5 Wins for Survivors
Recently passed Illinois legislation will help survivors of sexual assault and trafficking.
New Restorative Justice Bill Is a Win For Survivors
SB 64, which received bipartisan support in the Illinois legislature, will provide survivors of sexual harm with more paths to justice.
Ensuring Young Survivors Can Succeed in School
Updated Aug. 20, 2021 Update: HB 3223 was signed into law by Gov. Pritzker on 8/20/21. CAASE will be honoring the bill’s sponsors, State Representative Anna Moeller and Illinois State […]
Pretrial Fairness Act Becomes IL Law
February 22, 2021 Through our work with survivors of sexual violence, we know how the criminal legal system often fails them. That’s why we are cheering the signing of the […]
Statement On Speaker Welch
January 13, 2021 The following is a joint statement from the Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation (CAASE), and The Network: Advocating Against Domestic Violence: “We offer our congratulations to Speaker […]
Survivors Deserve High-Quality Responses From CPD—and More
October 8, 2020 With a career centered on representing survivors in court, CAASE attorney Christine Crow has had numerous first-hand experiences with police responses to sexual violence. And, for the […]
CPD is Failing Survivors—Here’s What We Should Do
October 8, 2020 10 to 20 percent: that is the portion of sex offense reports in Chicago that led to an arrest over the past decade. That finding is part […]
What to Know About the Title IX Changes
October 1, 2020 The Department of Education (ED) made changes to a federal law intended to protect against gender discrimination in education, known as Title IX. The new rules went […]
Title IX Changes Today, But the Work to Block It is Far From Over
The pandemic has caused major disruptions to schools, yet rule changes to Title IX go into effect on August 14th, 2020. The new rule will severely degrade the federal law […]
COVID-19 Creates Barriers to Court Supports
Advocates and Attorneys Help Victims Gain Access June 2, 2020 Sheltering in place is a strategy to keep more people safe during this pandemic. The cruel irony is that compounding […]