Office on Domestic Violence/ partnership with the Chicago Metropolitan Battered Womens Network
Abuse, Crisis, Housing/Shelter, Legal Aid, Support Groups, Women, Children, Child Care / 558 views
Established in 1998, Mayor’s Office on Domestic Violence contracts with the Chicago Metropolitan Battered Womens Network to operate the Help Line. Callers to the Help Line are provided with general domestic violence information, referrals to appropriate domestic violence services and a three-way phone linkage between the caller and the domestic violence services. Trained domestic violence advocates – Victim Information and Referral Advocates (VIRAs) – staff the phones 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. VIRAs provide victims with immediate information about their options, information on safety planning, referrals to community based providers including:
- Shelters
- Counseling
- Legal advocacy
- Civil legal services
- Supervised child visitation centers
- Perpetrators services
- City : Chicago
- State : IL