🎙️ Our Youth & Trauma Services Manager, Sonia Ferencik, joined Lorain County Safe Harbor's Silence Hides Violence podcast to talk about supporting survivors year-round, not just in October. 🎧 Check out the podcast on Spotify here: tr.ee/spotifydvam

One week away! 💜 Join us for ODVN’s annual Domestic Violence Awareness Month in-person press conference and award ceremony. 📅 Wed., Oct. 21, 10 AM 📍 Ohio Statehouse Atrium 🔗 Register: tr.ee/dvam2026

Great time last week at the @OhioCASA Celebrate Kids! Conference! Thanks to everyone who stopped by our table, and to all who came to ODVN's session on polyvictimization.

What a day at the 2nd Annual All of Us Block Party! 💜 Our Human Trafficking Program Manager Jacquie and Director of Prevention Glenn spent Saturday at MPACC BoxPark connecting with families and sharing resources on healthy relationships and safety.

Law enforcement officers: Join ODVN on November 18 for a full-day training focused on strengthening the response to domestic violence calls. The training is free, lunch is included, and 6 hours of CPT are pending approval. 🔗 Registration: odvn.coalitionmanager.org/ev…

Yesterday, the Safer Communities Legislative Workgroup released its final report with policy recommendations around forensic nursing, statute of limitations reform, protections for children and vulnerable adults, and domestic violence. 🔗 Full report: tr.ee/safer-communities-repo…

🚨 The Crime Victims Fund is dangerously low, putting lifesaving victim services at risk nationwide. @LeaderJohnThune @SenSchumer @ChuckGrassley @SenatorDurbin and @SenJonHusted and Sen. @berniemoreno must act now to pass the Crime Victims Fund Stabilization Act (#CVFSA)!

📅💜 October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month #DVAM. Save the dates for these upcoming awareness events!

Hispanic Heritage Month runs September 15 through October 15, marking the independence anniversaries of several Latin American countries and honoring the history and culture of Hispanic and Latino communities.

Today marks 32 years since #VAWA became law, the first federal legislation to treat domestic violence and sexual assault as the crimes they are, and to address these crimes with federal resources. Every reauthorization since has built on that foundation.

Today, all of Ohio’s programs are participating in NNEDV’s 21st #DVCounts survey day. This one-of-a-kind annual count shows the services domestic violence survivors seek in a 24-hour period as well as the needs that can’t be met due to a lack of resources.

ODVN offices will be closed on Monday, Sept. 7, in observance of Labor Day. We will resume normal business hours on Tuesday, September 8. If you or someone you know needs help, click this link to find a local domestic violence program near you: odvn.org/find-help/

September is Suicide Prevention Month. Domestic violence and suicide risk are deeply connected. Survivors of intimate partner violence are twice as likely to attempt suicide more than once, and research shows that murder-suicide is most likely to occur in the context of abuse.

Grief Awareness Day isn't only about loss of life. It can come from leaving a relationship, rebuilding your life, or grieving a love that also caused you pain. Whatever form your grief takes, you don't have to carry it alone💜

Some of ODVN’s policy and prevention team wore green to recognize August as #childsupportawarenessmonth Visit savescenter.org for resources on safer access to child support, paternity establishment, and parenting time.

ODVN and all 76 of our member programs are nonprofits with advocates who show up for survivors every single day. In 2025, that meant serving nearly 75,000 survivors and answering 121,548 crisis calls, texts, and chats, an average of 333 a day, nearly 14 every hour.

August is National Wellness Month. Click here to download ODVN's Just Breathe guide, a quick tool for coming back to your breathing: odvn.org/wp-content/uploads/…

This week, ODVN's Training Team teamed up with the Office of Child Support and Franklin County Child Support Enforcement Agency to bring a survivor simulation training to the Ohio Supreme Court's Advisory Committee on Children and Families.