Safety Planning Checklist

Preparing to Leave?

If you are preparing to leave, try to make sure you have the following:

  • Identification:
    • Birth certificate(s)
    • Social Security card(s)
    • Tribal identification
    • Medical insurance card(s)
  • Money:
    • ATM card
    • Credit card(s)
    • Saving/checking books
  • Legal Documents:
    • Lease/rental agreement
    • Car registration
    • Insurance papers
    • Medical records
    • School records
    • Immunization records
    • Custody papers
    • Divorce papers
    • Passport
  • Other items:
    • Keys to house, car and/or safety deposit box
    • Medications
    • Address book
    • Phone/Phone card
    • Pictures

Protecting your Children

  • Plan and rehearse an escape route
  • Teach your children a code word for 911
  • Warn school not to release address

Effects on Children

Witnessing violence is a risk factor for long term physical and mental health problems for your children including:

  • Alcohol and substance abuse
  • Being a victim of abuse
  • Perpetrating intimate partner violence
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85% of domestic violence
victims are women

National Events

  • January is Stalking Awareness Month | Slavery & Human Trafficking Prevention Month
  • February is National Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month
  • March 13 is National Bystander Awareness Day
  • April is National Sexual Assault Awareness Month | National Child Abuse Prevention Month
  • May 5th is Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) Awareness Day
  • June is LGBT Pride Month
  • June 15 is World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
  • July 30th is World Human Trafficking Awareness Day
  • October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month | National Bullying Prevention Month

Contact Us

In emergency situations always call 911. For non-emergency help or advice call the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation Victim Advocate Line at 480-789-7678 (Mon-Thurs 8:00 am to 4:30 pm) or email Carma Abeita at cabeita@fmyn.org. On evenings, weekends and holidays call the Police Department at 480 837-1091

Call 911 for Emergencies
  • A dangerous situation
  • Emergency medical attention
  • Other emergency assistance
Call (480) 837-1091 for all other
Police related matters
Call the FMYN Victim Advocate
at 480-789-7678 for
  • Victim Rights
  • Shelter placement/financial emergency assistance
  • To file an Order of Protection
  • To file an Injunction Against Harassment
  • Questions
Call the Wassaja Memorial Health Clinic
at 480-789-7890
  • If you need non-emergency medical attention