Urgent need, crisis, abuse concern, or service breakdown
Report abuse and separately correct failed service
Use APS, DDA event, law-enforcement, or emergency reporting as applicable and separately correct the failed service.
Official sources checked 2026-07-29
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Report suspected Tennessee adult abuseBefore you start
- Adult's location and setting, 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 TennCare, MCO, DDA regional intake, LTSS Help Desk, Beneficiary Support System, crisis, or protective-reporting route that owns this step.
Step by step
- For imminent danger, call 911.
- Report suspected abuse, neglect, or exploitation through Tennessee APS; use the DDA Abuse Hotline and ECF reportable-event route when applicable.
- Separately notify the MCO and support coordinator and use service-correction, complaint, grievance, or appeal routes.
Expected next
A protective, law-enforcement, emergency, or event response plus a separate safety plan or service correction.
Save this proof
Report details and number if supplied, event records, separate service concern, proof, responses, and corrections.
If this stalls or the answer is no
Use APS at 1-888-277-8366 and the DDA Abuse Hotline at 1-888-633-1313 as applicable; call 911 for immediate danger.
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 Report suspected Tennessee adult abuse, Use Tennessee ECF reportable-event safeguards
Official resources
Limits
APS reporting, DDA reportable-event management, law enforcement, provider correction, MCO grievance, TennCare appeal, and emergency response are separate processes.
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.