Apr 14, 2020 | Announcements
Our partners at Legal Aid Chicago have created an info sheet about revised health insurance coverage for Illinois residents who become uninsured during the COVID-19 pandemic. Please click here to read and download the handout.
Apr 13, 2020 | Announcements
Researchers in Chicago and Los Angeles are conducting a study through California State University–Northridge about survivors of unwanted sexual experiences whose work or employment was affected (directly or indirectly) by their experience. Please keep reading to learn...
Apr 8, 2020 | Announcements
Resilience is one of 209 organizations and educational institutions that signed onto the National Women’s Law Center’s letter calling on the Department of Education (ED) and the White House’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to suspend Title IX rule making until...
Apr 8, 2020 | Announcements
Our partners at Legal Aid Chicago have created a handout to help you understand whether you can be evicted during the COVID-19 public health crisis in Cook County. Please view the handout below and call Legal Aid Chicago for more information at 312-341-1070.
Apr 2, 2020 | Announcements
Governor Pritzker has expanded the availability of unemployment benefits. Click here to read an article that explains the changes. Keep reading to download fact sheets created by our partners at Legal Aid Chicago on state and federal changes to unemployment benefits....
Apr 2, 2020 | Announcements
The Families First Coronavirus Response Act has been signed into federal law, and our partners at Legal Aid Chicago have created some helpful info sheets about the new paid sick leave and paid leave benefits under the expanded Family and Medical Leave Act. Read more...
Apr 2, 2020 | Announcements
Resilience, along with 27 other groups, has signed onto a letter of support for funding research on the prevention of child sexual abuse. The letter has been shared with the leaders of the Appropriations Committees in both the House and the Senate. Click here to read...
Apr 1, 2020 | Announcements
Resilience recognizes that sexual violence does not pause during a pandemic. In these unprecedented times, we are doing everything we can to assure that survivors have the support needed to heal. We will continue to be creative and innovative in our efforts to ensure...
Mar 19, 2020 | Announcements
All court dates for Emergency Orders of Protection that are set to return or expire on March 17, 2020 through and including April 15, 2020 are extended, rescheduled and continued. Survivors can visit their website to see their next court date by clicking here.
Mar 18, 2020 | Announcements, Trauma Therapy
Living through the current COVID-19 pandemic can be uniquely challenging for survivors and their loved ones. You may not have access to the same spaces and opportunities for self-care that are normally available, and you may experience more negative emotions such as...