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Provides a variety of domestic violence services, including, 24/7 domestic violence hotline, domestic violence shelters for individuals and families, legal advocacy for domestic violence, assistance with obtaining and filing orders of protection, domestic violence counseling services., Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR).

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Domestic Violence Hotlines
Domestic Violence Support Groups
Protective/Restraining Orders
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Domestic Violence Shelters
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing

Provides crisis shelter for those who are victims of domestic violence. In addition, the following services are provided for both domestic violence and sexual assault survivors, legal advocacy, medical advocacy, prevention education, supportive counseling, sexual assault victim therapy. children's counseling (domestic and sexual violence), case management.

Categories

Domestic Violence Shelters
Abuse Counseling
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Domestic Violence Support Groups
Domestic Violence Intervention Programs
Protective/Restraining Orders
Domestic Violence Hotlines

Services include:

-- 24-hour crisis line and crisis intervention

-- Safe shelter

-- Counseling for adults and children

-- Support groups for adults and children

-- Assistance with orders of protection and other court-related advocacy

-- Parenting assistance

-- Abuser groups held in an outside location

-- Healthy Relationships groups for high school students

Categories

Protective/Restraining Orders
Domestic Violence Intervention Programs
Abuse Counseling
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Domestic Violence Shelters
Domestic Violence Support Groups

Provides advocates who are able to guide survivors through the legal system and help them access available legal remedies. Advocates also access immigration remedies through protective statutes such as the Violence Against Women Act. Agency operates a volunteer attorney led family law clinic in partnership with Chicago Volunteer Legal Services.

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Protective/Restraining Orders
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Ethnic Advocacy Groups

Provides a variety of domestic violence services, including, 24/7 domestic violence hotline, domestic violence shelters for individuals and families, legal advocacy for domestic violence, assistance with obtaining and filing orders of protection, domestic violence counseling services., Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR).

Categories

Domestic Violence Hotlines
Domestic Violence Support Groups
Protective/Restraining Orders
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Domestic Violence Shelters
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing

Provides abuse and crisis intervention services to those going through a domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, or sex trafficking situation. Services include a family violence crisis line, counseling or counseling referrals for survivors of domestic violence or sexual assault, emergency shelter and transportation, peer support groups, and child advocacy.

Protection order assistance, criminal justice/legal advocacy, and medical advocacy are also available to those who may need it.

Support group for victims of domestic violence. Open to anyone who is experiencing or has experienced abuse in an intimate relationship, including individuals who are still involved in the abusive relationship. Transportation available.

Categories

Domestic Violence Shelters
Domestic Violence Support Groups
Sexual Assault Counseling
Sexual Assault Hotlines
Domestic Violence Hotlines
Spouse/Intimate Partner Abuse Prevention
Abuse Counseling
Sexual Assault/Incest Support Groups
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Sexual Assault Shelters

Provides a variety of domestic violence services, including, 24/7 domestic violence hotline, domestic violence shelters for individuals and families, legal advocacy for domestic violence, assistance with obtaining and filing orders of protection, domestic violence counseling services., Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR).

Categories

Domestic Violence Hotlines
Domestic Violence Support Groups
Protective/Restraining Orders
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Domestic Violence Shelters
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing

Provides crisis shelter for those who are victims of domestic violence. In addition, the following services are provided for both domestic violence and sexual assault survivors, legal advocacy, medical advocacy, prevention education, supportive counseling, sexual assault victim therapy. children's counseling (domestic and sexual violence), case management.

Categories

Domestic Violence Shelters
Abuse Counseling
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Domestic Violence Support Groups
Domestic Violence Intervention Programs
Protective/Restraining Orders
Domestic Violence Hotlines

Services include:

-- 24-hour crisis line and crisis intervention

-- Safe shelter

-- Counseling for adults and children

-- Support groups for adults and children

-- Assistance with orders of protection and other court-related advocacy

-- Parenting assistance

-- Abuser groups held in an outside location

-- Healthy Relationships groups for high school students

Categories

Protective/Restraining Orders
Domestic Violence Intervention Programs
Abuse Counseling
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Domestic Violence Shelters
Domestic Violence Support Groups

Provides abuse and crisis intervention services to those going through a domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, or sex trafficking situation. Services include a family violence crisis line, counseling or counseling referrals for survivors of domestic violence or sexual assault, emergency shelter and transportation, peer support groups, and child advocacy.

Protection order assistance, criminal justice/legal advocacy, and medical advocacy are also available to those who may need it.

Works to build awareness of abuse by partnering with local agencies to offer community education programs and a resource library.

Categories

Sexual Assault Shelters
Domestic Violence Hotlines
Domestic Violence Shelters
Abuse Counseling
Sexual Assault Counseling
Dating Violence Prevention
Sexual Assault Hotlines
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Spouse/Intimate Partner Abuse Prevention
Sexual Assault/Incest Support Groups
Domestic Violence Support Groups
Self-help center providing legal guidance and resources to people who are representing themselves in court.

