WINGS Hospital Program Expands into Chicago
- Posted by Sarah Swiston
- On August 28, 2025
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WINGS Hospital Program
New this year, WINGS received a grant from the City of Chicago to expand the Hospital Program to Chicago. UI Health – University of Illinois at Chicago is the first medical system in the city for this programming.
This program is funded by the City of Chicago‘s Homeshare fund, which was established in 2018 as a two percent surcharge on shared-housing units or vacation rentals.
As a result, 24-7 bedside consultations are available to patients who disclose feeling unsafe and providing safety planning to survivors on-site saves lives.
WINGS Chicago Hospital Team
Hospitals and Domestic Violence
Hospitals are often the first point of care for survivors of domestic violence. Violence can escalate and become lethal. In 2023, there were 99 domestic violence shootings and 59 DV-related homicides documented by the Chicago Police Department.
“Providing safety plan experts to survivors while they are hospitalized can let them know there are resources available and that they are not alone,” WINGS President & CEO Rebecca Darr stated.
Rebecca Darr, WINGS President & CEO
Partnerships
This new program is being introduced to medical institutions in Chicago neighborhoods identified with the highest levels of domestic violence homicides and shootings.
Through this grant funding, WINGS is collaboratively working with the following domestic violence agencies to provide these critical interventions:
Hospitals receiving services by one of these partners include:
- UI Health – University of Illinois at Chicago
- UChicago Medicine – University of Chicago
To date, this expansion has served 36 clients and has trained 237 professionals.
Hope and Healing
Through this new city programming and existing programming at hospitals in the northwest suburbs, over WINGS Fiscal Year 2025, the Hospital Program provided 84 patient consultations and 1,125 hours of counseling.
Providing safety planning to survivors on-site at hospitals saves lives and provides critical resources to survivors.