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Be prepared, plan before a violent incident.

• Know where the telephone is located.
• Think about different ways to leave home.
• Talk to your children about safety planning and create a code word to signal the need to leave quickly.
• Make arrangements to have a place to stay with a trusted person.
• Keep the following copies or originals in a safe, accessible place in case you have to leave quickly:
  * birth and marriage certificates
  * immigration papers
  * articles of sentimental value
  * social security cards
  * passports
  * driver’s license or indentification card (I.D.)
  * phone numbers
  * credit cards
  * spare keys
  * money
  * insurance cards
  * important mail
  * medicines
  * lease
  * bills
  * police reports
  * car titles
  * medical reports
  * mortgage
  * protective order
  * check books and check stubs
  * During a violent incident
  
  
• Call 911, if you feel you are in danger!
• Avoid areas with possible weapons
• Avoid rooms with few exits, for example, the kitchen, bathroom, or garage
• If possible, escape through an exit and yell or make loud noises.
• You don’t have to live with domestic violence. There are people who can help!

In an emergency call 911

National Domestic Violence Hotline 1-800-799-7233

Saheli, an organization for Asian families, Austin, Texas
Confidential Help Line (512) 703-8745

Leave us a message and a safe time to call you.
Someone who would listen without judging will call you back.

For more information about Saheli and links to other such US organizations, see http://www.main.org/saheli

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