Urgent need, crisis, abuse concern, or service breakdown
Get immediate Maine crisis help
Call 911 for immediate danger; use 988 or the Maine Crisis Line, and request an OADS developmental-disability crisis worker when eligible.
Official sources checked 2026-07-29
Start here
Use Maine developmental-disability crisis servicesBefore you start
- Current location, immediate danger, OADS eligibility, communication needs, diagnoses, medications, medical risks, triggers, calming strategies, contacts, PCP, and recent changes.
Who to contact
Use the official OADS intake or regional office, case manager, MaineCare, provider, grievance, 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.
- Call or text 988, or call 1-888-568-1112 and ask for a developmental-disability services crisis worker when eligible.
- After immediate safety, notify the case manager and provider and request documented follow-up and PCP review.
Expected next
A crisis response plus a named follow-up owner, stabilization plan, referral, assessment, PCP update, or service correction.
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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 crisis and developmental-services teams to name the post-crisis owner.
Beyond Childhood planning aid
Get immediate Maine 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 Maine developmental-disability crisis services, Use Maine 988 and behavioral-health crisis help
Official resources
Limits
OADS CPIS is for adults 18+ found eligible for Developmental Disability Services or living in a Brain Injury waiver home. 911, 988, CPIS, case management, and providers 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.