This is a list of important telephone numbers you can call when you need help and don't know where to turn. Please do not abuse these numbers by making prank calls. You may be tying up their lines and keeping someone who really needs help from calling.

Child Abuse Hotline
Child Help USA
1-800-422-4453
This number is for the child abuse victim, the offender and/or the parents.

Depression and Suicide
The National Hopeline Network
1-800-784-2433
Your call will be routed to the nearest suicide crisis agency.

Drug Abuse
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse Services
1-800-662-4357
You will receive information on where to find treatment in your area for all kinds of substance abuse, alcohol, legal drugs, and illegal drugs.

Runaways
National Runaway Switchboard
1-800-786-2929
This number helps runaways find local shelters, transitional housing, and other resources. It can help you get a free bus ticket home. Volunteers work to prevent troubled kids from leaving home in the first place.

Any Issue
Girls and Boys Town National Hotline
1-800-448-3000
This is a crisis, resource, and referral number designed to help young people with problems ranging from fighting with parents and bullying to sexual assault and drug abuse.

State Toll-free Child Abuse Reporting Number
Scroll to bottom of the page for a listing of toll-free numbers for many states in the United States. (Tennessee is not listed.)

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