Urgent need, crisis, abuse concern, or service breakdown
Get immediate Connecticut crisis help
Call 911 for immediate danger; otherwise call or text 988 for emotional distress or a mental-health or substance-use crisis.
Official sources checked 2026-07-29
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Connecticut adult crisis services and 988Before you start
- Current location, immediate danger, communication needs, diagnoses, medications, medical risks, triggers, calming strategies, contacts, plan, and recent changes.
Who to contact
Use the official destination above, the assigned DDS region or case manager, the DSS Autism Division contact, or the exact contact on the controlling notice. Confirm which agency and program owns the step.
Open DDS regional contacts · Open DSS Autism Waiver contacts
Step by step
- For immediate medical or safety danger call 911.
- For emotional distress or a mental-health or substance-use crisis call or text 988 or use 988 chat.
- After immediate safety, notify the responsible DDS, DSS, and provider contacts and request a documented follow-up and plan review when applicable.
Expected next
A crisis response plus a named follow-up owner, assessment, referral, plan update, or service correction.
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Call times, responders, incident facts, discharge material, team notifications, referrals, and updated plan.
If this stalls or the answer is no
Escalate according to immediate risk and ask the crisis and disability-service teams to name the post-crisis owner and next event.
Beyond Childhood planning aid
Get immediate Connecticut crisis help checklist
A Beyond Childhood planning aid derived from the cited official sources.
- Program lane and owner
- Date started
- Documents supplied
- Confirmation or notice
- Current status
- Next event and date
- Escalation contact
Derived from Connecticut adult crisis services and 988
Official resources
Limits
911, 988, adult mobile crisis, DDS or DSS case contacts, 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.