Legal advice and brief services provided by attorneys and paralegals. Attorneys do not provide court representation.

One on one assistance, information on what to expect during court proceedings, and review of completed court forms to ensure accuracy before entering court.

Assists walk-in clients with divorce, durable power of attorney, enforcement of child support, enforcement of visitation, child support modification, name change, conviction set aside, and protection orders.

Self-help clinics offered on a variety of legal subjects. Visit website to see if a clinic will be held soon related to a specific legal problem.

Categories

Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Legal Information Services
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
General Legal Aid
Legal Counseling
Certificates/Forms Assistance

Provides crisis shelter for those who are victims of domestic violence. In addition, the following services are provided for both domestic violence and sexual assault survivors, legal advocacy, medical advocacy, prevention education, supportive counseling, sexual assault victim therapy. children's counseling (domestic and sexual violence), case management.

Categories

Domestic Violence Shelters
Abuse Counseling
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Domestic Violence Support Groups
Domestic Violence Intervention Programs
Protective/Restraining Orders
Domestic Violence Hotlines

Safe Passage is the domestic violence and sexual assault agency for DeKalb County. Services provided include:

-- 24/7 crisis hotline.

-- 25 bed Emergency shelter for victims of domestic violence and their children.

-- Transitional housing for victims of domestic and sexual violence.

-- Individual, group and family counseling for adults and children experiencing domestic and sexual assault or abuse.

-- Legal advocacy including help obtaining Orders of Protection and support at court.

-- Medical advocacy to victims at hospital emergency room.

-- Prevention and professional education in schools, with police and other first responders and to community groups.

Categories

Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Sexual Assault Counseling
Child Abuse Prevention
Domestic Violence Hotlines
Spouse/Intimate Partner Abuse Prevention
Transitional Housing/Shelter
Health Related Advocacy Groups
General Abuse Prevention
Domestic Violence Shelters

Rape crisis center services are available via the hotline. Sexual assault program services include:

-- Crisis intervention

-- 24-hour response at medical facilities or police stations

-- Assistance and support with medical and legal procedures

-- Counseling for child and adult survivors of sexual assault

The YWCA also provides information and referral and extensive community education programs for:

-- Helping school children learn how to stay safe from abuse and how to report it

-- Helping schools work against bullying

-- Healthy Relationships groups for high school students

-- Providing professional training on sexual harassment, sexual assault issues, and many related topics

Categories

Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Sexual Assault/Incest Support Groups
Sexual Assault Hotlines
Adult Sexual Assault Prevention
Protective/Restraining Orders
Sexual Assault Counseling
Child Sexual Assault Prevention

Provides a variety of domestic violence services, including, 24/7 domestic violence hotline, domestic violence shelters for individuals and families, legal advocacy for domestic violence, assistance with obtaining and filing orders of protection, domestic violence counseling services., Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR).

Categories

Domestic Violence Hotlines
Domestic Violence Support Groups
Protective/Restraining Orders
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Domestic Violence Shelters
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing

Provides crisis shelter for those who are victims of domestic violence. In addition, the following services are provided for both domestic violence and sexual assault survivors, legal advocacy, medical advocacy, prevention education, supportive counseling, sexual assault victim therapy. children's counseling (domestic and sexual violence), case management.

Categories

Domestic Violence Shelters
Abuse Counseling
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Domestic Violence Support Groups
Domestic Violence Intervention Programs
Protective/Restraining Orders
Domestic Violence Hotlines

Provides crisis shelter for those who are victims of domestic violence. In addition, the following services are provided for both domestic violence and sexual assault survivors, legal advocacy, medical advocacy, prevention education, supportive counseling, sexual assault victim therapy. children's counseling (domestic and sexual violence), case management.

Categories

Domestic Violence Shelters
Abuse Counseling
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Domestic Violence Support Groups
Domestic Violence Intervention Programs
Protective/Restraining Orders
Domestic Violence Hotlines
Provides advocacy, information, and support to the victims of domestic violence throughout both civil and criminal court proceedings. Court advocates assist clients in completing orders of protection and understanding their legal rights regarding domestic violence, and also advocates for them before the presiding judges. Program also provides community referrals and advocacy for clients.
Self-help center providing legal guidance and resources to people who are representing themselves in court.

Legal advice and brief services provided by attorneys and paralegals. Attorneys do not provide court representation.

One on one assistance, information on what to expect during court proceedings, and review of completed court forms to ensure accuracy before entering court.

Assists walk-in clients with divorce, durable power of attorney, enforcement of child support, enforcement of visitation, child support modification, name change, conviction set aside, and protection orders.

Self-help clinics offered on a variety of legal subjects. Visit website to see if a clinic will be held soon related to a specific legal problem.

