I once made a report to a "tip line". I gave them a ton of things to look into...and trust me the allegations were quite severe.
I thought that by giving my name that I would be more "credible". Once they learned that I was the noncustodial parent and divorced, this is what they had to say...."SOUNDS LIKE SOUR GRAPES TO ME!" and then they hung up on me.
Six months later I get a letter in the mail from Childrens Services stating that sexual abuse was indicated against one of my children (6 years old) by my exwife's paramour. AND that they removed my child from the home for a short time.
The report was made by the school system after my child told a teacher what was happening.
I was only notified because they said in the letter that "by law they had to notiify the other parent". Yet they didn't feel the need to notify me at the time this was all happening. (Only after my child was allowed to return to the home.)
Seems to me that if they listened to me the first time, the sexual abuse would never have happened.
So if I were you, forget the hotline. I would get the school involved, because by law they have to take reports from the school seriously.

