Open a savings account and/or credit card in your own name to start establishing or increasing your independence. Think of other ways in which you can increase your independence.
Leave money, an extra set of keys, copies of important documents, extra medicines and clothes with someone you trust so you can leave quickly.
Determine who would be able to let you stay with them or assist you financially.
Keep the shelter hotline number close at hand
Review your safety plan as often as passible in order to plan the safest way to leave your batterer. Remember leaving your batterer is a very dangerous time!
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