Domestic Violence Shelters and Hotline Phone Numbers(Chicago)
City of Chicago DV Help Line
If you feel you are in immediate danger please call 911.
For questions or referrals contact the toll-free:
1-877-863-6338
 Rape Crisis Hotline
Call 888-293-2080 in Chicago Metropolitan Area
Call 630-971-3927 in DuPage County
Call 708-748-5672 in the South Suburbs
Operating 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, the Rape Crisis Hotline is a free number where survivors of sexual assault and their significant others can call to receive confidential, immediate assistance. The volunteers and staff who answer the phone have received extensive training in sexual assault crisis intervention.
Domestic Violence Web Help
Amnesty International - Stop Violence Against Women
Amnesty International (AI) is a worldwide movement of people who campaign for internationally recognized human rights.
http://web.amnesty.org/actforwomen/index-eng
Apna Ghar website
This website is Apna Ghar’s official website. Apna Ghar primarily services Asian women in the Chicago area. The website also contains information on other Chicago domestic violence shelters.
http://www.apnaghar.org/
Chicago Abused Women’s Coalition
This website provides information on domestic training, volunteering in domestic violence shelters, local events/fundraisers, statistics on domestic violence, and shelter/crisis hotline information as well.
http://www.cawc.org/
Chicago Metropolitan Battered Women's Network
The Chicago Metropolitan Battered Women’s Network (CMBWN) is a collaborative membership organization that improves the lives of battered women, their children, and others impacted by domestic violence by leading public policy and advocacy efforts; providing education and raising public awareness; and connecting members of the community to direct service providers.
http://www.batteredwomensnetwork.org/
Illinois Coalition Against Domestic Violence
This website provides information on Illinois domestic violence laws and custody issues. There is also a domestic violence quiz.
http://www.ilcadv.org/
Illinois Coalition Against Sexual Assault (ICASA) official website
http://www.icasa.org/
Rape Victim Advocates (RVA) official website
http://www.rapevictimadvocates.org/
Stop Family Violence
Every year millions of people are abused in this country. Stop Family Violence is a leading national organization working to bring survivor voices - and the voices of their allies - to bear on the social and political agendas affecting their lives.
http://www.stopfamilyviolence.org/sfvo/index.html
US Justice Dept’s Office on Violence Against Women
Since its inception in 1995, the Violence Against Women Office, now the Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) has handled the Department’s legal and policy issues regarding violence against women, coordinated Departmental efforts, provided national and international leadership, received international visitors interested in learning about the federal government’s role in addressing violence against women, and responded to requests for information regarding violence against women.
http://www.usdoj.gov/ovw/
Other Chicago, IL. Domestic Violence Phone Numbers
Avance
Domestic Abuse Intervention Program
773-293-1770
Christine R. Call, LCSW & Associates
Skills for Nonviolent Living
773-862-5408
Suburban Illinois Domestic Violence Shelters and Hotline Phone Numbers
Friends of Battered Women and Their Children:
Provides free walk-in counseling center for women and children in Chicago, IL. Also provides 24 hour crisis referral Hotline, court advocacy, and community education.
P. O. Box 5185
Evanston, IL 60204
Phone: 773-274-5232
FAX: 773-274-2214
HOTLINE: 1-800-603-HELP
info@afriendsplace.org
http://www.afriendsplace.org/
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