Child Protection

To Report Suspected Abuse:

Weekdays / Normal Business Hours
Big Stone County Family Services
Phone: 1-320-839-2555

Weekends / After Hours
Ortonville Police Department or Big Stone County Sheriff’s Department
Phone: (320) 839-3558

For Emergencies Call 911

When Making a Child Protection Report in Big Stone County Please Keep in Mind:

• Oral reports should be made to Big Stone County Family Services or law enforcement whenever there are concerns that a child may be abused or neglected.
• The reporter is immune from civil and criminal liability if they are acting in good faith.
• Reports can be made voluntarily by anyone and by certain people designated in statute as mandated reporters.  A mandated reporter who fails to make a report may be guilty of a misdemeanor, gross misdemeanor, or a felony, depending on the severity of the abuse.
• All mandated reporters will be asked to send a written report to Big Stone County Family Services within 72 hours of their verbal report, exclusive of weekends and holidays.

For more information on mandated reporting, read:  Reporting Child Abuse and Neglect