Safety Planning Resources

Example Plans and Resources

You can always meet with an advocate to get assistance and support in the safety planning process, which may be helpful in identifying safety risks not commonly thought of. Connect with a Confidential Advocate for in-depth safety support.

• Women’s Law offers safety planning resources specific to domestic violence, stalking, court, rural areas, and more.
• The Center for Relationship Abuse Awareness offers safety plan information and example templates related to safety planning at college, in the workplace, with children, and more.
• FORGE provides safety planning material specific to Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming survivors: A Guide for Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Individuals Who are Experiencing Intimate Partner Violence [pdf]
• Love is Respect provides general information related to safety planning as well as a self-directed interactive safety plan online: Interactive Safety Plan

On Campus

Confidential:

• Confidential Advocacy Services at SHAC

Non-Confidential:

• The Campus Safety Escort Service is safe and easy to use. It’s available to anyone else who needs a safety escort 24/7. The service is free. There are two ways to get a safety escort:
  • Call the Campus Public Safety at 503-725-4407.
  • Stop by Campus Public Safety at 633 SW Montgomery Street Portland, OR 97201 (located on Broadway & Montgomery) to request a safety escort in person.

Protection Orders

A protection order can be something that some requests from the legal system in order to become safer from an abusive person or someone who have hurt them. Typically a protection order is just one part of a more broad safety plan. There are 5 major types of protection orders which are listed below. You can always speak with Confidential Advocacy Services at SHAC to discuss your options and whether or not you are eligible for a protection order, see contact information to the right.

• Sexual Abuse Protection Order: a Sexual Abuse Protection Order (SAPO) is available in certain cases where a person was subjected to unwanted sexual abuse by another person who is not a family member or intimate partner.
• Family Abuse Prevention Act Orders: (Most Common Form of Protection Order, also known as Restraining Order): a FAPA order prohibits the person who is causing harm from engaging in a certain behavior to the person filing the order.
• Stalking Order: a Stalking Order is a court order that tells a person who has made unwanted contact with you or a member of your immediate family or household to stop this behavior.
• Extreme Risk Protection Order: an Extreme Risk Protection Order (ERPO) is a court order that prevents a person who is at risk of hurting another person or committing suicide from having or getting deadly weapons, including firearms.
• Elderly Persons and Persons with Disabilities Abuse Prevention Act (EPPDAPA) is a court order that orders the respondent, or the person named in the order, to stop threatening or abusing, and to stay away from you or the elderly or disabled person you are filing on behalf of.
• Restraining order hotline: Volunteers of America HomeFree provides a hotline specifically geared towards answering any questions related to protection orders. You can call this number during business hours (Monday through Friday, 9am-5pm) to speak with an advocate about whether or not a protection order is right for you, eligibility requirements, and safety planning.
  503-802-0506