How to leave

Have a Safety Plan:
Call the Nest 866-378-6378, we will help you plan and protect yourself, your children and your pet. Planning ahead may save your health and even your life. Any way you get to us…we will help!

Plan ahead if you can

  • Pack a bag: clothes, money or a checkbook and important papers
  • Keep the bag in a safe place, with a friend or family
  • Keep a list of phone numbers for the police, shelter, relatives and friends. Keep the list where you can find it

Find a safe place

  • Go to a shelter, call 866-378-6378 or go to The Nest Domestic Violence Shelter, 26374 US Highway 70 East, Ruidoso Downs
  • Go to a friend or family member’s home
  • Go to a motel/hotel. Save enough money to pay for 1 night if possible