How to Report Child Abuse or Neglect

The office of the community is responsible for receiving reports and investigating suspicion of abuse and neglect of children. This report is received and evaluated by the Child Protection Agency (CPS) at each community office to determine whether the report meets the definition of legal abuse or ignorance, and how dangerous the situation is To do.

Call Hotline - 1-866 - ENDHARM (1-866 - 363 - 4276) and report to 24 hour free 24 hour hotline in Washington State and report suspicion of child abuse

Other information will help you identify the cause of child abuse and neglect and the identity of the perpetrator.

When asking for reports, you do not need to have all of the above information, but the more accurate the information you can provide, the more accurate your office can evaluate your child's safety.

You can report any suspected child who is being abused or ignored. Reporting abuse and negligence can help protect your child, help your family, and even save your child's lives. In some countries, anyone who doubts the abuse or neglect of a child has to report it. To know how your country deals with this problem, please read the information portal publication "Forced Journalists for Child Abuse and Ignorance". The child welfare information portal is not a hotline for reporting suspicion of abuse or negligence of children, it is not a service for receiving such reports. The information portal does not provide crisis advisory services. As a service of the Children's Bureau of the Department of Health and Human Services, Information Gateway is not permitted to provide interventions or advice in personal circumstances.

The Advisory Committee on Child Abuse and Ignorance in the United States of America in 1991 treats child abuse and ignorance as "national epidemic". In 1993, the National Child Abuse Prevention Committee (NCPCA) determined that approximately 2.9 million children in the United States were identified and / or reported as victims of child abuse and neglect. However, until recently, the number of children with disabilities who were abused and ignored was not fully documented. In November 1993, the National Child Abuse Ignorance Center (NCCAN) announced studies on child abuse. In this group the countries that first identified cases of abuse discovered that the rate of child abuse is about twice that of children with disabilities (WESTAT, 1993). Other studies have shown that the risk of abuse of children with disabilities increases by 4 to 10 times that of the general population (Baladerian, 1990).