Domestic Violence (DV) is a pervasive issue impacting individual and community safety. Historically, the City of Chicago has not focused on reducing intimate partner violence at its root. This initiative aims to create regional coordination and develop insights and materials to connect people who cause harm to suitable, voluntary violence intervention and stabilizing services.

This project, Replacing Harm with Help, in partnership with the Chicago Department of Family & Support Services (DFSS), will address this gap for people who cause harm (and, ultimately, their loved ones) by designing and piloting a coordinated, non-court mandated intervention system that connects them to evidence-based programming.