These are services that can act on this kind of situation in the United States. Each listing shows when we last checked it.
If a child is in danger now, call emergency services in the United States.
Emergency services · United States
Verified 30 Oct 2026Call 911
For any situation where a child is in danger now or someone is seriously hurt. 911 is the emergency number throughout the United States.
Hotline for child sexual abuse material · United States
Verified 30 Oct 2026Report online or call 1-800-843-5678
The United States’ national centralised system for reporting the online sexual exploitation of children, including child sexual abuse material, enticement and sexual extortion.
Crisis support · United States
Verified 30 Oct 2026Call or text 988, or chat online
Free and confidential support from trained counsellors for anyone in emotional distress or suicidal crisis, or worried about someone else.
Child helpline · United States
Verified 30 Oct 2026Call or text 1-800-422-4453
Crisis counselling, information and referrals for children and adults worried about child abuse. Its site also lists the child protective services reporting number for each US state.
Directory of services · International
Verified 30 Oct 2026A directory of child helplines around the world, listed by country with their contact details. Child helplines are run by organisations in each country to listen to and support children and young people.
Hotline for child sexual abuse material · International
Verified 30 Oct 2026Explains how to report sexual images or videos of children found online, and links to the hotline for your country. You report the web address, not the files, and you do not need to give your name. INHOPE’s secretariat is not itself a hotline and cannot receive reports.
Help removing images · International
Verified 30 Oct 2026A free service that helps remove or stop the online sharing of nude, partially nude or sexually explicit images or videos taken of you before you were 18. It creates a digital fingerprint of the image on your own device, so you do not send the image to anyone, and you can stay anonymous. It works on public or unencrypted platforms that have agreed to take part.
Directory of services · International
Verified 30 Oct 2026A directory of free, confidential helplines and crisis lines in many countries, searchable by country and by topic, for emotional support and crisis situations including thoughts of suicide.
