Contact the Child Abuse Hotline of the state where the child resides to make
the oral report.
In Arkansas that number is 1-800-482-5964
Hotline personnel will want the following information if it is available:
- Child's address and other information to locate the child
- If the abuser lives with the child or where they live
- Address where the abuse happened if different from home of child or abuser
- Child’s full name, birthdate, race, school and other identifying information
- Abuser’s full name. If known, provide the relationship of the abuser
to the child
Statements of what the child told and how the child came to tell you. For example,
was the child asked about the injury or did they volunteer the information? Who
asked the child about the injury? What made them ask? Why you think the child
is being injured or harmed?
** If you are witnessing Child Abuse as it happens contact 911 for assistance
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