SAFETY CHECKLIST
What you need to take when you leave
IDENTIFICATION
Driver’s License
Children’s birth certificates
Your birth certificate
Social Security cards (you & children)
Welfare identification
FINANCIAL
Money and /or credit card (credit cards could potentially be traced by abuser)
Bank books
Checkbooks
LEGAL PAPERS
Your restraining order
Lease, rental contract, house deed, rent receipts
Car registration & insurance papers
Medical records for you & children
School records
Work permits/green card/visa
Passport
Marriage certificate/license
Divorce papers
Custody papers
Any other court paperwork
OTHER
House and car keys
Safety deposit box key
Small valuables to pawn
Jewelry
Address/phone book
Phone card
Pictures of you and children & abuser
Children’s favorite toys, blankets
Toiletries/diapers
Change of clothes for you & your children
Personal items with special meaning to you and your children
Current unpaid bills in your name
SAFETY WHEN PREPARING TO LEAVE
1.Open a savings account and/or credit card in you name to increase your options. Think of other ways in which you can increase your independence.
2.Leave money, an extra set of keys, copies of important documents, extra medicines and clothing with someone you trust so you can leave quickly.
3.3. Determine who would be able to let you stay with them or lend you some money.
4.4. Discuss a safety plan with your children for when you are not with them.
5.5. Inform your child(ren)’s school, or day care about who has permission to take your child.
6.6. If you live in a rural area, you might consider getting a dog or obtaining a device that imitates the sound of a dog barking.
7.7. Keep shelter or hotline numbers close at hand and keep some change, a calling card or your cell phone on you at all times for emergencies.
8.8. Review your safety plan as often as possible in order to plan the safest way
to leave.
REMEMBER, LEAVING MAY BE YOUR MOST DANGEROUS TIME.
Fall River Abuse Prevention Resources—2015
ABUSE PREVENTION HOTLINES
Our Sister’s Place (domestic violence shelter)……………………….……….508-677-0224
SSTAR Women’s Center (domestic violence counseling/advocacy. …………508-675-0087
Jane Doe, Inc. ……………………………………………….………………(617) 248-0922
National Domestic Violence Hotline….…………………….………………1-800-799-7233
Bristol Elders Services (elder abuse) 24 hrs………………….……………….508-675-2101
Elder Abuse Hotline….…………………………………………………….1-800-922-2275
Safelink (Statewide Shelter Hotline)……………………………………….1-877-785-2020
Child At Risk Hotline………………………………………………………1-800-792-5200
Parental Stress Hotline………………………………………………………1-800-632-8188
Rape Crisis Center (NBWC)……………………………………… ……….1-508-999-6636
EMERGENCY MEDICAL TREATMENT
Police Emergency (Greater Fall River & neighboring towns)……………….….……….911
Fall River Police (emergency)………………………………………………508-673-0651
Fall River Police (non-emergency)…………………………………………508-676-8511
Freetown Police (non-emergency)………………………………………….508-763-4017
Somerset Police (non-emergency)………………………………………….508-679-2138
Swansea Police (non-emergency)………………………………………….508-674-8464
Westport Police (non-emergency)………………………………………….508-636-1122
Rescue/Ambulance…………………………………………………………508-675-7411
Charlton Memorial Hospital……………………….. ……………………..508-679-3131
St. Anne’s Hospital………………………………….. ……………………508-674-5741
LEGAL SERVICES
Bristol County District Attorney’s Office………………………… …………508-679-1911
Victim Witness Services………………………………………………………508-679-1911
South Coastal Counties Legal Services…………………………………… …508-676-6265
INFORMATION AND REFERRAL
Info line………………………………………………………………………..508-674-1100
Safe Child Visitation Center (Seven Hills Behavioral Health) …………… …508-646-3521
INDIVIDUAL/FAMILY COUNSELING
SSTAR Women’s Center………………………………………………………508-675-0087
Family Service Association………………………………………………… …508-678-7542
Catholic Social Services…………………………………………………… …508-674-4681
Child and Family Services……………………………………………… …….508-676-5708
Health First Family Care Center………………………………………… ……508-679-8111
Seven Hills Behavioral Health…………………………………………… ……508-679-0962
Corrigan Mental Health Center………………………………………… ……..508-235-7200
auma Program……………………………………508-235-5285 x 1976
Or 1-888-280-KIDS
South Bay Mental Health Center………………………………………………508-324-1060
INTIMATE PARTNER ABUSE EDUCATION PROGRAM
SSTAR…………………………………………………………………………508-679-5222