Safety Plan

The following steps represent a plan for increasing your safety and preparing in advance for the Possibility for further violence.  Although you do not have control over your partner's violence, you do have a choice about how to respond to him/her and how to best get yourself and your children to safety.  Developing your own safety plan can help you think clearly and take protective action when faced with a potentially violent situation.  If you would like a Personalized Safety Plan sent to you please contact our office and ask us to send one to you or stop by and an advocate will be happy to go over one with you.  Be Safe.

Step 1:  During a Violent Incident

Step 2:  Preparing to Leave

Step 3:  In your own Home

Step 4:  With an Order of Protection

Step 5:  On the Job and in Public

Step 6:  Safety and Drug or Alcohol use

Step 7:  Safety and My Emotional Health

Step 8:  Items to take when leaving