Lake County Crisis Center For The Prevention & Treatment Of Domestic Violence Inc.

Lake County Crisis Center For The Prevention & Treatment Of Domestic Violence Inc., doing business as A Safe Place, is a Lake County, Illinois–based tax-exempt nonprofit organization that serves as a federal grant recipient (20% of recent awards as prime recipient, 80% as sub-recipient) delivering emergency shelter, transitional housing, counseling, case management, and wraparound victim services for survivors of domestic violence and human trafficking.

A Safe Place operates across two primary federal funding streams. The Department of Housing and Urban Development's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development funds housing and homelessness-prevention work through the Continuum of Care Program (CFDA 14.267), under which A Safe Place has received nine project grants as prime recipient since 2022, ranging from $239,665 to $617,216, for emergency shelter, rapid rehousing, permanent supportive housing, and transitional housing operations in Zion, Illinois. Most recently, HUD awarded $617,216 on September 1, 2026, for operations running through August 31, 2027. The Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women funds school-based prevention and intervention programming targeting children and youth impacted by domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and sex trafficking; A Safe Place received a three-year project grant on October 1, 2024, to implement the Safe Youth–Youth Empowerment and Healing (YEAH) program delivering school-based services to students ages 5–19 in Waukegan through a memorandum of understanding partnership with Waukegan District 60 School. The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime funds human trafficking task-force coordination and survivor services; A Safe Place co-leads the Lake County Human Trafficking Task Force with the Lake County States Attorney's Office under a cooperative agreement awarded October 1, 2024, running through September 30, 2027, and received a separate project grant on October 1, 2022, to develop shelter and transitional housing accommodations for survivors with companion animals.

A Safe Place's sub-recipient footprint is dominated by the Illinois Department of Human Services, which has passed through federal Social Services Block Grant, Family Violence Prevention and Services, and Domestic Violence Shelter and Supportive Services funding in more than 40 sub-awards since 2023. The Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority has also passed through federal transitional housing, human trafficking victim services, and multivictimization support funding in roughly six sub-awards since 2022. Direct HUD pass-throughs for Emergency Solutions and facilities improvement represent a smaller share of sub-award volume.

Over the past five years, awards have grown sharply—from five in 2022 to forty-six in 2024—driven by expansion of sub-recipient awards, particularly through state intermediaries in Illinois. Three awards with completion dates in the next twenty-four months represent limited recompete exposure relative to the 110-award cumulative portfolio. The organization holds $19.5 million in combined obligated dollars across all federal sources, with concentration in HHS Administration for Children and Families (57% of awards by count across the top-customer list). Performance is centered in Lake County and Zion, Illinois, with service delivery extending to Cook County and out-of-state survivors.