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RAINN - The Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network
www.rainn.org
RAINN is the nation's largest anti-sexual assault organization offering a toll-free hotline for confidential counseling and support 24 hours a day. "In 2007, RAINN expanded its hotline services with the National Sexual Assault Online Hotline, the nation's first secure web-based hotline that provides live and completely confidential help to victims through an interface as intuitive as instant messaging."   

Kiskwaukee Hospital
www.kishhospital.org    815-756-1521
Emergency treatment and follow-up referral for sexual assault or domestic violence victims. Requires no charge for services related to medical evidence collection. Emergency contraception is also available.

Safe Passage - Domestic Violence and Rape Crisis Center
www.safepassagedv.org    815-756-5228
Complete crisis center open twenty-four hours a day. Provides counseling and support for victims of sexual assault and their significant others. Operates a safe house; available to accompany victim to hospital and police.

The Illinois Coalition Against Sexual Assault
http://www.icasa.org/
Includes legal definitions, victims' rights, location of outreach centers, information on Illinois law, and links to national organizations.

Kansas State University - Relationship Tips and Skill-Building Ideas.
http://www.k-state.edu/counseling/topics/relationships/relatn.html
Kansas State University's Counseling Services provide some helpful ideas and suggestions for making relationships more fun and successful. Also contains a list of healthy relationship books available at most libraries.

National Center for Victims of Crime
www.ncvc.org/ncvc/main.aspx?dbID=DB
Resources on dating violence, stalking, and recovery issues.

Handbook on Dating Violence
http://www.niu.edu/health/relationships/handouts/NewBTSStudy2007.pdf
An eight-page handbook that covers many dating violence and sexual assault prevention topics

University of Texas at Austin - Counseling & Mental Health Center
http://cmhc.utexas.edu/
University of Texas at Austin's Counseling and Mental Health Center provides a collection of information about Healthy Relationships but also Stress, Depression, Insomnia, ADHD, Grief and Loss, and Suicide.