If you would like to discuss or report child abuse, you may call (714) 940-1000 or (800) 207-4464, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
- Community members have an important role in protecting children from abuse and neglect.
- The life of a child may be saved if community members become involved and report cases of suspected child abuse.
- The law requires certain professionals to report suspicion and/or knowledge of child abuse, which includes physical abuse, sexual abuse, neglect, and cases of severe emotional abuse that constitute willful or unjustifiable punishment of a child.
Your Involvement
Involvement does not mean physical intervention or snooping on your neighbor; it simply means not ignoring the obvious. Fear of involvement has resulted in family tragedies, after which neighbors reported that they knew or suspected what was going on but declined to get involved.
All child abuse reports may be anonymously reported if the reporter does not want to be identified and is not a mandated reporter or required by law to report suspected child abuse.
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