ODVN Quick Facts
Housing
Our relocation program helped 816 survivors and 1,129 children move into safe homes with their families with $627,110 in funds.
Our hotel program assisted 1,634 survivors and 944 children with $397,348 in funds and referrals from 45 different agencies.
Our housing program moved 345 survivors into permanent housing.
Legal
Our legal assistance program helped over 332 survivors with a wide range of legal services to help them build safer lives.
Legal advocates at ODVN’s member programs assisted 26,074 survivors in municipal, juvenile, and domestic courts.
Member Services Provided
127,006 survivors received legal advocacy, housing, support groups, transportation, and other services.
Our member programs and ODVN answered 123,055 direct crisis communications (calls, texts, and chats), an average of 337 a day, nearly 14 per hour.
9,707 survivors were sheltered including 3,743 children. However, 8,194 survivors, 45%, were turned away due to insufficient capacity.
52,708 adults and 74,727 youth received prevention programming.
Health Access/Mobile Advocacy
229 survivors, including 31 staff at member programs, were referred for therapy services and/or received counseling through the CARE Connection project since it began in January 2024.
ODVN staff worked with 28 contract therapists, including one who is serving D/deaf and hard-ofhearing survivors, and four who are working with Spanish speaking survivors.
Total therapy costs were $366,586, and the project also has spent more than $1.1 million in ARP funds to respond to 1,104 financial assistance requests.
Training
Our Training Academy provides the only comprehensive training in Ohio for front-line advocates who provide services to domestic violence survivors. A total of 14,865 people attended 243 trainings.
Prevention
Our prevention programs work to transform individuals and communities to bring an end to DV. The Ohio Men’s Action Network (OHMAN) has provided training to 573 individuals.
Human Trafficking
In a new state-funded initiative, ODVN member programs served 1,194 survivors of Human Trafficking.
