Urgent need, crisis, abuse concern, or service breakdown
Get immediate Indiana crisis help
Use 911 for immediate danger and call or text 988 for a mental-health or substance-use crisis.
Official sources checked 2026-07-29
Start here
Call or text Indiana 988Before you start
- Current location, immediate danger, medical and behavioral facts, communication and sensory needs, medications, allergies, decision-maker, crisis plan, supports, and safe callback number.
Who to contact
Use the local BDS office, BDS Help, Division of Family Resources, case-management organization, provider, waiver ombudsman, notice-specific appeal route, crisis service, or APS route that owns this step.
Step by step
- Call 911 for immediate danger or urgent medical need.
- Call or text 988 for mental-health or substance-use crisis support.
- Notify the case manager and provider when safe and request a dated follow-up and prevention plan.
Expected next
Emergency response, crisis consultation, safety plan, referral, provider follow-up, reassessment, or written next step.
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Contacts, times, responders, instructions, safety plan, notifications, and follow-up.
If this stalls or the answer is no
Escalate based on current risk; do not wait for routine BDS or provider processes during immediate danger.
Beyond Childhood planning aid
Get immediate Indiana 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 Open current Indiana BDS policies, Call or text Indiana 988
Official resources
Limits
911, 988, BDS, case management, provider response, and APS are different routes. Crisis contact does not itself change eligibility, authorization, or ongoing services.
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.