Our Work
Community Engagement
We center communities most impacted by sexual harm. These efforts focus on committing time, space, and energy to listening to survivors so their experiences and expertise can inform our work and raise public awareness.
Legal Services
We provide individualized legal advice, consultation, and representation following and related to sexual harm. Our attorneys assist survivors in criminal and civil matters.
Prevention Education
We teach innovative, evidence based, and engaging curriculum across Chicago to empower students to become active allies in the movement to end gender-based violence.
Public Policy & Advocacy
We advocate for local and statewide policies and legislation that expand options for survivors of sexual harm, hold perpetrators and systems accountable, curtail the criminalization of trauma behaviors, and prevent future violence.
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Your Support Makes Our Work Possible
CAASE relies on the generous contributions of supporters like you in order to continue our efforts to end sexual harm. All donations to CAASE go directly to support our work and operating expenses.
Firms and Solo Practitioners Supporting Survivors
Through CAASE’s Pro Bono Project, attorneys work on behalf of local survivors of sexual assault and sex trafficking.
CAASE Report Finds CPD Fails Survivors
CAASE’s report, Too Little Too Late? The CPD’s Response to Sex Crimes, analyzed publicly available data from 2010-2019. We found that survivors who reported to the Chicago Police Department (CPD) faced grossly inadequate responses.