Urgent need, crisis, abuse concern, or service breakdown
Get immediate Arkansas crisis help
Use 911 for immediate danger and call or text 988 for crisis support.
Official sources checked 2026-07-29
Start here
Call or text 988Before you start
- Location, immediate danger, medical and behavioral facts, communication needs, medications, allergies, decision-maker, crisis plan, supports, and callback number.
Who to contact
Use the correct DDS, Medicaid, PASSE care coordinator, provider, notice-specific appeal route, crisis service, or APS route that owns this step.
Step by step
- Call 911 for immediate danger or urgent medical need.
- Call or text 988 for crisis support.
- Notify the PASSE care coordinator and provider when safe and request follow-up.
Expected next
Emergency response, crisis consultation, safety plan, referral, reassessment, or next step.
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Contacts, times, responders, instructions, plan, notifications, and follow-up.
If this stalls or the answer is no
Escalate based on current risk; do not wait for routine processes.
Beyond Childhood planning aid
Get immediate Arkansas crisis help checklist
A Beyond Childhood planning aid derived from the cited official sources.
- Owner and program
- Date started
- Documents supplied
- Written result
- Open dependency
- Next event and date
- Escalation contact
Derived from Understand Arkansas PASSE care coordination, Call or text 988
Official resources
Limits
911, 988, DDS, PASSE care coordinator, provider, and APS are different routes. Crisis contact does not change eligibility or authorization.
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.