What You Need and Do When Preparing to Leave

IDENTIFICATION

• Driver’s license
• Children’s Birth Certificates
• Your birth certificate
• Social Security Card
• Welfare Identification
• Medical Insurance Cards

MONEY

• Money and/or credit cards
• Debit Cards
• Checkbook

LEGAL DOCUMENTS

• Lease, rental agreement, or deed to house/properties
• Car registration and insurance papers
• Health and life insurance papers
• Medical records for you and your children
• School and shot records
• Work permits/green card or visa
• Passport
• Divorce papers
• Custody papers

OTHER THINGS

• Keys to house, car and safety deposit boxes
• Cell phone
• Clothing
• Toiletries
• Medications for you and your children

THINGS TO DO

• Open a savings account in your own name. Get your own post office box so that you can receive mail and checks
• Plan who to stay with or who would be able to lend you money during a crisis
• Contact the hotline or any shelter for help in safety planning and keep the hotline number with you at all times: 602-263-8900 or 1-800-799-7739