Family Rescue

06/01/2026

Happy Pride everyone! 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

Illinois Certified DV Professionals are eligible to earn two CEU credits if they fully attend this training! Family Rescue is approved as a CEU training site by ICDVP.

Registration link in our bio! 🔗

05/07/2026

We’re honored to share that Family Rescue is receiving a grant through United Way of Metro Chicago’s Response Fund.

Across the Chicago region, the housing crisis is putting immense pressure on individuals and families — high rent, eviction risk, and lost or unstable income. This support helps us respond when our neighbors need it most.

Through the Response Fund, United Way of Metro Chicago is investing $250,000 in 20 organizations — including Family Rescue — to immediately address housing and homelessness prevention, as needs continue to rise in the latest 211 Metro Chicago data.

The need is growing: United Way of Metro Chicago’s 24/7 social services helpline saw a 56% increase in housing-related requests from Cook County residents in April 2026 compared to April 2025. Housing support also made up 65% of all needs identified through 2-1-1.

Read the press release at liveunitedchicago.org/about/press-release/response-fund-awards-250000-to-housing-programs.

All Chicago Making Homelessness History
BEDS Plus
Breakthrough Urban Ministries
Brighton Park Neighborhood Council
Catholic Charities Diocese of Joliet
Claretian Associates
Cornerstone Community Development Corporation
DuPage PADS
Family Rescue
Featherfist
HANA Center
Housing Forward
The Inner Voice, Inc.
Journeys the Road Home
Law Center for Better Housing
Lawndale Christian Development Corporation
Legal Aid Chicago
Salvation Army North & Central Illinois Division
Spanish Coalition for Housing
The Resurrection Project

Photos courtesy of Housing Forward and Claretian Associates

05/06/2026

Abuse doesn't always look like we think it will. People who choose to engage in abusive behavior will often see themselves as the victim and claim they are the one being victimized.

05/04/2026

Congratulations to our April 40HR Domestic Violence Training cohort! Interested in joining our June cohort? Registration is now open (🔗 in bio). Our June 40HR will be 9-5 on June 11th, 16th, 18th, 23rd, 25th, and 30th. The first three days of training will be facilitated virtually over Zoom and the last three days of training will be facilitated in-person at our Administrative Office located at 8811 S. Stony Island Ave. The registration fee is $250 and due 48hrs before the training starts.

04/30/2026

Excerpt: “Our abusers are praised sometimes, even after we come out and tell the truth,” he continues. “And I just wanted to let you know that you’re not alone and that there’s other survivors out there that understand what you’re going through and that are there with you. And that if you’re feeling all the feels, then lean into people that are close to you, lean into people that support you and that give you love and know that you’re not alone. … [T]elling the truth and telling what happened is a good thing and that it’s part of your healing.”

The 'Leaving Neverland' subject's civil trial against the Michael Jackson estate is set to proceed next year.

04/29/2026

04/27/2026

Excerpts: An incident in which an abuser kills their partner and then dies by su***de happens on average more than once a day, according to Everytown for Gun Safety. Of those tragedies, 85% involved a firearm and 95% were women killed by male partners.

Guns are a uniquely lethal tool in domestic violence situations. When an abuser has access to a gun, the risk that he will shoot and kill his intimate partner increases by 1,000%. Abusers with access to a gun are five times more likely to kill a female victim, with an average of 70 women shot and killed by an intimate partner every month in the U.S. Black women experience intimate partner homicide-su***de with a gun at nearly a 20% higher rate than white women.

Shootings like the ones carried out by Justin Fairfax and Shamar Elkins happen at least once a day in the U.S.

04/20/2026

Wise words from Stacey Patton in response to the recent in Virginia in which Ex-Virginia Lt. Gov. killed his wife, Dr. Cerina W. Fairfax. She had graduated from VCU's School of Dentistry, established her own successful practice, and was honored with an alumni award. Former patients remember her fondly.

04/16/2026

Excerpt: "I've had people say: 'Yeah, but he's your husband,' or 'but you weren't awake, so... it's not the same as being taken down an alleyway, is it?"

CNN exposes an online network of men encouraging each other to drug and assault their partners, and swap tips on how to get away with it.

04/02/2026

Congratulations to our March 2026 cohort for completing our 40HR DV training! 💚 Our next spring training is right around the corner, starting on Tuesday April 14th. The first three sessions (on the 14th, 16th, and 21st) are facilitated over Zoom. The last three sessions (on the 23rd, 28th, and 30th) will be facilitated in-person at our administrative office located at 8811 A Stony Island Ave, Chicago. We only have about 10 seats left, so don't wait to register! Learn more at familyrescue.org/get-involved/trainings 💜