National Sexual Assault Hotline
800-656-HOPE (4673)
RAINN provides free, confidential support 24/7. Text HOPE to 64673 or use online chat. For immediate danger or a medical emergency, call 911.
Survivor Resources
Support for Survivors
If sexual assault, rape, sexual abuse, or another form of sexual violence has affected you, you can choose what happens next. You can seek confidential support, medical care, advocacy, or information about reporting and legal options without having to make every decision at once. This page brings together official and established resources in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom.
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Immediate Help
Start Where You Are
You do not have to report to police before asking for support. If you are in immediate physical danger or need emergency medical attention, use the emergency number for your country.
Find Provincial or Territorial Help
Emergency: 9-1-1
Crisis and sexual-violence services vary by province and territory. Use the location finder below for a regional hotline. Canada also maintains a national Victim Services Directory. For suicide crisis support, call or text 9-8-8.
Specialist Support by Nation
Emergency: 999
England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland have different specialist services and medical pathways. Choose your nation below for the appropriate helpline and sexual-assault service.
Local Resources
Find Help Where You Live
Choose your country, then your state, province, territory, or UK nation. The results use government and established survivor-service directories rather than a privately maintained list of individual local providers.
Choose a Location
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If you are unsure which service applies, a national hotline or victim services directory can help identify local options.
United States
Choose your state or Puerto Rico
State sexual-assault coalitions can connect survivors with local rape crisis centers, advocates, legal services, and other direct-service providers. Select a state to open the appropriate government and national directories.
If It Happened Recently
Medical Care Can Protect Your Health and Your Options
You can seek medical care whether or not you are ready to make a police report. What is available varies by location, but sexual-assault services can address injuries, pregnancy concerns, sexually transmitted infections, forensic evidence collection, and referrals for ongoing support.
Forensic Medical Care
In the U.S., this may be called a Sexual Assault Forensic Exam (SAFE) or SANE exam. In the UK, specialist Sexual Assault Referral Centres and related services can provide medical and forensic care. Canada has regional sexual-assault and hospital-based programs. Going sooner can preserve more options, but you can still seek care if you already showered, changed clothes, ate, drank, brushed your teeth, or used the restroom.
U.S. medical-care information →HIV Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP)
PEP is medication used after a possible HIV exposure. U.S. CDC guidance says it must be started within 72 hours, and sooner is better. A healthcare professional, emergency department, urgent-care clinic, sexual-health service, or sexual-assault service can assess whether it is appropriate.
CDC PEP information →Emergency Contraception
Emergency contraception can be time-sensitive. U.S. CDC guidance says emergency contraceptive pills should be taken as soon as possible within five days of unprotected intercourse, and a copper IUD may also be used within the appropriate time window. A clinician or pharmacist can explain which options are available where you live.
CDC emergency contraception guidance →You Do Not Have to Decide Everything Tonight
Medical care, advocacy, evidence collection, reporting, legal advice, and counseling are separate decisions. Depending on your location, some medical or forensic services can be accessed without first making a police report. A trained advocate can explain local choices before you decide what you want to do.
Find local support above →Specialized Support
Services Built for Different Communities
These organizations offer support tailored to particular communities or circumstances. Some focus on sexual violence directly; others provide confidential crisis or abuse support that may be useful alongside a local sexual-assault service.
StrongHearts Native Helpline
1-844-7NATIVE (762-8483)
24/7 confidential and anonymous domestic and sexual-violence support for Native Americans and Alaska Natives. Call, text, or chat.
Open StrongHearts →DoD Safe Helpline
877-995-5247
Anonymous, confidential, 24/7 sexual-assault support for members of the Department of Defense community and their loved ones.
Open Safe Helpline →Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline
800-422-4453
24/7 confidential guidance and support related to child abuse. Call, text GO to 800-422-4453, or use live chat.
Open Childhelp →The Trevor Project
866-488-7386
Free, confidential 24/7 crisis support for LGBTQ+ young people. Text START to 678678 or use online chat.
Open Trevor Project →National Domestic Violence Hotline
800-799-SAFE (7233)
24/7 support when sexual violence occurs within an intimate or abusive relationship. Text START to 88788 or use online chat.
Open The Hotline →Hope for Wellness
1-855-242-3310
24/7 emotional support, crisis intervention, and referrals for Indigenous people across Canada, with multilingual support.
Open Hope for Wellness →Kids Help Phone
1-800-668-6868
24/7 support for young people in Canada. Text CONNECT to 686868 or use online services.
Open Kids Help Phone →SurvivorsUK
0808 801 0332
Specialist support for men, boys, trans and non-binary survivors of sexual abuse. Webchat, SMS, WhatsApp, email, and phone options are available on its current schedule.
Open SurvivorsUK →Galop
0800 999 5428
National support for LGBT+ victims and survivors of abuse and violence, including sexual violence. Phone, email, and webchat are available during published opening hours.
Open Galop →Friends, Family & Supporters
Supporting Someone Who Told You
Someone who tells you about sexual violence may be deciding who feels safe enough to trust. You do not need to investigate what happened or decide what they should do next. You can help by giving them control over the conversation and the next step.
Listen. Let them decide how much they want to say.
Believe them. Avoid questions that sound like blame or interrogation.
Ask what they want. Offer choices instead of taking over.
Do not pressure them to report. You can offer to help them contact an advocate, healthcare provider, or police if they choose.
Respect privacy. Do not share their story with other people unless they ask you to or a legal safeguarding duty applies.
National and local sexual-assault services can also support friends, family members, and other people helping a survivor.
Important
This Page Is a Starting Point
CornellSeven.com is not a crisis service, medical provider, law firm, or government agency. This page provides general resource information and links to outside organizations. Services, eligibility rules, confidentiality policies, reporting requirements, and operating hours can change. If you need immediate medical attention or are in immediate danger, contact your local emergency service.
Resource information reviewed September 2026