April is Child Abuse Prevention (CAP) Month, a time to act collectively to raise awareness and empower people across the nation to play a role in helping children. 

Everyone can play a role in supporting families in order to prevent child abuse and neglect.

 Examples of Child Abuse: Physical Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Emotional Abuse, & Trafficking

Examples Neglect: Neglectful Supervision, Medical Neglect, Physical Neglect, Abandonment and Refusal to Accept Parent Responsibility

 If you find the need to report Child Abuse

Call the Texas Abuse Hotline at:            1-800-252-5400 

Or report online: https://www.txabusehotline.org/Login/Default.aspx 

 Questions that you will answer to the best of your knowledge: (Child Abuse Reports may be reported anonymously)

·  What is the child's name, age and address?

·  What is your relationship to the child?

·  What is the suspected abuser's name, address, and license plate number? What is his or her relationship to the child?

·  What are the names, addresses and phone numbers of the child's parents?

·  What type of abuse do you suspect? What are your reasons for suspecting it? When did it occur?

·  What is the current location of the child?

·  What is the child's current level of safety?

·  Are there other witnesses? What are their names, addresses and telephone numbers?