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Survivor Toolkit

Your Own Private Helper

Free guidance and a private AI helper that each survivor gets their own copy of. The helper does the work for you with minimal involvement—you answer a few gentle questions and tap approve before anything is filed or sent. Nothing leaves your private helper until you say so.

Open the helperNothing filed until you approve

Each survivor's data stays in their own private helper. Your answers, evidence, and drafts are never shared with anyone unless you choose to send them.

Six Steps, Mostly Done For You

How the Helper Works

Each step is built around your safety and your control. The helper prepares everything—you just review and approve.

1

Start Safely

Your helper opens a private, secure space just for you and walks you through safe choices for your phone, email, and browsing—with Quick Exit ready if someone walks in.

What the helper does for you

  • Sets up a private, encrypted cloud folder only you can open
  • Recommends a safe device, email, and browser with history off
  • Adds one-tap Quick Exit and shows how to clear traces

Your part (about 5 minutes)

  • Answer a few gentle questions about your situation
  • Choose a password you can remember and store it safely
  • Confirm you're on a device only you can reach
2

Organize Your Evidence

Your helper gathers your texts, photos, documents, and recordings and arranges them into a clear, dated timeline and exhibit list—ready for any report, attorney, or court.

What the helper does for you

  • Sorts texts, photos, recordings, and documents by date
  • Builds a chronological timeline and a labeled exhibit list
  • Flags gaps and suggests what to capture next, safely

Your part (about 5 minutes)

  • Confirm which items are genuinely yours
  • Upload or point to anything you already saved
  • Tap to approve the finished timeline
3

Prepare a Police Report

Your helper writes a clear, dated statement and an evidence summary, then fills in the online report fields—so you never face a blank form alone.

What the helper does for you

  • Drafts a clear, dated narrative of what happened
  • Pairs each statement line with the matching exhibit
  • Completes the online report form fields for you

Your part (about 5 minutes)

  • Read the draft statement
  • Review the evidence summary
  • Tap approve—nothing is submitted until you do
4

Build Your Evidence Site

Your helper builds a secure page to share your case—password-protected for your attorney, or public, your choice—with a safety check before anything goes live.

What the helper does for you

  • Assembles your timeline, exhibits, and notes into a page
  • Adds password protection or sets sharing to attorney-only
  • Runs a safety check before anything is published

Your part (about 5 minutes)

  • Choose private-to-attorney or public
  • Review exactly what will be visible
  • Tap approve to go live
5

File Grievances

Your helper drafts and files grievances against attorneys and judges with the Ohio disciplinary counsel, plus licensing boards and agency complaints.

What the helper does for you

  • Drafts grievances for the Ohio disciplinary counsel
  • Prepares licensing board and agency complaint forms
  • Attaches the supporting exhibits and dates

Your part (about 5 minutes)

  • Review each grievance, one by one
  • Confirm where it's being sent
  • Tap approve—filed only when you say so
6

Write Your Lawmakers

Your helper drafts respectful, effective emails to your state legislators and officials—so your story reaches the people who can change the law.

What the helper does for you

  • Identifies your Ohio legislators and officials
  • Drafts a clear, personal email for each
  • Fills in the contact form fields

Your part (about 5 minutes)

  • Read the draft email
  • Make any edits you like
  • Tap approve—sent only when you say so

[Client: the private helper is a placeholder—wire the "Open the helper" buttons to your guided assistant tool.]

Safety Planning

A simple checklist you can review with the helper or on your own.

  • Identify a trusted person who can check on you and keep your location confidential.
  • Memorize hotline numbers and keep a backup phone or charged device hidden.
  • Pack a go-bag with IDs, medications, cash, keys, and copies of important documents.
  • Plan at least two safe routes out of your home and a safe place to go.
  • Decide a code word with trusted people that signals you need help right away.
  • Save the National DV Hotline 1-800-799-7233 under a neutral name.

Documenting Abuse as It Happens

Capture a clear record without putting yourself at risk.

  • Note the date, time, and location of every incident as soon as it is safe.
  • Save screenshots with the full conversation and timestamp visible.
  • Back up photos and recordings to a private folder your helper sets up.
  • Keep a short, factual log—what happened, who was there, what was said.
  • Never put yourself at risk to gather evidence; your safety always comes first.

Civil Protection Order Help

The helper can guide you through Civil Protection Order (CPO) steps and connect you with Ohio legal aid and victim advocates who can accompany you. The referrals below are placeholders until the client adds verified local partners.

Ohio Legal Aid Provider (placeholder)Cuyahoga County Victim Advocate Referral (placeholder)Ohio Domestic Violence Network (placeholder)

[Client: replace the three placeholder links with verified Ohio legal-aid and victim advocate partners.]

Records Request Guide

Get Your Own Records

The helper can prepare the requests; you approve before anything is sent.

Police Reports

Request incident and investigation reports from the responding police department.

911 Call Recordings

Ask the agency's records unit for 911 audio tied to the incident date.

Court Dockets

Pull case dockets and filings from the municipal or domestic relations court.

Self-Care & Crisis

You Don't Have to Do This Alone

Taking care of yourself is part of the work. If you're in crisis or just need to talk something through, trained advocates are available 24/7—free and confidential.

National DV Hotline1-800-799-7233Sexual Assault Hotline1-800-656-4673Cleveland Crisis NetworkDial 211

Reach out any time, day or night. If you are in immediate danger, call 911.

Your Privacy

Each person's data stays in their own private helper. Nothing you enter is shared, uploaded, or sent to anyone unless you choose to approve it. Use a safe device and a safe email whenever you can, and remember Quick Exit is always one tap away.

Not Legal Advice

This toolkit is not legal advice. Consult a licensed attorney about your case. The helper is a guidance tool, not a substitute for professional legal counsel.