
Safety is a Human Right
Life Span’s approach is a nationally recognized model that provides
safety, empowerment, and a lasting solution.
Founded in 1978, Life Span provides comprehensive services for women and children, enabling them to live without violence, build upon their strengths and become self-sufficient. By defining domestic violence as a crime as well as a social problem, Life Span is committed to providing victims of domestic violence and sexual assault a range of options, including legal services, advocacy and counseling.
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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.
Get Involved
Development of public policy, as well as provide public awareness and training to end violence.
Get Help from Life Span
Life Span provides information, advice, legal civil representation, counseling, court advocacy and immigration legal services to victims of domestic violence and sexual assault within Chicago and Suburban Cook County. With our information, experience and support, you decide what services work best for you, considering safety first.
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.
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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.