The Ohio Domestic Violence Network (ODVN) is a statewide coalition of domestic violence programs, supportive agencies and concerned individuals organizing to ensure the elimination of domestic violence by: providing technical assistance, resources, information and training to all who address or are affected by domestic violence; and promoting social and systems change through public policy, public awareness and education initiatives.

The Ohio Domestic Violence Network was founded in 1988 by a coalition of programs in Ohio, which serve battered women and their children. The Network organized out of the need to provide coordinated services to improve public understanding of domestic violence. In 1989 the Ohio Domestic Violence Network was incorporated as a nonprofit membership organization.

As the state’s largest and most comprehensive resource on domestic violence, the Ohio Domestic Violence Network regularly provides information to and links between key stakeholders linked below:

• ODVN member shelters and programs

• United States Congress members (find your Congress persons at Congress.org)

• United States General Assembly (find your Representative at www.house.gov)

• Legislative aides

• Federal and state agency officials

• Federal and state judiciary

• Municipal associations

• Print and broadcast media

• Domestic violence survivors