Categories

Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Legal Information Services
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
General Legal Aid
Legal Counseling
Certificates/Forms Assistance

Provides crisis shelter for those who are victims of domestic violence. In addition, the following services are provided for both domestic violence and sexual assault survivors, legal advocacy, medical advocacy, prevention education, supportive counseling, sexual assault victim therapy. children's counseling (domestic and sexual violence), case management.

Categories

Domestic Violence Shelters
Abuse Counseling
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Domestic Violence Support Groups
Domestic Violence Intervention Programs
Protective/Restraining Orders
Domestic Violence Hotlines

Provides crisis shelter for those who are victims of domestic violence. In addition, the following services are provided for both domestic violence and sexual assault survivors, legal advocacy, medical advocacy, prevention education, supportive counseling, sexual assault victim therapy. children's counseling (domestic and sexual violence), case management.

Categories

Domestic Violence Shelters
Abuse Counseling
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Domestic Violence Support Groups
Domestic Violence Intervention Programs
Protective/Restraining Orders
Domestic Violence Hotlines

Provides crisis shelter for those who are victims of domestic violence. In addition, the following services are provided for both domestic violence and sexual assault survivors, legal advocacy, medical advocacy, prevention education, supportive counseling, sexual assault victim therapy. children's counseling (domestic and sexual violence), case management.

Categories

Domestic Violence Shelters
Abuse Counseling
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Domestic Violence Support Groups
Domestic Violence Intervention Programs
Protective/Restraining Orders
Domestic Violence Hotlines

Services include:

-- 24-hour crisis line and crisis intervention

-- Safe shelter

-- Counseling for adults and children

-- Support groups for adults and children

-- Assistance with orders of protection and other court-related advocacy

-- Parenting assistance

-- Abuser groups held in an outside location

-- Healthy Relationships groups for high school students

Categories

Protective/Restraining Orders
Domestic Violence Intervention Programs
Abuse Counseling
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Domestic Violence Shelters
Domestic Violence Support Groups
Free legal assistance with civil legal problems involving basic necessities for low-income individuals in all 99 Iowa counties. Assistance ranges from providing counsel and advice to representation before various agencies and courts.

Community legal education presentations offered, as well as over 20 printed booklets on various legal topics; a wide variety of legal education materials are also available on the website.

Legal services are provided in all civil legal areas, including:
Consumer/Finance - debt collection, repossession, garnishment, contracts/warranties, predatory lending, and public utilities (including utility disconnection or shut off notices).

Education - expulsion/suspension, special education, learning disabilities, school fees, access, vocational education, and student financial aid.

Employment - employment discrimination, wage claims, earned income tax credit, and taxes.

Family - adoption, custody, visitation, guardianship, domestic abuse, human trafficking and exploitation, family violence (child abuse, elder abuse, battered women/men), including assistance with restraining orders, and child support.

Health - Medicaid, Medicare, government children's health insurance programs, long term health care facilities, nursing homes, supplemental medical insurance, and hospital care.

Housing - federally subsidized housing, homeownership, real property, landlord/tenant, public housing, mobile homes, housing discrimination, foreclosures, forfeitures, and mortgage predatory lending practices.

Benefit Programs - ADFC/FIP, Social Security, food stamps, Social Security Disability (SSD), Supplemental Security Income (SSI), unemployment compensation, veterans benefits, FEMA, government benefits, and utility assistance applications.

Individual Rights - mental health, disability rights, civil rights, human trafficking, AIDS/HIV issues, assistive devices, and institutional confinement.

End of Life Planning - wills, living wills, advance directives, and power of attorney.

Drivers License.

Advocacy and legal assistance for people with disabilities, people with Alzheimer's disease, people with brain injury, people with mental illness, children, migrants, and veterans.

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Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Welfare Rights Assistance
Will Preparation Assistance
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Discrimination Assistance
School System Advocacy
Adoption Legal Services
Tax Information
Advance Medical Directives
Protective/Restraining Orders
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Legal Information Services
Patient Rights Assistance
Legal Representation
Human Trafficking Legal Assistance
Debt Management
Labor and Employment Law
Consumer Law
General Legal Aid
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities

Provides abuse and crisis intervention services to those going through a domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, or sex trafficking situation. Services include a family violence crisis line, counseling or counseling referrals for survivors of domestic violence or sexual assault, emergency shelter and transportation, peer support groups, and child advocacy.

Protection order assistance, criminal justice/legal advocacy, and medical advocacy are also available to those who may need it.

Support group for victims of domestic violence. Open to anyone who is experiencing or has experienced abuse in an intimate relationship, including individuals who are still involved in the abusive relationship. Transportation available.

Categories

Domestic Violence Shelters
Domestic Violence Support Groups
Sexual Assault Counseling
Sexual Assault Hotlines
Domestic Violence Hotlines
Spouse/Intimate Partner Abuse Prevention
Abuse Counseling
Sexual Assault/Incest Support Groups
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Sexual Assault Shelters