Urgent need, crisis, abuse concern, or service breakdown
Get immediate crisis help
Call 911 for immediate danger or a medical, police, or fire emergency; otherwise call or text 988 for crisis support.
Official sources checked 2026-07-29
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Delaware crisis and 988 resourcesBefore you start
- Current location, immediate danger, communication and language needs, diagnoses, medications, medical risks, triggers, calming strategies, contacts, plan, and recent changes.
Who to contact
Start with DDDS Applicant Services or the assigned Community Navigator, Support Coordinator, or Family Resource Coordinator. Use the complete notice for review or appeal and the correct DDDS incident or APS route for safety concerns.
Step by step
- For immediate danger or a medical, police, or fire emergency, call 911.
- For suicide, mental-health, or crisis support, call or text 988.
- 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
Contact 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 the crisis and DDDS teams to name the post-crisis owner and next event.
Beyond Childhood planning aid
Get immediate 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 Delaware crisis and 988 resources
Official resources
Limits
911, 988, DDDS case management, 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.