Unheard Child

No child's voice
goes unheard.

A survivor-led 501(c)(3) nonprofit supporting those who experience childhood abuse, and working to change the laws that let it stay hidden.

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2026Founded
501(c)(3)501(c)(3) · Survivor-led
Section 01The work

Support survivors today. Change the law tomorrow.

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Mode · Support

Healing resources for survivors

Mode · Reform

Policy reform

State-level work to expand mandated reporting and close clergy-related confidentiality gaps.

Section 02Take action

Two ways to get involved.

Both take under five minutes.

Support

Support UCO

Support our work to develop legislative petitions and language to expand the mandated-reporter list and close clergy-related confidentiality carve-outs.

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Direct action

Email your state legislator

Look up your state representatives and send them a message in your own words. UCO's tool drafts it for you; you review, edit anything, and send from your own email. It takes a couple of minutes.

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Section 03The states

Reform, tracked.

Every U.S. state has active child-abuse mandated-reporting laws. We expose the discrepancies between those laws and the survivors they're meant to protect. Click any state to see exactly where the effort sits today.

Alabama — Action neededAlaska — Action neededArizona — Active pushArkansas — Action neededCalifornia — Action neededColorado — Action neededConnecticut — Action neededDelaware — Recent attemptFlorida — Action neededGeorgia — Recent attemptHawaii — Recent attemptIdaho — Action neededIllinois — Action neededIndiana — Action neededIowa — Action neededKansas — Recent attemptKentucky — Action neededLouisiana — Action neededMaine — Action neededMaryland — Action neededMassachusetts — Action neededMichigan — Action neededMinnesota — Recent attemptMississippi — Action neededMissouri — Active pushMontana — Recent attemptNebraska — Action neededNevada — Action neededNew Hampshire — No clergy loopholeNew Jersey — Action neededNew Mexico — Action neededNew York — Active pushNorth Carolina — Action neededNorth Dakota — Recent attemptOhio — Action neededOklahoma — Action neededOregon — Action neededPennsylvania — Action neededRhode Island — Active pushSouth Carolina — Action neededSouth Dakota — Recent attemptTennessee — Action neededTexas — No clergy loopholeUtah — Recent attemptVermont — Active pushVirginia — Action neededWashington — Recent attemptWest Virginia — No clergy loopholeWisconsin — Recent attemptWyoming — Action needed

50 states tracked · 20 bills in motion · 47 cases

AlabamaAction needed
AlaskaAction needed
ArizonaActive push
ArkansasAction needed
CaliforniaAction needed
ColoradoAction needed
ConnecticutAction needed
DelawareRecent attempt
FloridaAction needed
GeorgiaRecent attempt
HawaiiRecent attempt
IdahoAction needed
IllinoisAction needed
IndianaAction needed
IowaAction needed
KansasRecent attempt
KentuckyAction needed
LouisianaAction needed
MaineAction needed
MarylandAction needed
MassachusettsAction needed
MichiganAction needed
MinnesotaRecent attempt
MississippiAction needed
MissouriActive push
MontanaRecent attempt
NebraskaAction needed
NevadaAction needed
New HampshireNo clergy loophole
New JerseyAction needed
New MexicoAction needed
New YorkActive push
North CarolinaAction needed
North DakotaRecent attempt
OhioAction needed
OklahomaAction needed
OregonAction needed
PennsylvaniaAction needed
Rhode IslandActive push
South CarolinaAction needed
South DakotaRecent attempt
TennesseeAction needed
TexasNo clergy loophole
UtahRecent attempt
VermontActive push
VirginiaAction needed
WashingtonRecent attempt
West VirginiaNo clergy loophole
WisconsinRecent attempt
WyomingAction needed
Section 04The story
I started UCO because I couldn't stay silent. The reform I'm working toward is the reform I needed to exist for me.
Jon-Paul Bouttier · Founder
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Section 05Find resources

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In development · 2026

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If you need help now
RAINN · National Sexual Assault Hotline1-800-656-HOPE988 Suicide & Crisis LifelineCall or text 988Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline1-800-422-4453