Making a Safety Plan in Violent or Abusive Relationships

This publication is designed to help you prepare in case you face intimate partner violence or family violence. Intimate partner violence is violence or abuse in a romantic relationship. Family violence is any violence or abuse by one family member against another.

A safety plan is a tool to help you prepare for a crisis and how you and your children will get to safety. Safety plans help you:

• Think about what to do ahead of time.

• Prepare for how you will handle a dangerous situation.

• Protect you and your children from violence.

Read through this publication and think carefully about your answers. It may not be safe to keep this booklet in your home. You may want to ask a trusted family member, friend, Victim Services worker, or PEI Family Violence Prevention Services staff member to keep it for you.

The information in this guide is not legal advice and does not replace guidance from a lawyer.