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Get Help

If you are in immediate danger and are safe to do so, call 9-1-1.

Domestic violence can happen to anyone regardless of age, gender identity, race, income level, sexual orientation, or religion.

MAAV is here for you.

External Resources

  1. Melrose Domestic Violence Unit – (781)-979-4432
  2. National Domestic Violence Hotline – (800)-799-7233
  3. MAAV – (781)-662-2010
  4. Respond  – (617)-623-5900
  5. REACH – (800)-899-4000
  6. Jane Doe, Inc. – (877)-785-2020

Checklist: What you need to take when you leave

Identification

  • Driver’s license or photo ID

  • Children’s birth certificates

  • Your birth certificate

  • Social Security cards

  • Government benefits cards/identification – SNAP, WIC, etc.

Financial

  • Credit cards and ATM pins

  • Check books

  • Financial records and bank account numbers

Legal Papers

  • Restraining orders

  • Records of any police report filed

  • Lease, rental agreement, or house deed

  • Car title, registration, and insurance papers

  • Health and life insurance

  • Medical records for you and your children

  • School records for your children

  • Work permits/Green card/Visa

  • Passport

  • Divorce papers

  • Custody papers

Other

  • House and car keys

  • Medications and copy of prescriptions

  • Small saleable objects

  • Jewelry

  • Address book

  • New cell phone with new plan or prepaid cell phone with a new number

  • Pictures

  • Children’s small toys

  • Toiletries/diapers

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