If You Are In Crisis

First, make sure you are safe. If you are not safe, call 911.

 

If you are safe, call our 24-hour sexual assault hotline at 1-800-886-7273. A staff advocate or trained volunteer advocate will answer. Every service is free. If you prefer Spanish or another language, the advocate will connect an interpreter through a language line. Counseling and advocacy are also offered in Spanish by bilingual staff.

 

If the assault happened in the last 5 days (120 hours), you can have a forensic exam. Call and we'll schedule it with you.

 

How can the hotline help me?

When you call, an advocate can:

• Talk with you, answer your questions, and help you work through what happened

• Schedule a sexual assault exam at Courtney's SAFE Place or at one of 30 partner hospitals and campuses across North Texas [link to locations]

• Explain your options, including reporting to police and not reporting

• Connect you with counseling, legal advocacy, and a survivor care advocate at The Turning Point

• Refer you to other help near you

 

Who can call the hotline?

Our 24-hour sexual assault hotline, 1-800-886-7273, is open to anyone. Call if you're in crisis, need information or a referral, or just have a question, no matter when it happened. People call about sexual assault, child sexual abuse, harassment, online abuse, and more.

 

Is the hotline confidential?

Yes, with exceptions that Texas law requires. Advocates must contact authorities when a child or a vulnerable adult is in danger. Otherwise, advocates don't share information about your call without your permission, and they don't contact police unless you want them to.

 

Who will I be speaking to?

An advocate. Our hotline advocates are local staff and volunteers who have completed 40 hours of training and are certified through the Texas Office of the Attorney General.

 

Do I have to report to police?

No, if you are 18 or older. You can call the hotline, have an exam, and get counseling without reporting. For survivors under 18, Texas law requires us to report suspected abuse to Child Protective Services (CPS). Exams for children are done at a children's hospital, which contacts police.

 

Does it cost anything?

No. Every service at The Turning Point is free.

 

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