In early August, the Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) approved of a $50 million increase in funding to organizations who are current IDHS grant funding recipients whose work focuses on gender-based violence.
Ascend Justice was one of those recipients.
Per IDHS, the funds allocated are to be used to support survivor needs within the gender-based violence community and that is precisely what Ascend Justice is doing. This funding will be utilized to address the needs of survivors of domestic violence from multiple angles:
- Invest in Ascend Justice’s staff and within our sector.
- Grow Ascend Justice’s ability to serve more local survivors and our range of services.
- Build a model to serve survivors around the state of Illinois.
We wanted to share with you exactly how we are putting our Invest. Grow. Build. idea into action.
How will this funding impact the work done at Ascend Justice?
What changes should you anticipate learning about moving forward?
How can you be an important part of these new initiatives?
Let’s dive right in…