California action guide · Verified July 27, 2026
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Urgent need, crisis, abuse concern, or service breakdown

Get immediate crisis help

Address immediate danger first, then connect the regional-center crisis and service team.

Official sources checked 2026-07-27

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Crisis Assessment Stabilization Teams

Before you start

  • Location, immediate danger, medical needs, communication, medications, triggers, calming supports, current team, and regional-center status.

Who to contact

Use the official destination above or the responsible regional center, county, program, or contact named in the current notice.

Step by step

  1. Call 911 for immediate danger or medical emergency, or call or text 988 for behavioral-health crisis.
  2. After immediate safety is addressed, notify the service coordinator or responsible regional center.
  3. Ask whether an appropriate regional-center crisis or safety-net response is available.

Expected next

Immediate response and a named follow-up owner or crisis-service next step.

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Call times, responders, instructions, reference numbers, regional-center contact, and follow-up.

If this stalls or the answer is no

Recontact emergency services if danger continues; otherwise escalate through the responsible regional center.

Beyond Childhood planning aid

Get immediate crisis help checklist

A Beyond Childhood planning aid derived from the cited official sources.

  • Owner
  • Date started
  • Documents sent
  • Confirmation
  • Next event
  • Escalation contact

Derived from Crisis Assessment Stabilization Teams, Service Coordination, Find a Regional Center

Official resources

Limits

STAR is a temporary crisis-stabilization service for regional-center consumers and is not a substitute for emergency or clinical judgment.

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.

Checked sources

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