July 23, 2001

To All Charter Schools:

The Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory Services (PRS) is launching a new project that we hope will be of great benefit to school professionals who report the abuse/neglect of children to PRS. PRS has developed a website designed specifically for school professionals to report situations of child abuse/ neglect to our statewide hotline (Statewide Intake - SWI).

The link to the reporting website is https://reportabuse.ws/.

Users will then be prompted for a login and a password.
The login i.d. is "educator"
The password is "report 1"

PRS asks that the login information not be shared with the general public in order to maintain the integrity of the school reporting website.

At this time, use of the website would not be a substitute for reporting life- threatening/emergency situations. If you feel that immediate intervention is needed to protect a child, please call our hotline at 1-800-252-5400. Moving to a 24-hour monitored website may be an option in the future.

Once you have filed a report through the school internet reporting system, SWI staff will send you an e-mail response acknowledging receipt of the information and will provide the intake number (i.e. identification #) for your files. During the initial phases of the project SWI will also be attaching a survey link to elicit your opinions about the internet reporting process. Your feedback will be very helpful in analyzing the effectiveness and usability of the website.

I hope you find the additional access to our hotline beneficial in our joint effort to protect the children of Texas.

Sincerely,

Pam Chick
PRS Statewide Intake Program Administrator