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Freedom House gets $15,000 for youth counseling from Community Foundation of Central Illinois · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Freedom House, gets 15,000 for youth counseling from Community Foundation of Central
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  Illinois Written by Michael Urbanek This article is being read by an
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  automated voice brought to you by Everlet. Freedom House the Princeton-based agency
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  for victims of domestic and sexual violence, has received 15,000 from the
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  Community Foundation of Central Illinois to help pay for its youth therapy
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  and counseling program, according to a news release. This is the fifth
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  year the
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  foundation’s has awarded Freedom House a grant for the program, the release
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  says. CCFCI's continuing support helps us provide counseling, psychotherapy, substance
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  use recovery support, and medication, all at no charge, for young people
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  affected by the trauma of domestic and sexual violence, said Chloe Lund,
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  Freedom House Chief Operating Officer. Mark Roberts, the Foundation's president and CEO,
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  said the grant is made possible by donors who have set up
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  funds through the Foundation and that Freedom House's work fits the Foundation's
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  mission to strengthen our region through philanthropy. Freedom House primarily serves Bureau,
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  Henry, Marshall, Putnam and Stark counties, though it has no residency requirement
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  for services. Its main administrative office and shelter are in Princeton and
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  it has a new shelter in Kowani. Satellite offices are in Geneseo,
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  Cambridge, at the Henry County Courthouse, Kowani and Lacon. The nonprofit offers
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  free emergency shelter, legal and medical advocacy psychotherapy and counseling for adults,
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  teens and children, substance use recovery support, and K-12 prevention education. It
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  is funded by government grants, private foundations, and community donations. Freedom House
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  served more than 900 victims of domestic and sexual violence in the
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  past year, according to the release. The agency's 24-hour hotline is 800-474-6031.
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  For other information or to donate, call 815-872-0087 or visit freedomhouseillanoa.org.