MISSION

Central to Groundwork’s mission is the conviction that victims have a right; to realize their human dignity; to regain control of their lives; to develop renewed ways of living that promote harmony and well-being within their families; to exercise their legal rights with and through the support of an informed community.


HISTORY

In 1983 Guardian Angel Community Services of Joliet began the Groundwork Program to support victims of domestic violence, adults and their children, to break the cycle of family abuse.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



GROUNDWORK

Where Victims Become Survivors

SERVICES

Emergency Shelter:

Provides a safe temporary residence for abused women and their children, 24 hour accessibility.

Advocacy:

Extends assistance and supportive services to victims who seek orders of protection and to press criminal charges.

Individual Counseling:

Offers to survivors of domestic violence victims and their children, time to explore the cycle of violence in their lives and to define goals that empower them to realize their self worth.

Group counseling:

Offers a safe, supportive environment for survivors of domestic violence to share experiences, to be educated on the Illinois Domestic Violence Act, and to learn new skills for living.

Community Presentations:

Offers adult groups within the community information on the Groundwork Program and education on domestic violence.

In-service Seminars:

Provides the professional community with a resource to become informed about domestic violence issues.

Prevention Education:

Contributes to domestic violence prevention by offering age-appropriate domestic violence presentations in schools and to youth groups.


GUARDIAN ANGEL
COMMUNITY SERVICES

1550 Plainfield Rd.
Joliet, IL  60435
815.729.0930

TTY: 815-741-4643

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Changing and Saving lives since 1897


PROGRAM HOURS

24 hours a day, seven days a week. The Groundwork program offers a hotline number.

Hotline: 815.729.1228

Groundwork serves both Will and Grundy Counties.

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