DuPage County's emergency domestic violence shelter is on track to respond to more than 13,000 calls this fiscal year.
– Advocates for survivors of domestic violence in DuPage County say they're seeing more people come to them for service.
Staff at DuPage County's emergency domestic violence shelter were setting up for a spring fling, marking a new season and a new chapter for the women and children staying here. Milkent said they have 41 beds at the center but responded to more than 12,000 domestic violence hotline and police calls last fiscal year."Where we saw most of our clients accessing services last year would be through the hotline or through the court during the pandemic, and now that the pandemic is over, we're seeing people come more in person on site to access services safely," Milkent said.
"It allows the victims to get ready to leave, whenever they're ready to leave, instead of having to hide a piece of paper, they can just hide it in their phone," said John Caldwell, a firemedic EMT with the Lisle-Woodridge Fire District.
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