Urgent need, crisis, abuse concern, or service breakdown
Get immediate crisis help
Call 911 for imminent danger or a medical, police, or fire emergency; otherwise use the county crisis line or call, text, or chat 988.
Official sources checked 2026-07-29
Start here
Wisconsin crisis contacts, county lines, 988, and 911Before you start
- Current location, immediate danger, communication and language needs, diagnoses, medications, medical risks, triggers, calming strategies, contacts, current plan, and recent changes.
Who to contact
Start with the local ADRC or Tribal ADRS. After enrollment, use the selected MCO care team or IRIS consultant agency and fiscal employer agent. For an adverse action, use the exact notice and program-specific rights route.
Step by step
- For imminent danger or a medical, police, or fire emergency, call 911.
- For mental-health, emotional, substance-use, or suicide-related crisis support, use the county crisis line or call or text 988; official chat is also available.
- After immediate safety, notify the MCO care team or IRIS consultant 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.
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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 long-term-care 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 Wisconsin crisis contacts, county lines, 988, and 911
Official resources
Limits
911, county crisis lines, and 988 have different roles. Long-term-care planning 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.