Life Span — Counselor in Chicago, IL
Address70 E Lake St # 600 IL, Chicago, IL 60601
Phone+1312-408-1210
Websitelife-span.org
Life Span is a Chicago-based organization founded in 1978, offering comprehensive services to survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking. Their nationally recognized model focuses on safety, empowerment, and providing lasting solutions. Life Span provides confidential, empowering individual and group counseling for adults, teens, and children. They also offer civil legal services, including representation in orders of protection and criminal court advocacy, as well as immigration legal services for VAWA self-petitions and U Visas. The organization engages in policy advocacy, public awareness campaigns, and specialized projects focused on human trafficking and survivor leadership. Their unique service delivery model, which integrates legal staff and counselors, has demonstrated an 87% success rate for clients reaching their legal service goals, a significant increase compared to general legal services.
Best for
- Survivors of domestic violence
- Survivors of sexual assault
- Survivors of human trafficking
- Adults, teens, and children
| Key services | Individual counseling, Group counseling, Civil legal services, Immigration legal services, Policy advocacy |
| Tags | domestic violence, sexual assault, human trafficking, legal aid, counseling, advocacy, survivor support, immigration services, chicago, safety |
Reviews on Google3.4 · 27 reviews
Victoria Bell and Jessica Vera, the best🫶🏼
Terrible place that promises help, when you call, then never calls. Complete false hope. You can call every week and every week they tell you if you don't hear from someone, to call. But that’s all you end up doing, is calling and calling and calling... They shouldn't be listed as a DV help service.
Ari is extremely rude and difficult to deal with. She is also very disorganized. She is a reactive individual who claims to have worked at Lifespan for twenty years and is very aggressive, speaking to speak and not to listen.
They are helping a friend of mine and they are literally so caring and trauma-informed. A breath of fresh air.
Great people! They really care about their client's!
Im shocked at some of the reviews here. This place really helped me get through an awful time in my life. Especially Kris! I had no issues with Kevin, and felt he represented me very well.
Very helpful and kindhearted group. They deserve a lot of credit for the work they do.
Kevin the lawyer was not helpful at all after the second phone conversation with him he just started ignoring my calls. Did not want to help me get a protection order against my ex boyfriend for me and my new born even though I had 3 pokice reports. Then i asked to speak to the supervisor MRs. MGUIRE AND SHE NEVER GOT BACK TO ME EITHER. THEIR ALL INCOMPETENT. THEY TAKE DONATIONS AND GIVE NO HELP.
They refuse to help me even i have a temporary order of protection. They said they help victims of domestic violence .that is a lie they don’t care . The women that was talking to me also tell me that the abuser never going to change and i can not do nothing to stop him.
Extremely helpful and knowledgeable! This place is a hidden treasure. They helped me tremendously and still until this day.
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