The Human Advocacy Committee serves as a forum for discussion and ideas pertaining to current practices associated with domestic violence and victims’ issues and promote the importance and need of female responsive programming throughout detention and probation. The goal is for probation and court services staff to network and bring attention to current issues and problem solve. The committee also serves as an adviser to the Association on matters pertaining to domestic and family violence and other victims’ issues. The committee is utilized as a resource for Counties that are in the initial planning stages of Female responsive programming, as well as those Counties which are considered veterans in working with the female population. The goal is to provide counties dialogue and training to continue to highlight the needs of the female population and increase services throughout the State of Illinois. We want to encourage each county to review their current programming for females and provide a female responsive approach to their work.