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What To Take
If you decide to leave your home to escape an abuser, whether it is for a short time or for good, you should
take the following items:
- Driver's license or Department of Motor Vehicles I.D. Card
- Money
- Checkbooks
- Credit cards
- Keys
- Medications
- Address book
- Immigration papers/records
If there is time, you should also consider taking as many of the following items as possible, as you may have
difficulty going back for these things later:
- Birth certificates for yourself and children
- Pink slip to your car
- Lease, rental agreement, house deed
- Bankbooks
- Insurance papers
- Pictures
- Medical records (for the whole family)
- Social Security cards
- W.I.C. or other public assistance paperwork
- School records
- Passport
- Any legal records (custody, divorce, etc.)
- Jewelry