1.37 million) by non-governmental sources.

RadKIDS teaches and trains children with skills that help them recognize, avoid, resist, and if necessary escape violence or harm in their lives. Instructors at many elementary schools and local police officers are trained by the national organization radKIDS to teach classes on these skills. Partner with Elizabeth Smart Foundation

• Self Defense Training

Partner with Elizabeth Smart Foundation

Child Welfare Information Gateway is a service of the Children's Bureau, an office of the Administration for Children and Families in the US Department of Health and Human Services. The Gateway promotes the safety, permanency and well being of children and families by connecting child welfare, adoption and referral professionals as well as concerned citizens to timely, essential information.

They provide access to print and electronic publications, web sites and online databases covering a wide range of topics from prevention to permanency, including child welfare, child abuse and neglect, adoption search and reunion and much more.

Provides a free online service to help locate registered sex offenders by address and zip code.