New Mexico action guide · Verified July 29, 2026
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Urgent need, crisis, abuse concern, or service breakdown

Report suspected harm and correct service

Use New Mexico Adult Protective Services or law enforcement for suspected harm and separately correct developmental-service delivery.

Official sources checked 2026-08-01

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Report harm to New Mexico Adult Protective Services

Before you start

  • Immediate safety facts, location and setting, vulnerable adult, alleged harm, people, dates, witnesses, evidence, communication needs, plan and staffing facts, and callback information.

Who to contact

Use the DDSD Regional Office, DDSD, Medicaid, case-management organization, provider, Mi Via consultant and fiscal management agency, complete-notice appeal route, crisis service, or protective-report route that owns this step.

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Step by step

  1. Call 911 if harm is occurring now.
  2. Use the current APS route for suspected abuse, neglect, or exploitation.
  3. Notify the case manager and provider when safe and request a separate service correction.

Expected next

Protective response, report confirmation, safety action, investigation, incident review, correction, or reassessment.

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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 APS, case manager, agency, and DDSD.

Beyond Childhood planning aid

Report suspected harm and correct 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 Report harm to New Mexico Adult Protective Services, Raise a New Mexico DDSD service or quality concern, Plan New Mexico DD Waiver services and budgets

Official resources

Limits

APS, law enforcement, provider incident review, formal appeal, service concern, and service correction are separate routes.

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.

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