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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 violenc

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:______________________________________________________