myPlan Campus Toolkit
Nearly 50% of intimate partner violence (IPV) survivors experience their first abusive relationship between the ages of 18 and 24 years old, making college-aged students the most at-risk age group for IPV.
A safe and supportive campus environment is essential for students’ academic success. As such, higher education institutions are required to prevent and address various forms of violence, including intimate partner violence (IPV), per Title IX.
However, most students experiencing abuse from a partner suffer alone or seek help from friends, rarely accessing campus resources. Students avoid using campus services for a number of reasons, including not knowing that resources exist, shame and fear of stigma, fear of perpetrator retaliation, and fear of being mistreated by campus authorities and staff (e.g., blaming them, doubting them if they can’t provide evidence, not being taken seriously, or not doing anything at all).
For campuses committed to preventing IPV and it’s negative impacts, we created myPlan, a solution to privately provide students with evidence-based risk assessment tools, resources, and safety planning information specific to their unique situations. myPlan is a research-backed, completely free, tech resource that expands access to personalized safety planning for students impacted by IPV. It’s also for friends to learn how to better support someone they are concerned is in an abusive realationship.
myPlan is a trusted partner of the One Love Foundation and has been added to their education resources to promote student safety and well-being. This campus toolkit provides free resources to integrate myPlan into existing violence prevention resources and programming and includes:
Customizable materials for download and print
Flyers and handouts (English and Spanish versions)
A service learning guide
Email templates and a social media kit
And so much more!
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What students & higher education institutions are saying about myPlan
I absolutely love it. I include your app in our packets to our students and community.
— UNIVERSITY CRISIS LINE CASE MANAGER
[myPlan] helped me to see I was in a bad situation. And I could be honest with it. I've been too embarrassed to admit what was happening but this felt safe and non-judgmental.
— STUDENT SURVIVOR
I'm thankful to have a resource like myPlan. This app has made it easier for me to talk to my friend about her situation and helped me understand her better.
— CONCERNED FRIEND
The app gave me the idea to go to a campus counselor, which was a huge help.
— STUDENT SURVIVOR
How does myPlan help college students?
myPlan helps students make safety decisions if they or a friend are experiencing dating abuse. Watch our myPlan for Campus animation below to learn more.
Toxic relationships video: A resource for college students
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College is supposed to be the best years of your life; a chance to meet new people and learn new things, and for a while, it was.
I loved my classes and friends and I even started dating someone, someone who made me feel really special.
Things got serious pretty quick, but then something started to change. Texts constantly checking in on me, acting jealous of everyone I talked to–even saying mean things to me.
At first, I thought it was all because of me. Maybe I was spending too much time with my friends. Maybe that outfit didn't look good on me. The words hurt but maybe I needed to hear them.
Thankfully, a friend noticed I wasn't being myself anymore. It must have been hard for her to say something. I could see she was worried about me, so we talked.
She didn't judge me or tell me what to do. She just asked if I'd heard of myPlan, an app to help college students take a step back and see their relationships more clearly.
So I downloaded the app and as I scrolled through the questions, my eyes began to open for the first time.
I saw the abuse for what it was. My relationship wasn't healthy, and I wasn't safe. I learned what I was experiencing is really common for young people, and once I started thinking about my own situation, I knew that I needed a plan to make a change or things could get worse…way worse.
myPlan helped me think through my options and figure out next steps. I'm in a safer place now. I was lucky and I finally feel like me again.
Backed by years of research, myPlan is designed to support college students experiencing abuse in their relationships. It's personalized, secure, private, and completely free.
Visit myPlanApp.org to decide if your relationship or a friend's is unhealthy or even unsafe.
myPlan. Decide what's safe.
What’s included in the campus toolkit?
A series of visuals and messaging to share myPlan via social media
Social Media Posts
Materials to download, print, and post around campus to raise awareness of myPlan
Flyers & Handouts
Templates to get the word out about myPlan by email to your networks
Email Templates
And more!
Who is the campus toolkit for?
Are you part of a student group on campus? Volunteer in a campus resource center? Involved in student government? A leader on your athletics team or in your fraternity/sorority? Use the myPlan Campus Toolkit to spread the word to your fellow students.
Student Leaders
Campus, Staff, Faculty & Administrators
If you are involved in efforts to prevent and respond to dating violence on campus, or want to be, use the myPlan Campus Toolkit to add myPlan to the existing resources on campus for your students
