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 service.
Official sources checked 2026-07-29
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Report suspected adult abuse in UtahBefore 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 DSPD intake or waiting-list worker, transition worker, support coordinator, Utah Medicaid or DWS, provider, 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 to Utah APS online 24/7 or by telephone during posted hours.
- Separately notify the current service owner and use correction, grievance, complaint, or appeal routes.
Expected next
A protective, law-enforcement, or emergency response plus a separate safety plan or service correction.
Save this proof
Report details and number if supplied, separate service concern, proof, responses, and corrections.
If this stalls or the answer is no
Use APS at 1-800-371-7897, the online report, or 911 for immediate danger; ask DSPD or Medicaid 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 Review current DSPD policies and hearing rights, Contact Utah Medicaid about a concern, Report suspected adult abuse in Utah
Official resources
Limits
APS reporting, law enforcement, provider correction, DSPD grievance, Medicaid or health-plan 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.