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If someone is in immediate danger, call 911 now.

To report suspected child abuse directly to the authorities, contact San Mateo County Child Protective Services on 800-632-4615, 24 hours a day. You never need our permission to make that call, and you do not need to tell us first.

Report a concern

If something worries you, tell us. You do not have to give your name, you do not have to be certain, and you will not get in trouble for raising it.

This form is not monitored around the clock.

What to report

Anything that does not sit right with you. You do not need proof, and you do not need to have worked out whether it is serious. That is our job, not yours.

  • The safety or wellbeing of a child or young person

  • The conduct of a staff member, volunteer or board member

  • The welfare or treatment of a horse

  • A safety hazard or a risk of injury

  • Money, fundraising, or how donations are used

  • Discrimination, harassment or bullying

Raising something in good faith will never be held against you, whether you are a participant, a parent, a volunteer, a member of staff, a board member, or a neighbor who saw something over the fence. Retaliation against anyone who reports a concern is itself a breach of our standards.

What anonymous actually means here

We would rather tell you exactly how this works than let you assume.

The form does not ask for your name, email address or a login. Every question about who you are is optional, and the contact box at the end can be left blank. Our system does keep a record of each submission and the page it was sent from, and that record is seen only by Zac and Karl, the two people responsible for safeguarding.

Two honest caveats. Like any website, ours keeps ordinary technical logs, which we do not connect to submissions but which do exist. And a detailed account of a specific incident can sometimes make it obvious who wrote it, however carefully we handle it. If complete anonymity matters to you, keep the detail general, or use a device and a network that are not connected to us.

One limit we cannot get around. If a report suggests a child has been harmed or is at risk, our staff are mandated reporters under California law and have to pass it to the authorities. We cannot promise to keep that inside the organization, and we would not want to.

Make a report

Ten questions, only three of them required. It takes a few minutes.

If yes, call 911 now.
An approximate date is fine.
Names are optional.
Leave this blank if you do not want us to contact you.

What happens after you submit

  • Your report goes straight to the people responsible for safeguarding.

  • Anything flagged as urgent is marked as such the moment it arrives.

  • A report that names a person is never given to that person to handle. If a concern is about someone in leadership, it is triaged by a board member with no operating role.

  • If a child may be at risk, we make the report the law requires us to make.

  • If you left us a way to reach you, someone will come back to you. If you did not, we will not be able to follow up with you, and that is a fair trade you get to choose.

You can submit as many reports as you need to. There is no limit, and there is no penalty for being wrong.

Other ways to raise something

Email [email protected]. This reaches the safeguarding team directly. An email will show your address, so use the form above if you would rather not give your email address.

In person, to any member of staff or the board at Ocean View Stables, 2152 Olympic Way, Daly City.

To the authorities directly, at any time and without telling us: San Mateo County Child Protective Services, 800-632-4615, 24 hours a day. For an emergency, 911.