Our advocates focus on helping survivors develop this plan according to their needs, which includes doing risk assessment. For many survivors, the realities of the pandemic increased their risk factors, since social distancing and staying at home can easily increase the power and control of abusers.
Safety plans work to reduce both:
- Batterer-generated risks: These include all of the risks of an abuser’s control. These are not limited to physical violence.
- Life-generated risks: These are circumstances of a victim’s life over which they have little immediate control. This can include poverty, discrimination, and access to physical and mental healthcare.