Domestic Violence Resources
National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
www.ncadv.org
The Mission of the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV) is to organize for collective power by advancing transformative work, thinking and leadership of communities and individuals working to end the violence in our lives.
National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence
www.ncdsv.org
The National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence (NCDSV) designs, provides, and customizes training and consultation, influences policy, promotes collaboration and enhances diversity with the goal of ending domestic and sexual violence.
Illinois Coalition Against Domestic Violence
www.ilcadv.org
1-800-799-SAFE (7233)
Charged with eliminating domestic abuse in the State of Illinois, with primary focus on women and their children, ICADV provides local services to the victims of domestic violence. ICADV services include crisis telephone counseling, and/or temporary shelter for the victim and their dependent children, and/or peer and professional counseling, and/or assistance in obtaining community resources, and/or help in acquiring employment skills, and/or work referral. ICADV seeks to expose the roots of domestic violence, with primary emphasis on the institutionalized subservience of women
Illinois Department of Human Services
dhs.state.il.us
1-800-843-6154
They can help you meet basic needs, cope with illness, emergencies, or other challenges to self-sufficiency. Use this section to learn how to improve and maintain health and well-being.
Sexual Violence Resources
Sexual Assault Counseling and Information Service (SACIS)
www.sacis.org
1-888-345-2846
825 18th Street, Charleston, IL 61920
Serving Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, Edwards, Jasper, Richland, Wabash and southern Clark Counties in Illinois, SACIS provides crisis and on-going services to victims of sexual assault, sexual abuse and sexual harassment. Counseling services are also available to the victims’ significant others (parents/guardians, siblings, spouses, etc.). Services include individual and group counseling, medical and criminal justice advocacy, information and referral, institutional advocacy, public education and professional training.
Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network
www.rainn.org
1-800-656-HOPE
The Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network is the nation’s largest anti-sexual assault organization. RAINN operates the National Sexual Assault Hotline and carries out programs to prevent sexual assault, help victims and ensure that rapists are brought to justice.
FORGE
https://forge-forward.org/
414-559-2123
FORGE is a national transgender anti-violence organization, founded in 1994. Since 2009, they have been federally funded to provide direct services to transgender, gender non-conforming and gender non-binary survivors of sexual assault.
Maryville University – Understanding the Me Too Movement
www.maryville.edu/understanding-the-me-too-movement
The “Me Too” movement, which focuses on the experiences of sexual violence survivors, has earned a large response precisely because sexual harassment and sexual assault impact people every day. By sharing their own experiences, the movement’s proponents hope to show just how common sexual harassment is. The hope is that, if people are more aware of sexual harassment and how casually it is sometimes treated, then tolerance for it will decrease and support for victims will rise. This guide from Maryville University Online will help you to understand the origins of the Me Too movement, the facts about sexual harassment, and the options available for someone who has been sexually harassed.
The Recovery Village
www.therecoveryvillage.com/mental-health/ptsd/
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a heightened, prolonged stress response that develops into a chronic mental health condition. Growing public awareness of the experiences of traumatized veterans and victims of sexual assault is encouraging more people to open up about trauma-related distress, making PTSD an increasingly common diagnosis and focal point of mental health initiatives.
Men Can Stop Rape
www.mencanstoprape.org
Men Can Stop Rape mobilizes male youth to prevent men’s violence against women. They build young men’s capacity to challenge harmful aspects of traditional masculinity, to value alternative visions of male strength, and to embrace their vital role as allies with women and girls in fostering healthy relationships and gender equity.
Guide to Defining Sexual Consent and Preventing Sexual Assault
Defining Sexual Consent by Priority STD
The #MeToo movement has helped bring to light how prevalent sexual assault is (and has been) in America. At the same time, the movement is helping people become aware that consent is absolutely necessary to ethically and legally have sex. Many people are still not entirely aware of what consent entails, or what constitutes sexual assault. A warning: The content of this guide discusses sensitive topics, and may be triggering for victims of sexual assault or rape.
Legal Resources
Women’s Law
www.womenslaw.org
The mission of WomensLaw.org is to provide easy-to-understand legal information to women living with or escaping domestic violence.
American Bar Association Commission on Domestic Violence
www.abanet.org/domviol
The Commission provides individualized support to attorneys representing victims of domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking that includes research assistance, sample practice tools, model pleadings, and access to experts in the field. Commission members, Liaisons and Commission staff include national experts in many areas of domestic violence and the law.
Land of Lincoln Legal Aid
www.lollaf.org
1-800-747-5523
1817 South Neil Street, Suite 203 Champaign, Illinois 61820
Land of Lincoln Legal Aid, is an Illinois not-for-profit corporation. They provide free civil legal services to low-income persons and senior citizens in 65 counties in central and southern Illinois. Their mission is to pursue civil justice for low-income persons through representation and education.
Illinois Legal Aid Online
www.illinoislegalaid.org
For more than 20 years, Illinois Legal Aid Online (ILAO) has simplified the law so that people can seek justice and resolve their problems. Through innovation, we make the law https://www.illinoislegalaid.org/understandable and accessible. We give people tools to help themselves get the justice they seek.
Illinois Department of Corrections
www.idoc.state.il.us
(217) 558-2200
The mission of the Department of Corrections is to protect the public from criminal offenders through a system of incarceration and supervision which securely segregates offenders from society, assures offenders of their constitutional rights and maintains programs to enhance the success of offenders’ reentry into society.
Illinois Sex Offender Information
www.isp.state.il.us/sor
1-888-41-ISORT (1-888-414-7678)
The Sex Offender Registry was created in response to the Illinois Legislature’s determination to facilitate access to publicly available information about persons convicted of sex offenses. ISP has not considered or assessed the specific risk of re-offense with regard to any individual prior to his or her inclusion on this Registry and has made no determination that any individual included in the Registry is currently dangerous. Individuals included on the Registry are included solely by virtue of their conviction record and Illinois state law. The primary purpose of providing this information is to make the information easily available and accessible, not to warn about any specific individuals.
Employment Resources
Safe@Work Coalition
www.safeatworkcoalition.org
The Safe@Work Web site is designed to assist employers in addressing the issue of domestic violence. It has been organized to make information available about training curricula, and to model domestic violence workplace policies, address legal issues, and provide domestic violence statistics and resources for employers and employees, as well as offer referrals to necessary social service providers.
Youth Resources
Illinois Department of Children and Family Services
www.state.il.us/dcfs
The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services provides child welfare services in Illinois. It is also the nation’s largest state child welfare agency to earn accreditation from the Council on Accreditation for Children and Family Services (COA). Their goal is to make sure all Illinois children live in safe and loving homes. Their web site can provide you with useful information to help you navigate the state’s child welfare system.
Love is Respect – National Teen Dating Abuse Helpline
www.loveisrespect.org
1-866-331-9474
In response to the alarming rates of teen dating abuse through technology and the severe knowledge gap between parents and their teens, the National Domestic Violence Hotline (NDVH) and Liz Claiborne Inc. joined together to launch this program.
Break the Cycle
www.breakthecycle.org
Break the Cycle engages, educates, and empowers youth to build lives and communities free from domestic and dating violence.