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.

Illinois

Illinois Child Abuse, Neglect Prevention, and Intervention
(312) 814-8769
(217) 785-2513
Hotline: (800) 25-ABUSE or (217) 524-2606

Illinois Child Support
1 (800) 447-4278

Illinois Child Welfare
(217) 557-1601
1 (800) 843-6154 (voice)
1 (800) 447-6404 (TTY)

Illinois Department of Children & Family Services
1 (800) 843-6154

Illinois Developmental Disabilities
 

Illinois Head Start
Toll-Free: 1 (866) 763-6481

Illinois Runaway & Homeless Youth Help
Resource Agency Information Line: (800) 344-2785

 

Indiana

Indiana Child Abuse, Neglect Prevention, and Intervention
(317) 234-1391
Child Abuse Hotline: 1 (800) 800-5556

Indiana Child Care
Bureau of Child Care Information Line: 1 (877) 511-1144

Child Care Resource and Referral Information for Parents:
1 (800) 299-1627

Indiana Child Support
Child Support KIDS Line: 1 (800) 840-8757 or (317) 233-5437

Indiana Child Welfare
(317) 233-4690 or 1 (800) 457-8283

Indiana Developmental Disabilities
(317) 232-7770

Indiana Head Start
Toll-Free: 1 (866) 763-6481

Indiana Runaway & Homeless Youth Help
Resource Agency Information Line: (800) 344-2785

Michigan

Michigan Abuse, Neglect, Prevention, and Intervention
Family Independence Agency: (517) 241-8297

To report abuse, call your local DHS county office or statewide child abuse hotline at 1-800-942-4357.

Statewide adult abuse hotline:  855-444-3911

Michigan Child Care
1 (866) 540-0008

Michigan Child Welfare
Michigan Department of Human Services: (517) 373-2000

Family Independence Agency Cash Assistance, Food Assistance, Medical Services, Emergency Relief: 1-855-6424 (1-855-ASK-MICH)

Michigan Department of Human Services

Cash assistance, food assistance, medical services, emergency relief: 1-855-275-6424 (1-855-ASK-MICH)

Call the DHS Information Desk at 651-431-2000

Michigan Developmental Disabilities
(517) 334-7240

Michigan Head Start
Early Childhood Learning & Knowledge Center (ECLKC), A Service of the Office of Head Start

Toll-Free: 1 (866) 763-6481

Michigan Runaway & Homeless Youth Help
Resource Agency Information Line: (800) 344-2785

Minnesota

Minnesota Child Care
Minnesota Department of Human Services: (651) 431-3864 or dhs.child.care@state.mn.us

Minnesota Child Support
Call DHS Information Desk at (651) 431-2000
(TTY/TDD service: 800-627-3529)

Minnesota Child Welfare
Call DHS Information Desk at (651) 431-2000 or (651) 431-2907
(TTY/TDD service: 800-627-3529) 


Minnesota Developmental Disabilities Help
Governor’s Council on Developmental Disabilities:(651) 296-9964
MN Relay Service: (800) 627-3529

Minnesota Head Start
Toll-Free: 1-866-763-6481

Minnesota Runaway & Homeless Youth Help
Resource Agency Information Line: (800) 344-2785

Ohio

Ohio Child Care
General Information: (614) 466-4815
Family Assistance Customer Inquiry Call Center: (866) 244-0071
Child Care CCIDS Help Desk: (877) 302-2347 

Ohio Child Support 
1 (800) 686-1556
Department of Job and Family Services: (614) 466-1213
Project Mainline : (614) 466-7233

Ohio Child Welfare
Provides information concerning the Department of Job and Family Services, Office of Family Stability (Food Assistance; Child Care; Fatherhood Commission; Refugee Services; Ohio Works)

Ohio Developmental Disabilities
Ohio Developmental Disabilities Council: (614) 466-5205 or (800) 766-7426, TDD: (614-644-5530)

Ohio Head Start
Toll-Free: (866) 763-6481

Ohio Runaway & Homeless Youth Help
Resource Agency Information Line: (800) 344-2785

www.1800runaway.org/

Wisconsin

Wisconsin Child Abuse, Neglect, Intervention, and Prevention
(608) 267-3905

Wisconsin Child Care
(608) 267-3905

Wisconsin Child Support
(608) 267-3905 

Wisconsin Child Welfare
Department of Children and Families: (608) 267-3905

Wisconsin Developmental Disabilities
Through the site, Americans with disabilities, their families, veterans, educators, employers and others connect to thousands of resources.

Wisconsin Head Start
Toll-Free: (866) 763-6481 

Wisconsin Runaway & Homeless Youth Help

1800runaway.org

Resource Agency Information Line: (800) 344-2785