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.
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.
Colorado
Child Support Enforcement State Office
303-866-4300 or 1-800-696-1468
Colorado Department of Human Services
303-866-5958 or 800-799-5876
Colorado Developmental Disabilities Council
720-941-0176 Ext. 10
Colorado Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Information
Colorado Department of Human Services
Division of Colorado Works
303-866-3868
303-866-3258
Early Childhood Learning & Knowledge Center (ECLKC)
1-866-763-6481
Montana
Developmental Disabilities Information
Montana Council on Developmental Disabilities
406-443-4332
Early Childhood Learning & Knowledge Center (ECLKC)
1-866-763-6481
Montana Child Care Information
Child Support - Department of Public Health and Human Services
Montana Child Welfare Information
Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services - Child and Family Services Division
406-841-2414
Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services
406-444-1788 or 866-239-0458, Press 3 then 1
Montana Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
Department of Public Health and Services
406-444-5622
North Dakota
Early Childhood Learning & Knowledge Center (ECLKC)
1-866-763-6481
North Dakota Child Care Information
Child Support Enforcement Program
North Dakota Department of Human Services
701-328-3582
North Dakota Child Welfare Information
North Dakota Department of Human Services
701-328-2310 or 800-755-2716
North Dakota Department of Human Services Children and Family Services Division
701-328-3587
North Dakota State Council on Developmental Disabilities
701-328-4847
North Dakota Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
North Dakota Department of Human Services
701-328-2538 or 800-472-2622
South Dakota
Early Childhood Learning & Knowledge Center (ECLKC)
1-866-763-6481
South Dakota Child Welfare Information
Department of Social Services
South Dakota Department of Social Services - Division of Child Care Services
605-773-4766 or 800-227-3020
South Dakota Department of Social Services - Division of Child Support
605-773-3641
South Dakota Developmental Disabilities Information
South Dakota Council on Developmental Disabilities
605-773-6369
TDD: 605-773-5990
South Dakota Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
Department of Social Services
605-773-3165
TANF@state.sd.us
Utah
Early Childhood Learning & Knowledge Center (ECLKC)
1-866-763-6481
Child Support Services
Department of Human Services - Office of Recovery Services
801-536-8500
Utah Child Welfare information
Utah Department of Human Services - Division of Child and Family Services
801-538-4100
Utah Department of Workforce Services
Office of Work and Family Life
801-468-0042 or 800-622-7390
Utah Developmental Disabilities Information
Utah Developmental Disabilities Council
801-533-3965
Utah Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF )
Utah Department of Workforce Services
801-526-9210
Wyoming
Early Childhood Learning & Knowledge Center (ECLKC)
1-866-763-6481
Wyoming Child Welfare information
Department of Family Services
Child Support Enforcement
307-777-6948
Wyoming Department of Family Services
307-777-5491
Wyoming Developmental Disabilities Information
Wyoming Council on Developmental Disabilities
307-777-7230
Wyoming Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF )
Wyoming Department of Family Services
307-777-7561