It is naive in these circumstances to use the term "business as usual", but we remain vigilant in our mission to end domestic violence and sexual assault in southern Illinois and assist survivors during this cris because - unfortunately - sexual and domestic violence also continues.
Do you need a safe place for you and your children? You don't have to stay with your abuser. We can provide safe, secure shelter for adults and children.
Domestic violence can be explained as negative behavior such as violence or threatening violence, causing fear, and intimidation used to gain power and control over a person with whom someone is on intimate terms. In other words, if someone you are living with threatens you, intimidates you, hurts you, or makes you feel afraid that he/she will, then you are experiencing domestic violence.
More than three million children witness domestic violence in their homes each year.