Urgent need, crisis, abuse concern, or service breakdown
Get immediate crisis help
Call 911 for immediate danger or a medical, police, or fire emergency; otherwise call, text, or chat 988 for crisis support.
Official sources checked 2026-07-29
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Oregon 988 and behavioral-health crisis responseBefore you start
- Current location, immediate danger, communication and language needs, diagnoses, medications, medical risks, triggers, calming strategies, contacts, ISP, and recent changes.
Who to contact
Start with the local Community Developmental Disabilities Program. After eligibility, use the chosen CDDP services coordinator or Support Services Brokerage personal agent. For an adverse action, use the exact notice and the current complaint or hearing route.
Step by step
- For immediate danger or a medical, police, or fire emergency, call 911.
- For mental-health, emotional, alcohol or drug, suicide-related, or other crisis support, call or text 988 or use official chat or ASL access.
- After immediate safety, notify the services coordinator or personal agent and providers and request documented follow-up and plan review.
Expected next
A crisis response plus a named follow-up owner, referral, assessment, plan update, or service correction.
Save this proof
Contact times, responders, incident 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 I/DD teams to name the post-crisis owner and next event.
Beyond Childhood planning aid
Get immediate 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 Oregon 988 and behavioral-health crisis response
Official resources
Limits
911, 988, and mobile crisis have different roles. I/DD case management and provider emergency procedures remain 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.