Urgent need, crisis, abuse concern, or service breakdown
Report suspected harm and correct the Arkansas service
Report suspected abuse, neglect, exploitation, isolation, or abandonment and separately correct services.
Official sources checked 2026-07-29
Start here
Contact Arkansas DHS or Adult Protective ServicesBefore you start
- Immediate safety facts, location, person at risk, alleged harm, people involved, dates, witnesses, evidence, communication needs, PCSP, staffing issue, and callback information.
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 if harm is occurring now; otherwise use the current Arkansas APS route.
- Notify the PASSE care coordinator and applicable incident route when safe.
- Request a separate safety, staffing, authorization, or reassessment correction.
Expected next
Protective response, incident record, safety action, investigation, service correction, or reassessment.
Save this proof
Reports, confirmation, evidence log, contacts, safety plan, and corrective plan.
If this stalls or the answer is no
Escalate immediate risk to 911; follow up separately with APS and the DDS.
Beyond Childhood planning aid
Report suspected harm and correct the Arkansas service 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, Open the Arkansas CES provider list, Contact Arkansas DHS or Adult Protective Services
Official resources
Limits
APS reporting, law enforcement, incident review, formal appeal, and service correction are separate.
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.