Nicole Robinson

CEO of YWCA Metropolitan Chicago

Nicole R. Robinson is the CEO of YWCA Metropolitan Chicago.

A nurse at Howard Brown Health shows forms that were part of a rape kit that was used for training purposes in Buena Park in 2021. Howard Brown Health had been temporarily administering rape kits, which was permitted by a change in the Sexual Assault Survivors Emergency Treatment Act in June 2020.

Illinois must come through with more money for rape crisis centers

Federal funding cuts of over 50% are coming July 1. The state Legislature must increase its investment in services for survivors of sexual violence, advocates write.

By Nicole Robinson