Personalized Safety Plan
Suggestions for increasing safety - In the relationship
- I will have important phone numbers available to my children and myself.
- I can tell ___________________ and ___________________ about the violence and ask them to call the police if they hear suspicious noises coming from my home.
- If I leave my home, I can go (list four places): ___________________, _____________________________, __________________________, or _____________________________.
- I can leave extra money, car keys, clothes, and copies of documents with _________________________.
- If I leave, I will bring _________________________________________________.
- To ensure safety and independence, I can: keep change for phone calls with me at all times, open my own savings account, rehearse my escape route with a support person, and review my safety plan on ___________________ (date).
Suggestions for increasing safety - When the relationship is over
- I can: change the locks; install steel/metal doors, a security system, smoke detectors and an outside lighting system.
- I will inform _________________ and ___________________ that my partner no longer lives with me and ask them to call the police if s/he is observed near my home or my children.
- I will tell people who take care of my children the names of those who have permission to pick them up. The people who have permission are __________________________, ___________________________ and _____________________________.
- I can tell ___________________ at work about my situation and ask ______________ to screen my calls.
- I can avoid stores, banks, and __________________________ that I used when living with my battering partner.
- I can obtain a protective order from _________________________. I can keep it on or near me at all times as well as leave a copy with _____________________________.
- If I feel down and ready to return to a potentially abusive situation, I can call _____________________ for support or attend workshops and support groups to gain support and strengthen my relationships with other people.
- If I have animals I can leave them with ___________ or _____________.
Important Phone Numbers
Police: 911
Hotline: (800) 799-SAFE ext. 7233
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