Urgent need, crisis, abuse concern, or service breakdown
Get immediate Arizona crisis help
Call 911 for immediate danger; otherwise use 988 or Arizona's statewide crisis call, text, or chat routes.
Official sources checked 2026-07-29
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Use Arizona crisis servicesBefore you start
- Current location, immediate danger, communication needs, diagnoses, medications, medical risks, triggers, calming strategies, contacts, PCSP, and recent changes.
Who to contact
Use the official DDD, AHCCCS, Support Coordinator, qualified-provider, review, appeal, grievance, crisis, or protective-report route that owns this step.
Step by step
- For immediate danger or a medical, fire, or law-enforcement emergency, call 911.
- For behavioral-health crisis support, call or text 988 or call 1-844-534-HOPE; use the official chat route if appropriate.
- After immediate safety, notify the Support Coordinator and provider and request documented follow-up and PCSP review.
Expected next
A crisis response plus a named follow-up owner, referral, assessment, PCSP update, or service correction.
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Contact times, responders, event facts, discharge material, notifications, referrals, and updated plan.
If this stalls or the answer is no
Escalate according to immediate risk and ask crisis and developmental-services teams to name the post-crisis owner.
Beyond Childhood planning aid
Get immediate Arizona crisis help checklist
A Beyond Childhood planning aid derived from the cited official sources.
- Owner and program
- Date started
- Documents supplied
- Written result or confirmation
- Current open dependency
- Next event and date
- Escalation contact
Derived from Use Arizona crisis services
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Limits
911, 988, Arizona crisis services, DDD, health plans, Support Coordinators, and provider procedures have different roles.
Beyond Childhood’s checklists and prompts are planning aids derived from official sources. They are not official forms, legal advice, eligibility decisions, or guarantees of funding, capacity, quality, or service.