Safety Planning List
Violence Against Women Home > Safety Planning List
Here are some helpful items to get together
when you are planning on leaving an abusive
situation. Keep these items in a safe place
until you are ready to leave, or if you need
to leave suddenly. If you have children, take
them. And take your pets, too (if you can).
This list is also available as a PDF: SafetyPlanningList.pdf (76 Kb)
Identification for yourself and your
children
-
birth certificates
- social security cards (or numbers written
on paper if you can't find the cards)
- driver's license
- photo identification or passports
- welfare identification
- green card
Important personal papers
- marriage certificate
- divorce papers
- custody orders
- legal protection or restraining orders
- health insurance papers and medical cards
- medical records for all family members
- children's school records
- investment papers/records and account
numbers
- work permits
- immigration papers
- rental agreement/lease or house deed
- car title, registration, and insurance
information
Funds
- cash
- credit cards
- ATM card
- checkbook and bankbook (with deposit
slips)
|
|
Keys
- house
- car
- safety deposit box or post office box
A way to communicate
- phone calling card
- cell phone
- address book
Medications
- at least 1 month's supply for all medicines you and your children are taking, as well
as a copy of the prescriptions
A way to get by
- jewelry or small objects you can sell if you
run out of money or stop having access to
your accounts
Things to help you cope
- pictures
- keepsakes
- children's small toys or books
|
If you're a victim of abuse or violence at the hands of someone you know or love or you are recovering from an assault by a stranger, you are not alone. Get immediate help and support.
The National Domestic Violence Hotline can be reached 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at 800-799-SAFE (7233) and 800-787-3224 (TTY). Spanish speakers are available. When you call, you will first hear a recording and may have to hold. Hotline staff offer crisis intervention and referrals. If requested, they connect women to shelters and can send out written information.
The National Sexual Assault Hotline can be reached 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at 800-656-4673. When you call, you will hear a menu and can choose #1 to talk to a counselor. You will then be connected to a counselor in your area who can help you. You can also visit the National Sexual Assault Online Hotline.
Content last updated September 1, 2007. |
|