Safety is a Human Right
Life Span’s approach is a nationally recognized model that provides safety, empowerment,
and a lasting solution for survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking.
Get Help from Life Span
Life Span provides legal representation, counseling, court advocacy, and immigration legal services to victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking within Chicago and Suburban Cook County. With our support, you decide what services work best for you, considering safety first.
Legal Services
Representation in orders of protection, divorce and parentage, criminal court advocacy, for survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault.
Immigration
Assistance for with VAWA self-petitions, U Visas, and battered woman spouse waivers.
Counseling
Confidential, empowering individual and group counseling for adults, teens, and children.
Policy and Advocacy
Work on public policy issues, as well as provide public awareness and training to end violence.
Your Gift Makes a Difference
Thanks to you, Life Span helps thousands of women and their children start new lives in which they no longer experience fear and violence and supports work to enhance the rights of victims of violence and moves us towards a safer tomorrow.
The Women Who Lead Us
What Our Clients Are Saying
I am thanking and appreciating all that you did for me…. Thanks a million times. I will always be thinking of the help you gave me.
I want to thank you for taking my case. I means a lot to me, you’ll never know how much. I feel safer now than ever, and safer staying in this country knowing you are on my side.
Thank you for your continued help. I could not do this alone. I would not be safe without you. You have given me hope.
Thank you for your Immigration Project. The program empowers me, offers hope, opportunity to make strides in my life and the life of my daughters.