Regional Help

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Find helpful support and services aligned with ACF’s programs and initiatives, including, TANF, Child Welfare, Child Support, Head Start, crisis services, tribal community support and more. Access to vital resources empowers families and individuals and promotes their well-being, stability, and growth. Explore the links below to find the support you need.

National Resources

National Domestic Violence Hotline  

800-799-SAFE (7233)
TTY 800-787-3224

The Hotline serves as the only domestic violence hotline in the nation with access to more than 4,000 shelters and domestic violence programs across the United States, Puerto Rico, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

The Hotline is toll-free, confidential and anonymous. It operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, in more than 170 different languages through interpreter services, with a TTY line available for the deaf, deaf-blind and hard of hearing.

Hotline staff are also available to provide assistance in a variety of areas including media, public relations, fundraising, public policy, legal advocacy and public education and training.

National Human Trafficking Resource Center  

888-373-7888

The National Human Trafficking Resource Center is a national, toll-free hotline, available to answer calls from anywhere in the country, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, every day of the year.

The resource center serves survivors of labor trafficking and sex trafficking. U.S. law defines human trafficking as the use of force, fraud, or coercion to compel a person into commercial sex acts or labor against their will.

National Runaway Switchboard  

800-RUNAWAY (800-786-2929)

All calls to the National Runaway Switchboard are confidential and free 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. They won't tell you what to do and we're not here to give out advice. They help you help yourself by taking through problems and help you find a plan of action.

National Child Support Locator

The locator can help find child support assistance through a quick zip code search.

 

National Head Start (ECLKC) Locator

The locator can help find local Head Start program(s) through a quick zip code search.

 

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (988)

988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline provides resources and information to help states, territories, tribes, and others looking to strengthen suicide prevention and mental health crisis services.

 

If you or someone you know is struggling or in crisis, help is available by calling or texting 988 or chatting online at 988lifeline.org.

Alaska

Child Support

Alaska Child Support Services Division
Phone: (907) 269-6900
KIDSLINE: (907) 269-6900
KIDSLINE Toll Free (in Alaska): 1-800-478-3300

Child Care

Child Care Program Office (CCPO)
Email: CCPO@alaska.gov 
Ph. (907) 269-4500 or toll free at (888) 268-4632

TANF

Alaska Temporary Assistance Program (ATAP)
Email: hss.dpa.offices@alaska.gov
Phone: (800) 478-7778

Head Start

Alaska Head Start Association
P.O. Box 202449
Anchorage, Alaska 99520-2449
Email: akheadstart@gmail.com

Head Start ECLKC

Child Welfare

Office of Children's Services
Phone: 907-269-4000
Report Child Abuse at 1-800-478-4444
ReportChildAbuse@alaska.gov
 

 

 

Idaho

Child Support

Idaho Child Support Services For Families
Speak with Child Support Services - Call 1-800-356-9868

Find an Office
Search for an administrative field office located near you.

Child Care
Idaho Department of Health & Welfare Child Care Program

To talk to an Idaho Community Resource Specialist about finding the childcare provider that’s right for you, or to make a complaint, visit 211.idaho.gov  or dial 2-1-1.

TAFI
Temporary Assistance for Families in Idaho (TAFI)
Temporary Assistance for Families in Idaho (TAFI) provides temporary cash benefits for eligible low-income families and households to help pay for food, clothing, shelter, and other essentials.

Head Start
Idaho Head Start Association
Phone: (208) 345-1182

Head Start ECLKC

Children Services
Idaho.gov Family and Children Services

Oregon

Child Support
Oregon Department of Justice Child Support Services and Support for Families and Children
Customer Service 800-850-0228
Email: ChildSupportCustomerService@doj.oregon.gov

Children & Youth Services 
Oregon Department of Human Services
Services include: Foster Care & Adoption, Child Safety, and Child Care Assistance.

Report child abuse or neglect by calling the Oregon Child Abuse Hotline at 1-855-503-SAFE (7233). Learn more about abuse reporting .

TANF
Oregon Department of Human Services Cash Assistance
The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program provides cash assistance to low-income families with children while they strive to become self-sufficient. Cash assistance is intended to meet a family's basic needs such as food, clothing, shelter and utilities.

Head Start
Oregon Head Start Association
Phone: 503-580-4722

Head Start ECLKC

 

Washington

Child Support
Washington State Department of Social and Health Services
Customer Service 1-800-442-KIDS (5437)
Email: DCS-CRU@dshs.wa.gov

Children & Youth Services
Washington State Department of Children, Youth & Families
Services include: Foster Care & Adoption, Child Safety, Child Care Assistance, and Child Developmental Support.

Economic Services Administration
Washington State Department of Social and Health Services- Economic Services Administration
Economic Services Administration (ESA) provides families and individuals with resources and support they need.

Head Start
Head Start ECLKC