- Founded
- 1980
- Employees
- 75
About A Safe Place
For more than four decades, A Safe Place has provided services to victims of domestic violence & human trafficking and their families in Lake County, Illinois. A Safe Place is guided by the following mission: As the leading advocate for eliminating domestic violence and human trafficking in northern Illinois, A Safe Place provides a 24-hour crisis line, emergency shelter, individual therapy, family therapy, art therapy, group therapy, affordable housing, advocacy, education and outreach, supportive services to survivors of domestic violence and human trafficking and their children, a mentoring program, custody exchanges, supervised visitations, assistance with orders of protections, and intervention services for abusers to learn accountability for their choices and actions. A Safe Place strives to lessen the impact abuse has had on adults and children by providing services that remove barriers to leaving their abuser and transforming their lives after abuse. Programs and services of A Safe Place are evidenced-based, client-centered, and reflect a trauma-informed approach to direct services for survivors of domestic abuse and their children. Services were designed to meet the immediate crisis and long term needs of domestic violence & human trafficking victims and their children and to prevent domestic violence & human trafficking.
Leadership at A Safe Place
The team at the top of the org chart.
Pat Davenport
Chief Executive Officer
20 reports
Maria C Ruiz Lcpc, Cdvp
Human Resources Director
1 report
Damaris Lorta
Chief Of Development
3 reports
Greg Janowski
Chief Information Officer
Jason Lenzi
Chief Of Acute And Stabilization Services
5 reports
Dawn Winters
Chief Financial Officer
Gayle L. Nelson
Chief of Legal Advocacy and Sector Partnerships
3 reports
Christina Bird Douglas
Chief Grant Officer
Aiyana Emsun
Program Manager Of Prevention Education
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