Urgent need, crisis, abuse concern, or service breakdown
Get immediate crisis help and contact the LIDDA
Address immediate danger first, then connect the responsible LIDDA crisis and service-coordination route.
Official sources checked 2026-07-28
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988 Suicide and Crisis LifelineBefore you start
- Location, immediate danger, medical needs, communication method, medications, triggers, calming supports, current team, LIDDA, and waiver status.
Who to contact
Use the official destination above or the LIDDA, service coordinator, program office, or contact named in the current notice.
Step by step
- Call 911 for immediate danger or medical emergency, or call or text 988 for behavioral-health crisis.
- After immediate safety is addressed, use the official county or ZIP directory to contact the LIDDA crisis number.
- Ask for a documented crisis follow-up and whether applicable local, general-revenue, waiver, or crisis-diversion routes should be evaluated.
Expected next
Immediate response plus a named LIDDA or service-team follow-up and next safety action.
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Call times, responders, instructions, reference numbers, LIDDA contact, safety plan, and follow-up.
If this stalls or the answer is no
Recontact emergency services if danger continues; otherwise escalate through the LIDDA crisis and service-coordination route.
Beyond Childhood planning aid
Get immediate crisis help and contact the LIDDA checklist
A Beyond Childhood planning aid derived from the cited official sources.
- Owner and date started
- Documents or information supplied
- Confirmation or notice
- Current status
- Next event and date
- Escalation contact
Derived from Find a Local Intellectual and Developmental Disability Authority, Protocol for an HCS Crisis Diversion Slot, 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline
Official resources
Limits
An HCS crisis-diversion slot has specific HHSC criteria and is not an on-demand emergency service or guaranteed placement.
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.