Safe at Home Program
Advocates at Forbes House can help you apply for the Ohio Safe at Home Program. This program allows you to keep your address confidential due to domestic violence, stalking, human trafficking, rape or sexual battery. Forbes House advocates are now certified application assistants! Safe at Home is an address confidentiality program that allows victims of domestic violence, stalking, human trafficking, rape or sexual battery to apply for an address designated by the Secretary of State to serve as the person’s address to shield their residence address from public records, including voter registration lists.*
How Does the Program Work?
When someone enrolls in Safe at Home, they are assigned a P.O. Box address. There are many entities that may have a person’s name and address on file, and a program participant may request that any governmental or private entity, except for a municipal-owned public utility or the board of elections, use the P.O. Box address designated by the SOS as the participant’s address. The law does not require a private entity to accept the SOS-designated address, but a state of Ohio governmental entity shall accept it.*
How to Get Help
Call 440-357-1018 to learn more about the Ohio Safe at Home program or to schedule an appointment with an advocate.
*Text about Safe at Home program provided by Ohio Secretary of State website at https://www.sos.state.oh.us/SOS/agency/initiatives/SafeatHomeOhio/victims.aspx.
