Urgent need, crisis, abuse concern, or service breakdown
Get immediate New Hampshire crisis help
Call 911 for immediate danger or emergency response; otherwise call, text, or chat 988 for behavioral-health crisis support.
Official sources checked 2026-07-29
Start here
Call, text, or chat New Hampshire 988Before you start
- Current location, immediate danger, communication needs, diagnoses, medications, medical risks, triggers, calming strategies, contacts, ISA, and recent changes.
Who to contact
Use the official Area Agency, DHHS, NH EASY, service-coordination, provider, complaint, hearing, 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 or substance-use crisis support, call or text 988 or use the official chat route.
- After immediate safety, notify the service coordinator and provider and request documented follow-up and ISA review.
Expected next
A crisis response plus a named follow-up owner, referral, assessment, ISA 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 crisis and developmental-services teams to name the post-crisis owner.
Beyond Childhood planning aid
Get immediate New Hampshire 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 Call, text, or chat New Hampshire 988
Official resources
Limits
911, 988, mobile crisis, BDS response, service coordination, and provider procedures 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.