Abuse
Financial Support
Helplines
Legal Advice
Medical Care

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Program:        STRYVE (Strive To Reduce Youth Violence Everywhere)
Telephone:     (800) 232-4636 (toll-free helpline)
Address:        1600 Clifton Road  Atlanta, Georgia 30329-4027

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Loveisrespect
Program:       National Teen Dating Abuse Helpline
Telephone:    (866) 331-9474 (24/7 toll-free helpline) or text “loveis” to 22522

Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network
Telephone:    (204) 544-1034
Telephone:    (800) 656-HOPE (24/7 toll-free helpline)
Fax:                (202) 544-3556
E-Mail:            info@rainn.org
Address:       1220 L Street, NW, Suite 505  Washington, DC 20005
Financial Support
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Ohio Department of Health
Program:        Women, Infants and Children
Telephone:    (614) 644-8006
Fax:                (614) 564-2470
Email:            OHWIC@odh.ohio.gov
Address:       246 North High Street  Columbus, Ohio 43215

Ohio Department of Medicaid
Program:        Healthchek
Telephone:     800-324-8680 (toll-free consumer hotline)
Telephone:     800-686-1516 (toll-free provider hotline)
Address:        50 West Town Street, Suite 400  Columbus, OH 43215
Helplines
 
AIDS Resource Center Ohio
Program:       Ohio Aids Hotline
Telephone:    (800) 332-2437 (toll-free helpline)
Telephone:    (614) 340-6777 (informational line)
Address:       1033 North High Street  Columbus, OH 43201
 
Woman interviewing
Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders (ANAD)
Telephone:    (630) 577-1330
E-mail:            anadhelp@anad.org
Address:        750 E Diehl Road #127  Naperville, IL 60563

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention       
Program:        STRYVE (Strive To Reduce Youth Violence Everywhere)
Telephone:     (800) 232-4636 (toll-free helpline)
Address:        1600 Clifton Road  Atlanta, Georgia 30329-4027
 
Kristin Brooks Hope Center
Program:        National Hopeline
Telephone:    (800) 442-HOPE/(800) 442-4673  (24/7 toll-free helpline)
Telephone:    (800) SUICIDA/(800)784-2432 (24/7 toll-free Spanish-speaking helpline)
Fax:                (202) 536-3206
Address:       1250 24th Street NW. Suite 300  Washington, DC 20037

Kristin Brooks Hope Center
Program:        Youth American Hotline
Telephone:    (800) YOUTHLINE/(877) 968-8454 (24/7 toll-free teen-to-teen helpline)
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Loveisrespect
Program:        National Teen Dating Abuse Helpline
Telephone:    (866) 331-9474 (24/7 toll-free helpline) or text “loveis” to 22522

Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network
Telephone:    (204) 544-1034
Telephone:    (800) 656-HOPE (24/7 toll-free helpline)
Fax:                (202) 544-3556
E-Mail:           info@rainn.org
Address:       1220 L Street, NW, Suite 505  Washington, DC 20005
 
S.A.F.E. (Self-Abuse Finally Ends)Alternatives
Telephone:    (800) DONTCUT/(800) 366-8288 (toll-free helpline)
Email:            info@selfinjury.com
Fax:               888-296-7988
Teen female filling out form
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Program:       National Helpline
Telephone:    (800) 662-HELP (800) 662- 4357 (24/7 toll-free helpline in English or Spanish)
Telephone:    (877) SAMHSA-7 (877-726-4727) (800) 487-4889 (TDD) (toll-free informational line)
Address:        1 Choke Cherry Road  Rockville, MD 20857
Legal Advice

Lambda Legal
Telephone:    (866) 542-8336
Fax:                (312) 663-4307
Address:        Midwest Regional Office  105 W. Adams, 26th Floor  Chicago, IL 60603-6208
Two female students
National Center for Lesbian Rights
Program:        Youth Resources
Telephone:    415.392.6257
Fax:                415-392-8442
E-Mail:           info@NCLRights.org
Address:       870 Market Street, Suite 370  San Francisco, California 94102

Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network
Telephone:    (204) 544-1034
Fax:                (202) 544-3556
E-Mail:            info@rainn.org
Address:        1220 L Street, NW, Suite 505  Washington, DC 20005
Medical Care
 
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AIDS Resource Center Ohio
Program:       Ohio Aids Hotline
Telephone:    (800) 332-2437 (toll-free helpline)
Telephone:    (614) 340-6777 (informational line)
Address:       1033 North High Street  Columbus, OH 43201

Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders (ANAD)
Telephone:    (630) 577-1330
E-mail:            anadhelp@anad.org
Address:        750 E Diehl Road #127  Naperville, IL 60563
 
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Ohio Department of Health
Program:        Children with Medical Handicaps (BCMH)
Telephone:     (800) 755-4769 (toll-free for parents only)
Fax:                 614-728-3616
E-mail:            BCMH@odh.ohio.gov
Address:        (Mailing Address)  246 North High Street P.O. Box 1603  Columbus, OH 43216-1603

Ohio Department of Health
Program:        Help Me Grow Early Intervention Program
Telephone:     (800) 755-GROW/800-755-4769
Telephone:     614-644-8389
Fax:                614-728-9163
E-mail:            hmg@odh.ohio.gov
Address:        246 N. High St., 5th Floor  Columbus, OH 43215

Ohio Department of Medicaid
Program:        Healthchek
Telephone:    800-324-8680 (toll-free consumer hotline)
Telephone:    800-686-1516 (toll-free provider hotline)
Address:       50 West Town Street, Suite 400  Columbus, OH 43215
Teen female with doctor
Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network
Telephone:    (204) 544-1034
Fax:                (202) 544-3556
E-Mail:            info@rainn.org
Address:       1220 L Street, NW, Suite 505  Washington, DC 20005

Important Information
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