Safety planning

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Safety planning

Safety planning is coming up with a specific plan to increase safety for a survivor of violence.  It is a personalized plan developed with the person and their particular circumstances in mind. Learn more about what resources and legal options are available to domestic violence, stalking, and sexual assault survivors.

Domestic violence safety planning
Learn more about safety planning issues survivors of domestic violence may experience.
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Domestic violence safety planning checklist
Explore a checklist of safety planning tips designed to keep domestic violence survivors safe.
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Stalking safety planning
Learn more about ways survivors of stalking can plan to increase their safety.
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Sexual assault safety planning
Explore different ways to develop a safety plan for survivors of sexual assault.
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Protecting your address as a domestic violence, sexual assault, human trafficking, or stalking survivor
Learn more about the Illinois Attorney General's Address Confidentiality Program and ways it can protect survivors of violence.
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Tracking devices and abuse
Learn about tracking devices, including how they are used in abusive relationships and how to deal with them.
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Housing protections for survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, stalking, and sexual assault
Learn more about the housing rights and protections survivors have under the Illinois Safe Homes Act and the Violence Against Women Act.
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Technology-facilitated abuse
Explore what technology-facilitated abuse is, and what options are available to survivors to stop the abuse.
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