Missouri action guide · Verified July 29, 2026
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Start the Missouri Regional Office referral

Contact the DDD Regional Office serving the person's county, make the referral, and save proof.

Official sources checked 2026-07-29

Start here

Find the Missouri DDD Regional Office

Before you start

  • County, legal name, date of birth, address, contact information, diagnosis, communication needs, MO HealthNet ID if any, responsible-person documents if applicable, and referrer information.

Who to contact

Use the official Regional Office, TCM or Support Coordinator, MO HealthNet, provider-relations, hearing, Constituent Services, crisis, or protective-report route that owns this step.

Find the Missouri DDD Regional Office

Step by step

  1. Use the official state map to identify the Regional Office serving the county.
  2. Make the referral by an accepted route and complete the Intake Unit interview.
  3. Review, sign, and return the application, acknowledgments, releases, and requested records.

Expected next

Intake contact, application packet, records request, complete-application determination, MAAS scheduling, or written decision.

Save this proof

Referral details, application, signatures, releases, records, submission proof, contacts, and next event.

If this stalls or the answer is no

Call the Regional Office or DDD Information Specialist at 1-800-241-2741 and ask for the intake owner, received date, missing items, and current stage.

Beyond Childhood planning aid

Start the Missouri Regional Office referral 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 Start Missouri DDD referral and application, Find the Missouri DDD Regional Office

Official resources

Limits

A referral or application is not Division eligibility, MO HealthNet approval, waiver eligibility, enrollment, authorization, provider acceptance, or start.

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.

Checked sources

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