National Crisis Hotlines

Al-Anon/Alateen Family Group Headquarters
P.O. Box 862
Midtown Station
New York, NY 10018-0862
Phone: 212-302-7240
Toll-free: 800-344-2666 (US)
800-443-4525 (Canada)
Crisis Line: 800-356-9996

Alcoholics Anonymous
P. O. Box 459
Grand Central Station
New York, NY 10163
Phone: 212-870-3400

Boys Town
Crisis Line: 800-448-3000
13603 Flanagan Blvd.
Omaha, NE 68010
Phone: 402-498-1301
Toll-free: 800-448-3000
E-mail: Hotline@boystown.org
*For troubled children, parents and family members in crisis. Training for professionals at 800-545-5771

Center for Substance Abuse Treatment
Information and Treatment Referral Hotline
Toll-free: 800-662-HELP

Child Find of America
P. O. Box 277
New Paltz, NY 12561
Phone: 800-I-AM-LOST
(800-426-5678)
FAX: 914-255-5706
*For parents reporting lost or abducted children

Child Find of America Mediation
For parents with custody and abduction issues
Phone: 800-A-WAY-OUT
(800-292-9688)

ChildHelp USA National Crisis Hotline
15757 N 78th Street
Scottsdale, AZ 85260
Phone: 480-922-8212
Toll-free: 800-4-A-CHILD
800-2-A-CHILD (TDD/Hearing Impaired Line)
FAX: 408-922-7061
E-mail: help@childhelpusa.org
*A 24 hour, toll free, confidential hotline offering information about the treatment and prevention of child abuse. Provides crisis counseling to adult survivors and child victims of child abuse, offenders, and parents. Operates national hotline.

Child Quest International
1625 The Alameda, Suite 400
San Jose, CA 95126
Phone: 408-287-4673
Toll-free: 800-248-8020 (sightings only)
888-818-4673 (24-hour hot-line)
E-mail: info@childquest/org
*For individuals with missing child emergencies and/or sighting information.

Covenant House Hotline
Toll-free: 800-999-9999 (24 hour hot-line)
Phone: 212-727-4000
FAX: 212-727-4992
*For problem teens and runaways, family members. Twenty-four hour nation-wide hotline. Offers referral services in caller's area. Conference calls and message relays from runaways to their family.

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) - Child Abduction and Serial Killer Unit
Task Force on Missing and Exploited Children
Quantico, VA
Phone: 540-720-4700
Toll-free: 800-634-4097


Missing and Exploited Children's Program
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
810 7th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20531
Phone: 202-616-3637
FAX: 202-353-9093
Crisis Line: 800-843-5678
E-mail: laney@ojp.us.doj.gov

National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
Charles B. Wang International Building
699 Prince Street
Arlington, VA 22201-3077
Phone: 703-235-3900
Toll-Free: 800-THE-LOST
(800-843-5678)
FAX: 703-274-2220

National Child Abuse Hot-Line
800-422-4453

National Clearinghouse for the Defense of Battered Women
125 South 9th Street, Suite 302
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Phone: 215-351-0010
Hotline: 800-903-0111 ext. 3
FAX: 215-351-0779

National Directory of Hotlines and Crisis Intervention Centers
Covenant House Nineline
346 W. 17th Street
New York, NY 10011
Toll-free: 800-999-9999
TDD: 800-999-9915

National Domestic Violence Hotline
Phone: 800-799-SAFE
(800-799-7233)
TDD: 800-787-3224

National Drug Abuse Hotline
Crisis Line: 800-622-4357

National Network for Youth
1319 F Street, NW, Suite 401
Washington, DC 20004
Phone: 202-783-7949
FAX: 202-783-7955
E-mail: NN4Youth@worldnet.att.net
*Promotes the delivery of high-quality services among youth-serving agencies. Provides written materials and responds to general inquiries regarding runaways and adolescent abuse, and serves as a referral source for runaways and parents.

National Organization for Victim Assistance
1757 Park Road NW
Washington, DC 20010
Phone: 202-232-6682
Toll-free: 800-TRY-NOVA
FAX: 202-462-2255
E-mail: hwinfo@healthy.net
*Assists children and adult victims of family violence with a 24 hour hotline and short-term counseling, maintains information clearinghouse, provides training and technical assistance to state and local programs.

National Referral Network for Kids in Crisis
Toll-free: 800-KID-SAFE
*For professionals, parents and adolescents.

National Respite Locator Service
800 Eastowne Drive, Suite 105
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
Toll-free: 800-7-RELIEF
(800-773-5433)
For CA: www.chtop.com/calstate
*For parents and professionals caring for children with disabilities, or terminal illness, or at risk of child abuse or neglect.


National Runaway Switchboard
3080 North Lincoln Avenue
Chicago, IL 60657
Phone: 773-880-9860
Toll-free: 800-621-4000
TDD: 800-621-0394
FAX: 773-929-5150
E-mail: info@nrscrisisline.org
*A confidential 24-hour, toll free hotline that assists runaway and homeless youth in communications with their families and other service providers.

National Victim Center
2111 Wilson Blvd., Suite 300
Arlington, VA 22201
FAX: 703-276-2889
Toll-free 800-FYI-CALL
(800-394-2255)
*Provides information referrals and materials free of charge to victims of all violent crime. Distributes safety information and maintains an extensive list of community resources assisting in the battle against victimization.

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