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August 2025: New program provides weekly peer-led, evidence-based sessions that aim to end ‘cycle of criminal activity.’
October 2025: Rockford safe house offers returning women a second chance

Quianya Enge, MK Pritzker, Susan Burton and Shimere Shanklin cut the ribbon celebrating the opening of the new Sisters by Loves reentry house on Oct. 22, 2025, in Rockford. Kara Hawley/Rockford Register Star
October 2025: National reentry model expands into Illinois with new home for formerly incarcerated women
A new chapter in reentry support begins today in Carbondale as community leaders join national advocates to celebrate the opening of The Daffodil Home, a residence for formerly incarcerated women. CARBONDALE, Ill.,
October 2025: Daffodil House Opens in Carbondale to Support Formerly Incarcerated Women
Women looking for help leaving incarceration will have a new way to integrate back into the community. A group called Beyond the Walls hosted a ribbon cutting for the new Daffodil Home will help these women.
October 2025: New reentry home offers support to formerly incarcerated women
Carbondale City Manager Stan Reno and Beyond the Walls founder Quianya Enge talk in the background as Mayor Carolin Harvey speaks with SAFE Housing Network founder Susan Burton, seated, during the opening of the Daffodil House in Carbondale.
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