Sexual Assault – Domestic Violence – Human Trafficking
Hotline
If you need support, we’re here 24/7.
By texting 855-864-2374, you consent to receive text messages from the Voices4 Hotline. Standard text messaging rates may apply.
Your Safety Matters
If you are in immediate danger or need medical care, please call 911.
MCEDSV’s trained advocates are here for you 24/7. When you contact our hotline, you can expect:
- Confidential and anonymous support from a trained advocate
- Listening without judgment
- Guidance on how and when you choose to share your story
- Referrals to organizations in your community
- Resources to support your healing and next steps
By using the VOICES4 Hotline (chat, text, call, or TTY), you acknowledge and accept the Terms of Service. For your privacy and security, we recommend clearing your browser history, deleting text messages, or taking other steps to protect your information after each session.
After each hotline interaction, advocates will provide information about an optional survey to share feedback on your experience. Completing or declining the survey will not affect the services you receive.
About the VOICES4 Hotline
The State of Michigan’s VOICES4 Hotline is free, confidential, and anonymous. Advocates are available 24/7 to support anyone impacted by sexual assault, domestic violence, or human trafficking. Every call, text, chat, or TTY connection is answered by a trained advocate who provides crisis support, resources, and referrals. Survivors decide how much or how little to share, and every interaction is an opportunity to be heard, believed, and supported.
Ways to Connect
Chat
Connect with an advocate online through the MCEDSV website. For privacy, clear your browser history after each session.
Text
Text 855-VOICES4 for the same free, confidential, and anonymous support. We encourage deleting messages after each session. Standard text rates may apply.
Call
Dial 855-VOICES4 to speak with an advocate directly, anytime, day or night.
TTY
Call 517-381-8470 if you use a TTY device. VOICES4 ensures that survivors using TTY have the same access to anonymous, confidential support.
Looking for more tools and information? Visit our Resources page for guides, safety planning materials, and other supports that may help you.
This project is supported by Crime Victim Assistance Grant Awards awarded to the Michigan Coalition to End Domestic and Sexual Violence by the Division of Victim Services, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. The grant award comes from the Federal Crime Victims Fund, established by the Victims of Crime Act of 1984.
Free. Confidential. Anonymous. 24/7
Methods for individuals to access a VOICES4 Advocate
All services are confidential and free of charge. Advocates are trained to provide immediate crisis counseling, advocacy and referrals to local support.
No matter what option you choose, you will have the chance to be heard, supported, and believed. This is essential for anyone who has experienced sexual assault, domestic violence, or human trafficking.
What is sexual assault?
Sexual assault is when a person forces or pressures another person into unwanted sexual contact. This can be unwanted sexual penetration of the body or unwanted touching of private parts of the body. Some, but not all perpetrators force unwanted sexual contact when a victim is asleep, unconscious, under the influence of alcohol or drugs or physically helpless. Michigan law refers to sexual assault as “Criminal Sexual Conduct”.
What is domestic violence?
The State of Michigan defines domestic violence as a pattern of learned behavior in which one person uses physical, sexual, and emotional abuse to control another person against a household or family member. You don’t have to be married to someone to be a victim of domestic violence.
What is human trafficking?
The recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of a person for the purpose of labor, or a commercial sex act, by force, fraud, or coercion.
Make a Donation
Your financial support is crucial to sustaining MCEDSV’s advocacy work. Join us in creating a Michigan that empowers survivors and eliminates sexual assault, domestic violence, and human trafficking in our communities. Your gift, no matter the size, will help us enormously.
