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).
Taken From: Abuse.com
Identification for yourself and your children
1. birth certificates
2. social security cards (or numbers written on paper if you can't find the cards)
3. driver's license
4. photo identification or passports
5. welfare identification
6. green card
Important personal papers
1. marriage certificate
2. divorce papers
3. custody orders
4. legal protection or restraining orders
5. health insurance papers and medical cards
6. medical records for all family members
7. children's school records
8. investment papers/records and account numbers
9. work permits
10. immigration papers
11. rental agreement/lease or house deed
12. car title, registration, and insurance information
Funds
1. cash
2. credit cards
3. ATM card
4. checkbook and bankbook (with deposit slips)
Keys
1. house
2. car
3. safety deposit box or post office box
A way to communicate
1. phone calling card
2. cell phone
3. address book
Medications
1. at least 1 month's supply for all medicines you and your children are taking, as well as a copy of the prescriptions
A way to get by
1. jewelry or small objects you can sell, if you run out of money or stop having access to your accounts
Things to help you cope
1. pictures
2. keepsakes
3. children's small toys or books
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Thank you for posting this list. I do wish I had this kind of info available when I did decide to leave. You would never understand how much easier the life of the abused would be if this information was at their finger tips - is it possible to make this available in ladies magasines, police stations and with social workers and churches? You do not realise how vital this information is nor what to do when all of this is not to your exposure!
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