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Training For Safety, Identify Support and Survival Needs

Many abusers isolate their victims geographically and socially. As a result, many victims have lost their support system. Developing a support network can be very helpful when planning for your safety. There are many people and places to turn to for help.

Some are listed below:

Think about the following questions when asking for support:

How have these people helped me in the past? How might they help me now?

Survival Needs

Do you have:

1. A place to live or a safe place to go?
2. Money or a way to get money?
3. Transportation or a way to leave?
4. Food or a way to get food?
5. If needed, safe and reliable child care?

What to take if you leave?

If you have time, you may want to take the following items:

Identification: Driver's license, social security cards for you and your children, work permit, green card, passport

• Money: checkbooks, credit/debit cards
• House and car keys
• Medications
• Address book
• Change of clothes

The following papers are easily replaceable:

• Birth certificate (at the county courthouse)
• Restraining order, stalking order, divorce papers, custody order (also at the county courthouse)
• Insurance papers (at your agent's office)
• Lease (at your landlord's office)
• Medical records (at your doctor's office)

Remember, it is okay if you forget something you need. Your support system may be able to help you replace things you need. You can also call the hotline to find out how to get certain items.

There may be additional steps you can take to increase your safety, such as protection orders. Each community will have different criteria for qualifying for an order or different types of orders or other legal remedies available. There may also be financial assistance available through various programs in your area.

Your local domestic or sexual violence advocacy program will be one of the best sources of information about what is available in your community. Call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-SAFE or check in your phone book under Crisis, Domestic Violence, Rape or Women in order to contact a program near you.

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