Two kids and a skeleton

This episode discusses a recent case in Houston Texas where two kids were abandoned in an apartment and left with their brothers rotting corpse. If we know that someone is in a mental health crisis, is a danger to themselves or others, what should we do. How do we handle it? What should we say? Did these kids have to be hungry and traumatized by living with their siblings rotting corpse as a reminder of what mom's boyfriend could ultimately do to them?