Make a Report

Please call 911 if a child is in immediate danger or has been injured.

Reporting abuse and neglect in Illinois

Call the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) hotline:

• 1-800-25ABUSE (1-800-252-2873)
• 1-217-524-2606 (if calling from outside of Illinois)
• 1-800-358-5117 TTY

To report non-life threatening and non-emergency incidents of abuse or neglect of a child, you may make a report through DCFS’s Online Child Neglect Reporting System:

State of Illinois | Online Child Abuse Neglect Reporting

For additional information on reporting to DCFS

Child Protection - Reporting Child Abuse and Neglect (illinois.gov)