Urgent need, crisis, mistreatment concern, or service breakdown
Get immediate Colorado crisis help
Call 911 for immediate medical or safety danger; otherwise call, text, or chat 988 for mental-health, emotional, or substance-use crisis support.
Official sources checked 2026-07-29
Start here
988 Colorado mental health lineBefore you start
- Current location, immediate danger, communication needs, diagnoses, medications, medical risks, triggers, calming strategies, contacts, support plan, and recent changes.
Who to contact
Use the official destination above, the Case Management Agency for the person's county, the Health First Colorado Member Contact Center, or the exact contact on the controlling notice. Ask which agency owns the step.
Step by step
- For immediate medical or safety danger call 911.
- For mental-health, emotional, or substance-use crisis support call or text 988 or use the official chat route.
- After immediate safety, notify the case manager and providers and request documented follow-up and plan review.
Expected next
A crisis response plus a named follow-up owner, referral, assessment, plan update, or service correction.
Save this proof
Call times, responders, incident 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 disability-system teams to name the post-crisis owner and next event.
Beyond Childhood planning aid
Get immediate Colorado 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 988 Colorado mental health line
Official resources
Limits
911, 988, Case Management Agency response, and provider emergency 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.