Urgent need, crisis, abuse concern, or service breakdown
Get immediate Louisiana crisis help
Use 911 for immediate danger, 988 for crisis support, and the Local Governing Entity or OIDD emergency route for disability-service follow-up.
Official sources checked 2026-07-29
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Use Louisiana OIDD emergency-preparedness helpBefore you start
- Location, immediate danger, urgent medical facts, behavioral facts, intellectual or developmental disability, communication needs, medications, allergies, decision-maker, crisis plan, current supports, and callback number.
Who to contact
Use the Local Governing Entity, OIDD, Medicaid, Support Coordinator, provider or fiscal-employer agent, complete-notice appeal route, crisis service, or setting-specific protective-report route that owns this step.
Step by step
- Call 911 for immediate danger or urgent medical need.
- Call or text 988 for crisis support; use the Local Governing Entity, OIDD, or 211 route for disability-service or emergency-preparedness help.
- Notify the Support Coordinator and provider when safe and request documented follow-up.
Expected next
Emergency response, crisis consultation, resource routing, safety plan, reassessment, or named next step.
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Contact times, responders, instructions, plan, notifications, and follow-up records.
If this stalls or the answer is no
Escalate according to current risk; do not wait for a routine eligibility, registry, planning, or provider process.
Beyond Childhood planning aid
Get immediate Louisiana crisis help checklist
A Beyond Childhood planning aid derived from the cited official sources.
- Owner and program
- Date started
- Documents supplied
- Written result
- Open dependency
- Next event and date
- Escalation contact
Derived from Use Louisiana OIDD emergency-preparedness help, Use Louisiana OIDD critical-incident and setting-specific reporting
Official resources
Limits
911, 988, 211, the Local Governing Entity, OIDD, provider, and protective services are different routes. Crisis contact does not change eligibility, registry priority, enrollment, or authorization.
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.