Be Prepared. Develop a Safety Plan.
Have a bag ready:
- Money (include change for a payphone)
- Keys to the car, house, and work
- A change of clothes for you and your children
- Address books: numbers including friends, lawyers, doctors, and relatives
- Driver's license and car registration
- Emergency medicine
- Important papers for you and your children (birth certificates, social security cards, school and medical records, bankbooks, credit cards, personal protective order, divorce papers, custody orders, welfare identification, passports, green cards, work permits, rent/lease agreements, insurance papers)
Safety Plan provided by: Sheltering Wings