Your Domestic Violence Survival Kit
If you are still in the relationship:
- Think of a safe place to go if an argument occurs; avoid rooms with no exits, or rooms with weapons (kitchen)
- Think about and make a list of safe people to call
- Keep change with you at all times
- Memorize all important numbers (including your social security number)
- Establish a code word or sign so that family, friends, teachers, or coworkers know when to call for help
- Think about what you will say to your partner if he (or she) becomes violent
- Remember, you have the right to live without fear and violence
After you have left the relationship:
- Change your phone number
- Screen calls
- Save and document all contacts, messages, injuries, or other incidents involving the batterer
- Change locks if the batterer has a key
- Avoid staying alone
- Plan how to get away if confronted by your abuser
- If you have to meet your partner, do it in a public place; try not to go alone
- Vary your routine
- Notify school and work contacts
- Call a shelter for battered women
Safety Plan
Telephone numbers
Police or Sheriff's Department ____________________________________
Family members/friends to alert____________________________________
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Domestic Violence/Sexual assault program___________________________
Counselor/therapist________________________________________________
Clergy member______________________________________________________
Lawyer_____________________________________________________________
Other_____________________________________________________________