Prevention Services
Domestic Violence Prevention
Safe Start Violence Prevention Program
Program Overview
The “Safe Start” Teen Dating Violence Prevention Program is a free of charge program that is designed to help students improve in the areas of conflict management, and emotional accountability. In addition, it is designed to help students identify abusive behavioral patterns, think critically about consequences, and increase protective factors against violence.
The Safe Start approach to violence prevention education is highly implementable and has been designed to easily fit into classrooms, religious organizations, community organizations, social service projects, and youth groups.
Purpose and Goals of Program
• To provide violence prevention education.
• To decrease violence in schools and communities.
• To equip students with the de-escalation methods and emotional regulation techniques that foster an anti-violence lifestyle.
Criteria for Partnership
The primary purpose of the Safe Start Program partnerships is to form a coordinated school-based community response to violence and work alongside schools to provide students with convenient, quality violence prevention programming.
The Safe Start Violence Prevention Program seeks the partnership of educational institutions that address violence as a public health issue. The Crisis Center for South Suburbia supports national, regional, and local violence prevention efforts that empower students to intentionally lead lifestyles that do not include violence in any of its forms. The Crisis Center for South Suburbia’s Safe Start Violence Prevention program partners with middle schools, high schools, and colleges within its eighty-five square mile catchment area. The catchment area covers south suburban Cook County and a portion of Will County. The core audience for Safe Start content are students in grades 7-12. Safe Start also offers violence prevention content for college students.
Partner Abuse Intervention Program
Am I a Perpetrator of Domestic Violence?
Do I……….
- Isolate my significant other from family and friends?
- Demand complete power and control over the finances?
- Verbally abuse my partner by name calling?
- Abuse drugs and/or alcohol?
- Harm or kill family pets?
- Have homicidal or suicidal thoughts or tendencies?
- Throw things, punch or kick walls and doors?
- Intimidate my loved ones into submission?
If you answered yes to any of the above questions, you need to get immediate assistance!! The Partner Abuse Intervention Program (PAIP) is a 26-week domestic violence program that has been designed to assist perpetrators of domestic violence. The goal and objective of the program is to identify negative behaviors of our clients, as we educate them on domestic violence. The program offers group counseling sessions for court ordered clients, as well as self-referrals. The curriculum that we utilize is based on the Duluth Method of Domestic Violence Counseling which focuses on Accountability and Responsibility for one’s actions.
Each client will complete and Intake Assessment. The cost of the program is based on a sliding-scale fee. If you feel as though you would benefit from our program, please contact our agency at (708) 429-7255. Assistance is just a phone call away.
Partner Abuse Intervention Program (PAIP) Training
Register For Training
This training is held three times per year, is in-person in Tinley Park, IL and the fee is $200 per participant. Seating for each training is limited.
