Urgent need, crisis, abuse concern, or service breakdown
Report abuse and separately correct failed service
Use APS, law enforcement, or emergency reporting as applicable and separately correct the failed developmental service.
Official sources checked 2026-07-29
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Report suspected adult abuse in New HampshireBefore you start
- Adult's location, immediate safety, observable facts, dates, injuries or risks, alleged responsible person if known, witnesses, current services, and failed safeguards.
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, call 911.
- Report suspected abuse, neglect, self-neglect, or exploitation through New Hampshire APS.
- Separately notify the service coordinator and use incident, correction, complaint, or appeal routes.
Expected next
A protective, law-enforcement, emergency, or incident response plus a separate safety plan or service correction.
Save this proof
Report details and number if supplied, incident record, separate service concern, proof, responses, and corrections.
If this stalls or the answer is no
Use APS, law enforcement, or 911 as risk requires; ask the service coordinator to own service correction.
Beyond Childhood planning aid
Report abuse and separately correct failed service 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 New Hampshire developmental-services rights procedures, Report suspected adult abuse in New Hampshire
Official resources
Limits
APS reporting, He-M 202 rights procedures, provider incident response, law enforcement, service correction, hearing, and emergency response are separate.
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.