Urgent need, crisis, abuse concern, or service breakdown
Report abuse and separately correct failed service
Use the county or after-hours adult-protective-services route while separately addressing MCO, IRIS, or provider failure.
Official sources checked 2026-07-29
Start here
Report adult abuse, neglect, or exploitationBefore you start
- Person's location, age, setting, immediate safety, observable facts, dates, injuries or risks, alleged responsible person if known, witnesses, current services, and failed safeguards.
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 immediate danger or a suspected crime requiring emergency response, call 911.
- Use the official county APS or after-hours route for suspected abuse, neglect, self-neglect, or financial exploitation of an adult at risk.
- Separately notify the MCO care team or IRIS contacts and use the applicable complaint, grievance, appeal, licensing, or provider-correction route.
Expected next
A protective response when applicable plus a separate safety plan, service complaint, corrective action, or documented next event.
Save this proof
Report details and case number if supplied, incident records, service complaint, delivery proof, responses, and corrections.
If this stalls or the answer is no
Use the county APS route, 911 when appropriate, and the program-specific contact; ask which separate oversight route applies to the setting and allegation.
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 Family Care, Partnership, and PACE member help, IRIS forms, grievances, appeals, and budget requests, IRIS help, consultant agencies, and fiscal employer agents, Report adult abuse, neglect, or exploitation, Wisconsin crisis contacts, county lines, 988, and 911
Official resources
Limits
The correct reporting route depends on the person's age, setting, allegation, and reporter duties. Protective reporting, provider correction, grievance, and appeal 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.