Public Safety Resources
696-KIDS (5437) HOTLINE for CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT
CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT
- Physical abuse and neglect
- Young children home alone
- Sexual abuse
- Suspicious child deaths
- Domestic violence in the home with child present
696-KIDS (5437) HOTLINE for CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT
TEEN/PARENT CRISIS
- Risk of Harm to Self or Others – Contact Mobile Crisis Child Response Team: 216-623-6888
- Youth committed a delinquent or criminal act – Contact Detention Center: 216-443-8400
- Parents unable or unwilling to care for child – Work with family, friends, neighbors to locate a safe, temporary option. Perhaps a cooling off period.
Before You Drive to DCFS
OPTIONS: Explore options with family.
PLAN: Initiate a plan with a safe adult for at least 24 hours.
INFORM: Tell the family what a JR6 entails including CCDCFS custody, investigation, possible neglect complaint, and court involvement.
CONTACT DCFS Supervisor at 881-5848 BEFORE initiating JR6 or transport to Jane Edna Hunter Building.
Resources for Police and Families
24/7 Emergency Child Placement Hotline Supervisor
216-881-5848
Access to The Centers & Providence House for short-term emergency childcare for children in DCFS custody
Domestic Violence & Child Advocacy Center
216-391-HELP (4357)
Assess and offer shelter to battered women
Witness Victim Center
216-443-7345
Services for victims and witnesses of crime
Cleveland Rape Crisis Center
216-619-6192
24/7 Hotline for crisis counseling and assistance
Frontline Mobile Crisis Child Response Team
216-623-6888
24/7 Crisis and psychiatric services
Project CALM, Applewood
216-459-9827
Low-risk misdemeanors, mental and behavioral health needs
Westhaven Youth Shelter
216-941-0063
24/7 Emergency teen shelter
Bellefaire Missing & Runaway Youth
216-570-8010
24/7 Homeless and missing youth hotline
First Call for Help
211 or 216-436-2000
United Way Social service resources
Senior & Adult Services
216-420-6700
Adult protective services for abuse, neglect & exploitation
APL Animal abuse and cruelty hotline
216-377-1630