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.

Colorado

Colorado Child Support

Child Support Enforcement State Office

303-866-4300 or 1-800-696-1468

Colorado Child Care

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

Colorado Child Welfare

303-866-3258

Colorado Head Start

Early Childhood Learning & Knowledge Center (ECLKC)

1-866-763-6481

Montana

Developmental Disabilities Information

Montana Council on Developmental Disabilities
406-443-4332

Head Start Information

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

Head Start Information

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

Head Start Information

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

Head Start Information

Early Childhood Learning & Knowledge Center (ECLKC)

1-866-763-6481

Utah Child Care Information

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

Head Start Information 

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