Local and National Resources
Local Resources
To speak with a CARE advocate:
24-Hour Helpline: (410) 857-7322
To speak with a local domestic violence advocate:
Springboard Community Services Hotline: (443) 865-8031
For local, on-site crisis support:
For local reproductive healthcare, or for medical care after a sexual assault:
Carroll Hospital Adult SAFE Program:
Carroll Hospital Pediatric SAFE Program:
To report abuse of a child or vulnerable adult (local):
To make a report of sexual assault (local), call 911 or reach out to:
Carroll County Advocacy & Investigation Center (involving a child): (410) 386-3640
Carroll County State’s Attorney’s Office Special Victim’s Unit: (410) 386-2671
Additional information and resources:
State Resources
To find another Rape Crisis Center in Maryland:
For legal information and/or advice related to sexual assault (Maryland-based):
- Sexual Assault Legal Institute or (301) 565-2277
- Women’s Law Center of Maryland or (410) 386-2440
- Maryland Legal Aid
- MD Department of Public Safety & Correctional Services Criminal Injuries Compensation Board
- Office on Violence Against Women
- Maryland Crime Victims Resource Center
- Protection Order Advocacy and Representation Project (POARP) or 410-386-2440
- Victim Information and Notification Everyday (VINE)
Additional information and resources:
National Resources
For Department of Defense employees:
To reach a national hotline/online chat/text support:
- National Child Abuse Hotline or (800) 422-4453
- National Domestic Violence Hotline or (800) 799-7233
- National Domestic Violence Hotline (Online Chat)
- National Human Trafficking Hotline or (888) 373-7888
- National Human Trafficking Textline or 233733
- National Runaway Safeline or (800) 786-2929
- National Runaway Safeline Online Chat
- National Sexual Assault Hotline or (800) 656-4673
- National Sexual Assault Online Chat
- Loveisrespect Dating Abuse Helpline call (866) 331-9474 or TEXT loveis to 22522
- Loveisrespect Dating Abuse Online Chat
For suicide prevention support:
For parenting support and child abuse prevention:
For information on dating violence:
For information on digital abuse:
Additional information and resources:
LGBTQ+
- PFLAG Westminster – Carroll County
- FORGE (For Ourselves: Reworking Gender Expression) & the Transgender Sexual Violence Project
- LGBT National Hotline: (888) 843-4564
- LGBT National Youth Talkine: (800) 246-7743
- The Trevor Project Suicide Prevention Hotline: (866) 488-7386