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If you are a service provider, advocate, or other professional in need of guidance related to a forced marriage situation here in the U.S., or involving an individual from this country that is facing a forced marriage abroad, please complete a technical assistance request and staff from the Forced Marriage Initiative will respond as soon as possible. The Forced Marriage Initiative respects the confidential and privileged nature of the information that you share with us regarding your case. We will store the information in our secure database in the form in which you provide it to us. In addition to using the information to provide you with tailored assistance, we may use the information to inform our analysis of forced marriage case dynamics in the United States for national policy and advocacy . To the extent information that is provided to the Forced Marriage Initiative contains identifiers such as name, age, and location, we will remove them when we share our findings through the publication of reports or other means.

  • Please complete all three sections of the Assistance Request form and make sure to hit the Submit button when you are done.
  • Section I – Reporter Information

    PLEASE COMPLETE THIS INFORMATION IN REGARDS TO YOURSELF

  • Section II – Details on Individual at Risk

    PLEASE COMPLETE THIS INFORMATION IN REGARDS TO THE INDIVIDUAL AT RISK

  • Section III –Case Summary

    Please use this space to provide specific details about the situation. Please include as much information as possible and note whether or not law enforcement, child protection services, the State Department or any other agency has been contacted regarding this case. Please also note what kind of assistance you are seeking.