Safety & privacy
If you are in danger right now
Call 911. If you cannot speak safely, these lines are free, confidential, and open around the clock.
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National Domestic Violence Hotline
1-800-799-723324/7, free, confidential · Text START to 88788
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988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
98824/7, call or text
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211
211Local help with housing, food, and utilities
Covering your tracks
What the Quick Exit button does, and what it does not
The Quick exit button in the top corner of every page leaves this site immediately and sends you to a weather page. You can also press Esc twice quickly to do the same thing.
It is built so that pressing the back button will not bring this site back.
We want to be straight with you about the limit of that. Quick exit cannot erase the pages you visited before you pressed it. Those are still saved in your browser's history, and no website can reach in and delete them. Anyone who has told you otherwise was wrong, and we would rather you hear it from us than find out the hard way.
If someone checks the device you are using, the safest options are below.
The safest ways to browse
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Use a device he cannot reach
A library computer, a friend’s phone, or a computer at work or at a shelter. This is the only option that leaves nothing behind on your own device. If you can do this, do this.
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Use a private window
In Chrome or Edge it is called Incognito. In Safari and Firefox it is Private Browsing. Pages you open there are not saved to your history. Note that this does not hide anything from monitoring software installed on the device.
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Clear your history afterward
This works, but be aware: an empty history can itself look suspicious to someone who checks regularly. Deleting only the last hour, rather than everything, often draws less attention.
How we protect your information
- We never publish the address of any of our homes. Not on this website, not in a brochure, not to anyone who asks.
- This website runs no advertising trackers, no analytics pixels, and no third-party scripts.
- Our housing application does not save your answers in your browser as you type. If you close the page before submitting, nothing is left behind on your device.
- On the application you can tell us whether it is safe to call you, safe to leave a voicemail, and safe to email you. We follow exactly what you tell us.
Where we serve
Domestic violence coalitions in our states
Each of these can connect you with a local advocate, emergency shelter, and legal help, free of charge.
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Pennsylvania
PA Coalition Against Domestic Violence
1-800-932-4632 -
New Jersey
NJ Coalition to End Domestic Violence
1-800-572-7233 -
Maryland
Maryland Network Against Domestic Violence
1-800-634-3577
When you are ready, and only when it is safe, you can apply for housing here . There is no referral required, and no cost to apply.