emergency shelters

Construction is about to begin on the Center for Prevention of Abuse’s new emergency domestic violence shelter in Pekin. The nonprofit social services organization held a groundbreaking for a rebuilt Carol House of Hope on a 1.8-acre property on 2nd Street acquired from the City of Pekin two years ago.

Illinois has created a network of emergency foster care homes. Department of Children and Family Services Director George Sheldon says these homes are…