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Conway Office
PO Box 1972
Conway, NH 03818
(603) 356-7993
Ossipee Office
(603) 539-5506
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Safety Planning
Step 2: Safety when preparing to leave. Victims frequently make the decision to leave the residence they share with their abusive partner. Leaving must be done with a careful plan in order to increase safety. Batterers often strike back when they believe that their partner is leaving the relationship. I can use some or all of the following safety strategies: A. I will leave extra money, car keys, clothes and copies of important documents with ___________________, _____________________ so I can leave quickly. B. I will open a savings account by _______________________, to increase my independence. C. Other things I can do to increase my independence include: _________________________________________________________. D. The domestic violence program's hotline number is _________________________________________. I can seek shelter by calling this hotline. E. I can keep change or a calling card for phone calls on me at all times. I understand that if I use my telephone credit card, the following month the telephone bill will tell my partner those numbers that I called after I left. To keep my telephone contacts confidential, I must either use coins or purchase a calling card when I first leave. F. I will check with _______________________ and _______________________ to see who would be able to let me stay with them or lend me some money, if I need it. G. I will sit down and review my safety plan every _______________________ in order to plan the safest way to leave the residence. ___________________________ (Domestic violence advocate or friend has agreed to help me review this plan). H. I will rehearse my escape plan, and as appropriate, practice it with my children.
Introduction
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