Lake County victim support group fundraising for new facility: ‘It’s an epidemic’

Lake County victim support group fundraising for new facility: ‘It’s an epidemic’

After facing a $2 million cut in federal funding, A Safe Place — a Lake County organization that provides support to victims of domestic violence — is in the early stages of fundraising for a new multi-million dollar facility in Grayslake. Today, the proposed plot of land is just farmland along Rollins Road, but the 17 acres would become a new home for “wraparound” services, according to A Safe Place CEO Patricia Davenport, with enough beds to h…