If this is an emergency or if you need immidiate assistance, please call or text:
Illinois Domestic Violence Hotline
877.863.6338
Chicago Rape Crisis Hotline
888.293.2080
Ascend Justice can help with a lot, but we can’t always help with everything. That’s why we partner with other organizations whose services might better fit your needs, and we connect you with them when we can’t offer support ourselves. See below for additional resources we frequently recommend to clients.
Emergency Shelters & Transitional Housing
WINGS: Offers 155 safe housing options across the Chicagoland area.
847.221.5680 (24-hr Hotline)
CAWC: Operates the Greenhouse Shelter, which is open 24-hours a day, 365 days a year.
773.278.4566
Apna Ghar: Specializes in serving immigrant and refugee survivors.
773.334.4663 (24-hr hotline)
Neopolitan Lighthouse: Provides emergency shelter and support.
773.722.005 (24-hr hotline)
Sarah’s Circle: Serves women who are unhoused or in need of a safe space in Chicago, providing housing and other support services.
773.728.1991
Deborah’s Place: Provides supportive services, permanent housing, and interim housing for women experiencing homelessness in Chicago.
773.722.5080
Family Rescue: Provides shelters to women and their children.
800.360.6619
La Posada Interim Housing (Casa Central): Provides housing for families. You must call 311 for assistance. Las Posada checks in with the city 3 times each day to report their bed count.
773.782.8820
Affordable
Housing
Chicago Department of Housing: Maintains a list of affordable housing units across Chicago.
312.744.3653
The Resurrection Project: Manages a number of affordable housing units in Pilsen, Little Village, Back of the Yards, and Melrose Park.
312.248.8355
A Safe Haven: Offers affordable housing options throughout Chicagoland.
773.435.8300
New City Supportive Living: Offers affordable, supportive housing options for seniors 65+ in Chicago.
773.376.1223
Food, Rental & Utility Assistance
Catholic Charities, Archdiocese of Chicago: Provides food and basic needs, as well as other types of crisis support.
312.655.7700
Greater Chicago Food Depository: Provides food and nutrition resources at locations throughout Chicago.
773.247.3663
Nourishing HOPE: Provides food and connections to other social service resources.
773.276.4900
The Salvation Army: Provides emergency utility, rental, and mortgage assistance.
800.842.7279
The Community and Economic Development Association (CEDA): Offers a variety of programs and services in community and economic development, education, emergency assistance, housing, and more.
312.782.2332
Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP): A federal program that provides financial assistance to low-income households to help with heating and electricity costs.
773.478.8851
Mental Health
& Counseling
Metropolitan Family Services: Offers counseling services (English and Spanish) to adults, children, and families throughout Chicagoland. Accepts Medicaid and offers a sliding pay scale.
312.986.4000
Between Friends: Free counseling services (English and Spanish) for adults, children, teens, families, and group counseling. In-person, virtual, and phone sessions available.
800-603-4357
Casa Central: Free counseling services (English and Spanish) for adults and teens aged 16 and up. Minors can receive up to 8 counseling sessions without parental consent. In-person, virtual, and phone sessions available.
773.645.2376
Crisis Center for South Suburbia: Free counseling services (English and Spanish) for adults and children, plus a weekly support group for adults.
708.429.7233
Neopolitan Lighthouse: Free services for adults and children (children need guardian consent). In-person, virtual, and phone sessions available.
312.964.5056
Apna Ghar: Free short- and long-term services for adults. In-person, virtual, and phone sessions available.
773.334.4663
Sexual
Assault
CAASE: Provides free legal services for people who have experienced sexual harm.
773.244.2230
Chicago Children’s Advocacy Center: Provides investigative, mental health, and other services for minors who have been trafficked or abused.
312.492.3700
Resilience: Provides in-person crisis support, legal advocacy, and trauma therapy to people who have experienced sexual assault.
312.443.9603
Mujeres Latinas En Acción: Provides crisis intervention, legal and medical advocacy services, counseling, and other supports for survivors of gender-based violence.
773.890.7676
YWCA of Metropolitan Chicago: Provides support services for survivors of sexual and domestic violence across Chicago.
312.733.2102
Youth & Child
Trauma Services
Chicago Child Trauma Center (CCTC): Serves children ages one to 18 who have been exposed to traumatic events including physical and sexual abuse, witnessing violence, and/or complex trauma.
773.374.3748 (ext. 2221)
Youth Housing Resources: A PDF list of shelters and other resources for unhoused youth throughout Illinois.