Report a concern
If you are worried about a child, act in this order
You do not need to be certain, and you do not need proof. If something makes you worried for a child's safety, these steps are for you, whether you are a parent, a student, a teacher, or anyone else.
Three steps, in order
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If a child is in immediate danger, call 911 now
Call 911, or the local emergency number where the child is. Calling from another state reaches that state's dispatch center, so if you are not near the child, ask the operator to connect you to the child's local emergency service, or call that county's dispatch number directly. Outside the United States, call the local emergency number of the country where the child is.
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Report abuse or neglect to the state
If you suspect a child is being abused or neglected, report it to the child protection agency in the state where the child lives. Each state's reporting number is listed by the federal Child Welfare Information Gateway. If you are not sure where to call, the Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline will help you, day or night: call or text 1-800-422-4453.
If a child is thinking about suicide or self-harm, call or text 988, the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, available day or night.
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Then tell us
Write to safeguarding@
southern . Tell us what you saw or heard, when, and which child it concerns, if you know. Please also tell us whether you have already reported it to the state, and to which agency.islamic institute .org Telling us does not replace your report to the state. If you are a teacher, counselor, or other professional, the law in most states requires you to report yourself.
What happens next
What we do when you tell us
A person reads it
Our safeguarding mailbox is read only by people, never by any automated or AI tool. We acknowledge every report by the end of the next school day at the latest. It is not an emergency line: if a child is in danger now, call 911.
We make sure the right agency knows
Our Safeguarding Lead records the concern and makes sure it has been reported to the child protection agency in the child's state, reporting it ourselves where the law requires. If the child lives abroad, we contact local emergency services and report to the child's home state agency.
We protect the child
If a member of staff is the subject of a concern, they lose access to children at once while it is looked into, administrators included. We do not investigate abuse ourselves; that is the agency's job, and we cooperate fully.
We keep it confidential
A concern is seen only by the people who must act on it. It never appears in a family's portal, email summary, or data download. We may hold back from telling a family about a concern if telling them could put the child at risk.
Concerns about leaders
If your concern is about someone in charge
A concern about the Principal, the Safeguarding Lead, a director, or anyone at Ameen Systems also goes to an independent safeguarding adviser outside the school, and the person it concerns loses access to children at once, administrators included. Say in your subject line who the concern is about.
Before any child is enrolled, our independent adviser will be under contract, and their direct contact details will be listed on this page, so a concern about a leader never has to pass through that leader. You can always report directly to the state agency or to Childhelp.
For students
If you are a student and something is wrong
You can press "Talk to someone" on any page of the Learning Hub. Only our safeguarding team sees what you write. It does not go to your parents or your teachers. You can also call or text 988 or Childhelp at 1-800-422-4453 at any time, day or night. Telling someone is brave, and it is never your fault.