Urgent need, crisis, abuse concern, or service breakdown
Report suspected harm and correct the service
Use Louisiana's age-, allegation-, and setting-specific protective route and separately correct OIDD service delivery.
Official sources checked 2026-07-29
Start here
Report suspected harm to Louisiana Adult Protective ServicesBefore you start
- Immediate safety facts, age, location and setting, adult at risk, alleged harm, people involved, dates, witnesses, evidence, communication needs, plan and staffing facts, and callback information.
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 if harm is occurring now.
- Use the current official route for age 18 to 59 APS, age 60 or older Elderly Protective Services, or a regulated facility; follow the page's telephone-only rule for physical or sexual abuse.
- Notify the Support Coordinator and applicable provider or incident owner when safe, and request a separate service correction.
Expected next
Protective response, report confirmation, safety action, investigation, incident review, service correction, or reassessment.
Save this proof
Report confirmation, evidence log, contacts, safety plan, incident records, and corrective plan.
If this stalls or the answer is no
Escalate immediate risk to 911; follow up separately with the protective owner, Support Coordinator, and Local Governing Entity.
Beyond Childhood planning aid
Report suspected harm and correct the service 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 Review Louisiana Medicaid Self-Direction, Report suspected harm to Louisiana Adult Protective Services, Use Louisiana OIDD critical-incident and setting-specific reporting
Official resources
Limits
Community APS, Elderly Protective Services, facility reporting, law enforcement, OIDD incident review, formal appeal, service concern, and service correction are separate. The online APS form cannot be used for physical or sexual abuse.
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.