Our Services

• Individual and Group Counseling for Adults
  
• Individual and Group Counseling for Children
  
• Legal Representation
  
• Criminal Court Advocacy
  
• Public Education, Institutional Training, and Systemic Policy Work
  
• Life Span Also Provides a 40-Hour Domestic Violence Training Course.   
  
• A 24-hour Crisis Line:  English & Spanish Calls 847-824-4454, Polish 847-824-1158
  
  Life Span has temporarily closed its 24-hour crisis line.  Please contact the Chicago Domestic Violence 24-hour Help Line at 877/863-6338 or the National Domestic Violence Hotline for 24-hour crisis intervention at 800/799-7233.   

Legal and counseling services are available in English, Spanish and Polish.  Interpreters can be arranged for other languages if needed.  We do not provide shelter.  Life Span refers battered victims and their children to shelters and other secure places that are available on a short-term basis.