Ohio Domestic Violence Network (ODVN) Content Topic Results

Launched in March 2021 by the Prevention Team at the Ohio Domestic Violence Network (ODVN), the Support for Stressful Times web-based resource page is designed to help folks deal with the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.

The DELTA FOCUS program provided focused funding to states and communities for intensive implementation and evaluation of intimate partner violence (IPV) primary prevention strategies that address the social and structural determinants of health at the societal and community levels of the social-ecological model. This report offers an overview of Ohio's IPV prevention efforts through the DELTA FOCUS program.

This video is part of the "See the Signs, Speak Out" series on starting conversations in the workplace about domestic and sexual violence.

The purpose of this self-assessment tool is to assist programs in developing Training and Technical Assistance opportunities that focus on the priority needs of the service providers for building primary prevention and evaluation capacity.

This manual includes information on understanding trauma, responding to trauma survivors, trauma-informed care best practices, trauma-informed protocols (for hotline calls, intakes, support groups, exit interviews, safety planning and parenting), and vicarious trauma.

This toolkit provides guidance to local primary prevention providers on all stages of program evaluation including determining needs, resources, and capacity, stating outcomes and developing a logic model, and collecting, managing, and analyzing evaluation data.

Rather than endorse a specific curriculum the ODVN created this “curriculum comparison” document for which they identified available curriculum as evidence based, promising practice, or other.

As part of CDC's DELTA program, this plan identifies 5 strategic directions for the prevention of sexual and intimate partner violence in Ohio.

This guide was designed ot be used to educate systems' actors about the myths/misconceptions and the dynamics of domestic violence, and to guide effective responses. Sections Include: TERMS AND DEFINITIONS DISPATCHER LAW ENFORCEMENT CLERK OF COURTS (CRIMINAL) PROSECUTOR VICTIM ADVOCATE THE JUDICIARY (CRIMINAL) PROBATION DEPARTMENT CLERK OF COURTS (CIVIL) THE JUDICIARY (CIVIL)

Just Breathe: A Guide to Wellness was designed to offer practical assistance, inspiration, hope, and strategies for healing to survivors. The guide can be used to track progress, practice calming strategies, and provider reminder to take care of the basics throughout the healing journey.

Facilitated by the Ohio Domestic Violence Network, "The New Playbook: Standing Strong to Promote Non-Violence" is a 2-day skill-building workshop that will strengthen participants’ knowledge and skills to effectively challenge attitudes and behaviors that support multiple forms of violence including gender-based violence. 

The Ohio Domestic Violence Network recognizes that Prevention is an emerging priority for forwarding changes that reduce and eliminate intimate partner violence and all other forms of family and sexual violence. This toolkit was developed to be a central source of information on prevention work for those working on the individual, organizational, statewide and/or national levels.