10/12/2026
💜 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH 💜
Abuse doesn’t always leave a bruise.
Sometimes it looks like control, fear, isolation, threats, manipulation, or constantly walking on eggshells.
🚩 KNOW THE SIGNS
Domestic violence can include:
• Controlling who you see, where you go, or what you do
• Constant jealousy, monitoring, or checking your phone
• Threats, intimidation, or making you feel afraid
• Insults, humiliation, or putting you down
• Controlling money, work, transportation, or access to resources
• Isolating you from family and friends
• Pressuring or forcing sexual activity
• Physical violence or threats of physical harm
• Stalking or repeatedly tracking your whereabouts
• Threatening you, your children, pets, or loved ones
If you recognize these signs, you are not alone. Help is available, and you deserve to feel safe.
LOCAL RESOURCES
Hope’s Door New Beginning Center
📞 972-276-0057 — 24/7
Free, confidential support for people impacted by domestic abuse, including hotline advocacy, shelter, counseling, and legal support.
The Family Place
📞 214-941-1991 — 24/7
Crisis support, emergency shelter, counseling, legal advocacy, safety planning, and other services for survivors of family violence.
Plano Police Department Victim Services
📞 972-941-2680
Victim Services provides support and referrals for people affected by violent crime.
National Domestic Violence Hotline
📞 1-800-799-SAFE (7233)
📱 Text START to 88788
24/7 support, safety planning, and connections to local resources.
🚨 If you are in immediate danger, call 911.
If you’re supporting someone experiencing abuse, you don’t need to have all the answers.
Listen. Believe. Support. Act.
💜 You are not alone. Help is available.