Sojourn provides domestic violence survivors with immediate physical safety, crisis support, and resources to begin rebuilding their lives independently. We offer a secure refuge from abusers and supporting services.

In Illinois, abuse survivors have several legal advocacy options, including access to legal information, court accompaniment, and assistance with protective orders.

Sojourn offers court advocates to explain rights, assist with obtaining Orders of Protection, legal paperwork, and provide emotional support in Sangamon, Christian, Logan, Menard and Montgomery County in Central Illinois.

Sojourn offers counseling services specifically for abuse survivors, both residential and for non-residential clients, including individual therapy, support groups, and crisis intervention. These services are available at no charge.

Yes, Sojourn Shelter & Services, Inc. offers 24-hour hotline support

Our hotline is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year and is answered by a trained crisis manager.

Contact Information:

• Hotline: 217-726-5200

• Toll-Free: 866-435-7438

• TTY/TTD: 217-726-7385

The hotline serves as the primary access point for Sojourn's programs and support services. In 2025 alone, they answered 4,161 hotline calls from people seeking help.

If you're in immediate danger, you should call 911, but for domestic violence support and shelter assistance, the 24-hour hotline is available to help.

Signs of domestic abuse include extreme jealousy, controlling behavior over daily activities or finances, insults and shaming, threats of harm, property destruction, and pressuring for unwanted sex or substance use. These red flags can appear in various forms like physical, emotional, sexual, financial, or digital abuse, and even one or two may indicate a problem.

If any of this is happening to you, call our HOTLINE 217-726-5200 and speak with a crisis manager.

Sojourn Shelter & Services, Inc. in Springfield supports child survivors of domestic violence by providing individual counseling and education group services. These services help children with understanding domestic violence, safety planning, and safe self-expression. Additionally, Sojourn works with their caregivers to enhance their positive parenting skills and helps them understand how domestic violence affects their children. Besides counseling and education, Sojourn offers emergency shelter for children and caregivers who are victims of domestic violence.

Unfortunately, we cannot accept pets. However, the APL foster parent program is available, but it depends on the animal's temperament, and you must have records of shots, etc. An advocate can help with the process.

You can volunteer by helping Sojourn with fund-raising projects, donation drives or simply going to Facebook to see what supplies we are in need of.

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