Safety Planning

The steps outlined on this site are a plan for increasing your safety and helping you prepare for the possibility of violence. Sometimes it can help to write out a plan for your own safety. Memorizing this plan may help you get out of an abusive situation more quickly. Although you do not have control over your partner’s violence, you do have choices about how to respond to your partner and how to best get yourself and your children to safety.

Remember that thinking about and working through these steps can be hard work. It is OK to take breaks, and only do what is comfortable each time you work on it.

You might want to work through this Safety Plan with a Victim Services worker, a friend, a relative, a counsellor, a health care professional or someone else you trust.

Important Telephone Numbers

You can have the emergency numbers in your community ready by writing them out.

RCMP (911) : ___________________________________
Hospital : _______________________________________
Women’s Shelter/Designated Safe House : _____________
Victim Services : _________________________________
Children’s Services : ______________________________
Lawyer/Legal Aid : _______________________________
Taxi: __________________________________________
(or call Yukon Women’s Transition Home at 668-5733 and they may arrange a taxi)

Safety Planning

Checklist for Safety Kits

STEP 1: What You Can Do Before a Violent Incident

STEP 2: Safety During a Violent Incident

STEP 3: Safety in Your Home (If Your Partner is No Longer There)

STEP 4: Your Child(ren)’s Safety: Children Who are Exposed to Abuse

STEP 5: What You Can Do When You Are Living In a New Place

STEP 6: Safety With a Protection Order

STEP 7: Safety on the Job and in Public

STEP 8: Safety and Drug or Alcohol Use

SAFETY KIT

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