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Updated 07/23/2008

• Show your support for survivors of domestic violence. Click Here to visit The Allstate Foundation's Click to Empower project. For every click The Allstate Foundation will donate $1 to The Education and Job Assistance Fund which enables survivors to pursue long-term financial security by providing much needed financial assistance for education, training and job-related expenses such as books and supplies for school, tuition and registration fees.

• Exciting Employment Opportunity!!  ODVN is accepting written applications through July 25, 2008 for a new Outreach Coordinator.  For more information, please Click Here to be immediately directed to our Employment page.  We also have other job posting information from other domestic violence organizations in Ohio available at this link.

• SAVE THE DATE!  Emerge Batterer Intervention Training in Ohio on September 18th & 19th, 2008 at the Hilton Garden Inn at the Columbus Airport in Columbus, Ohio.  To download a flyer with more information about this exciting event Click Here.

• TRAINING BROCHURE: To download our training brochure covering months July through December 2008 Click Here.

• We have new video resources.  These video lists were updated December 2007.To download a complete version of our video category list in PDF Click Here. To view our video descriptions in alphabetical order Click Here.  Both of these lists have been updated during April 2008.

• Remember to Support ODVN at your Workplace this Year!
  
  ODVN is a member agency of Community Shares of Mid Ohio (COSMO). COSMO is a coalition of 40+ nonprofit organizations like ODVN working for positive social change and a healthy community. We participate in the following workplace giving campaigns: State of Ohio, Franklin County, The Ohio State University, City of Columbus, Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) Central Ohio, CFC Miami Valley, CFC North Central Ohio, CFC of 3 Rivers, Columbus Metropolitan Libraries, Columbus State Community College, OCSEA, AFSCME, Hahn Loeser Parks, etc. (visit www.communityshares.net for a list of all campaigns).
  
  Each fall, employees pledge donations to the organizations that work on the issues they care about the most. For ODVN, these funds provide the financial support necessary to forward our public policy efforts on behalf of victims of domestic violence.

  You can help by designating your charitable donation to Ohio Domestic Violence etwork through your workplace giving campaign. In so doing, you will help ensure that this important work continues and that Ohio is a safer place for all residents.

• The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services funded the Ohio Domestic Violence Network TANF Training Project to address domestic violence with TANF recipients so that the recipients can achieve self-sufficiency and retain custody of their children. The project outlines best practices for addressing challenges faced by OWF staff in working with victims of domestic violence. To view and download the TANF Project Training tool-kit Click Here. For security reasons this is a PDF document. If you would like a hard copy please contact us at 614-781-9651.

• To go directly to a referral list for shelter programs around Ohio Click Here.

• SPEAK OUT! Join our collective voice against domestic violence; to download our 2007-2008 membership form please Click Here.

• Great Service Provider Resource: Click Here to visit our section for service providers. This section includes a searchable database of culturally specific services. You can also get to this section through our ODVN Resources menu selection.

• Check out our new Engaging Men & Boys page in the Prevention section of this site. To go there select the ODVN Prevention option from the menu at the top of this page or Click Here.

• Ohio Domestic Violence Statistics:
  
  (Summary 2006) (Summary 2005) (Summary 2004) (Summary 2003)

• Guideline for Domestic Violence Risk Assessment: Over the years, ODVN has received numerous requests regarding risk assessment with DV offenders. Although we believe that there is no “low risk” in domestic violence, we also understand that those in legal system as well as batterers intervention programs and victim advocates often are faced with the challenge of assessing the level of risk for a variety of reasons. The Batterers Intervention Committee of ODVN has developed this guideline to share some tools that are widely used and readily accessible. Please do remember that there is no one perfect tool to assess risk in domestic violence and that the victim/survivor’s assessment of risk should be taken very seriously. To view this document in PDF please Click Here.

• The Ohio Domestic Violence Network developed the Outcome Evaluation Project in response to the need for consistent and appropriate outcome measures for domestic violence programs. Key components of this project included: (1) coordinating regional trainings on the development of outcome measures that assess program impact for domestic violence services, and (2) providing technical assistance to local domestic violence programs for implementation of outcome measures. To view the final report and individual pilot results Click Here.

• Ohio Elder Abuse Interdisciplinary Team (I-Team) Manual, to view Click Here. For security reasons this document is only available in PDF form on this web site, if you would like a hard copy of this document please contact us at 614)-781-9651, ext. 224.

• The Ohio Model Protocol for Responding to Domestic Violence was recently revised and reprinted. The Protocol outlines best practices for various professionals responding to domestic violence both inside and outside of the legal system, but focuses primarily upon best practices for criminal justice system professionals. To download a complete version of the text of the Ohio Model Protocol in PDF Click Here. If you would only like to view the Protocol's table of contents only Click Here. For security reasons this document is only available in PDF form on this web site, if you would like a hard copy of this document please contact us at (614)-781-9651, ext. 224.

• The 2003 Promising Practices Standards for Domestic Violence Programs are now available for review. To view the Promising Practices Standards Click Here. For security reasons this document is only available in PDF form on this web site, if you would like a hard copy of this document please contact us at (614)-781-9651, ext. 224.

• Our ODVN Events Calendar has been updated this month; please check out our ODVN Events page from our main menu for current information.

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.