New law aims to help communities across Illinois build off Rockford’s Family Peace Center model

Rock River Current

ROCKFORD — The city’s work to serve survivors of domestic and sexual violence through the Family Peace Center could be used as a model for communities across the state under a recently passed law.

House Bill 4949, which Gov. JB Pritzker signed into law on Aug. 7, creates a statewide framework for cities, counties, the state and community-based organizations to establish multi-agency family justice centers for survivors of stalking, human trafficking, domestic violence and sexual violence…

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