Urgent need, crisis, abuse concern, or service breakdown
Get immediate Kansas crisis help
Call 911 for immediate danger and use 988 for mental-health, suicide, substance-use, or emotional crisis support.
Official sources checked 2026-07-29
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Use Kansas 988 crisis supportBefore you start
- Current location, immediate danger, communication needs, diagnoses, medications, medical risks, triggers, calming strategies, trusted contacts, service plan, provider and care-coordinator information, and recent changes.
Who to contact
Use the official CDDO, KDADS program manager, KanCare Clearinghouse, MCO care coordinator, provider, FMS, Ombudsman, crisis, or protective-report route that owns this step.
Step by step
- For immediate danger or a medical, fire, or law-enforcement emergency, call 911.
- For mental-health, suicide, substance-use, or emotional distress, call or text 988; use chat if that is the accessible route.
- After immediate safety, notify the MCO care coordinator, CDDO, and provider and request documented follow-up and plan correction.
Expected next
A crisis response plus a named follow-up owner, stabilization or discharge plan, referral, assessment, plan update, or service correction.
Save this proof
Contact times, responders, event facts, discharge material, notifications, referrals, and updated plan.
If this stalls or the answer is no
Escalate according to immediate risk and ask emergency, crisis, and service-system contacts to name the post-crisis owner.
Beyond Childhood planning aid
Get immediate Kansas 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 Use Kansas protective and crisis hotlines, Use Kansas 988 crisis support
Official resources
Limits
911, 988, MCO care coordination, CDDO functions, and provider follow-up are different routes. Crisis contact does not itself change eligibility, waiting-list position, authorization, provider capacity, 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.