What to Take With You When You Leave an Abuser - A Planning Checklist
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What to Take With You When You Leave an Abuser - A Planning Checklist
Here are some helpful items to
get together when you are planning on leaving an abusive situation. Keep these items in a
safe place until you are ready to leave, or if you need to leave suddenly. If you have
children, take them. And take your pets too (if you can).
| Identification
for yourself and your children |
- birth certificates
- social security cards (or numbers written on paper if you can't find the cards)
- driver's license
- photo identification or passports
- welfare identification
- green card
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| Important
personal papers |
- marriage certificate
- divorce papers
- custody orders
- legal protection or restraining orders
- health insurance papers and medical cards
- medical records for all family members
- children's school records
- investment papers/records and account numbers
- work permits
- immigration papers
- rental agreement/lease or house deed
- car title, registration, and insurance information
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| Funds |
- cash
- credit cards
- ATM card
- checkbook and bankbook (with deposit slips)
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| Keys |
- house
- car
- safety deposit box or post office box
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| A way
to communicate |
- phone calling card
- cell phone
- address book
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| Medications |
- at least 1 month's supply for all medicines you and your children are taking, as
well as a copy of the prescriptions
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| A way
to get by |
- jewelry or small objects you can sell, if you run out of money or stop having
access to your accounts
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| Things
to help you cope |
- pictures
- keepsakes
- children's small toys or books
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If you're a victim of
violence at the hands of someone you know or love or you are recovering from an assault by
a stranger, you are not alone. To get immediate help and support call
The National Domestic Violence Hotline at:
1-800-799-SAFE (7233) or
1-800-787-3224 (TTY)
Last updated: March, 2003
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