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A safety plan is a personalized, practical plan that includes ways to increase the likelihood of safety. It is *best done with a confidential resource.
Safety planning helps you manage emotions, inform trusted people about your situation, minimize risk, explore legal options, and prepare for various scenarios that might arise.
A safety plan is tailored to each unique situation – they are fluid and complex. One size does not fit all.
There are many kinds of safety plans, for various unsafe situations. Here we discuss safety planning for victims of domestic/partner/family violence.
A safety plan is relevant at all times: whether you stay in a difficult/harmful relationship, plan to leave a relationship, or have left a relationship.
Remember, you know your situation best but it is always helpful to work on a safety plan with someone who is not themselves in an unsafe situation and can help you explore options.
Important Safety Notice: For your and other survivors’ safety, Sikh Family Center will not post detailed safety planning examples. However we are always available for a private, detailed discussion. For support with personalized safety planning, please contact our Helpline.
Safety Planning is best done with a Private and/or Confidential Resource!
National Helpline
866-SFC-SEWA or (866)-732-7392
Sikh Family Center promotes community health and well-being with a special focus on gender justice. We provide trauma-centered interventions for victim-survivors of violence while working to change the social and cultural conditions that allow gendered violence to occur in the first place. Our training, outreach, and advocacy are grounded in cultural tradition, grassroots power, and intergenerational healing.
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