Town of North Manchester, Indiana

Domestic Violence Safety Plan

• Leave your home or call 911 if you are in danger. Leaving for safety reasons is not desertion!
• Hide an emergency bag of clothing, medications, address book with phone numbers, and important papers such as birth certificates, Social Security cards, public assistance cards, lease, medical records, Medicaid cards, Protective orders, green cards, etc.
• Put aside some emergency money (including change for a pay phone) and take checks, bankbooks and credit cards to joint accounts.
• Hide a set of house and car keys.
• Teach your children to call 911.
• Try not to leave without your children
• Contact your local domestic violence program for support and information on 24-hour safe shelter.