What is child abuse?
Child abuse, or child maltreatment, is an act by a parent or caretaker that results in or allows the child to be subjected to death, physical injury, sexual assault, or emotional harm. Emotional abuse, neglect, physical abuse, and sexual abuse are all different forms of child abuse.
What is sexual abuse?
Sexual, abuse is forcing, threatening or tricking someone into unwanted sexual contact through talking, looking or touching. For example, obscene phone calls, through the internet, texting, flashing, fondling and penetration. Victims include men, women and children of all ages.
Kauai County Child Abuse or Neglect 24-hour Hotline.
808-823-5300
Kauai County Child Trafficking Hotline.
808-832-1999
24-hour Crisis State Hotline