Economic Resources
for Advocates &
Domestic Violence
Survivors in Ohio
_________________
Ohio Domestic Violence Network
Financial
Management
& Planning
Housing
Health
Care
Matched Savings
Programs/
Individual Deposit
Accounts/IDA’s
Employment
Transportation
Child
Care
Education
Homebased
Business
Credit and Credit
Repair
Public
Benefits
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Economic Resources for Advocates &
Domestic Violence Survivors in Ohio
NOTE: This tool kit is an on-going work in progress. Please let ODVN know about
resources which should be included in future versions.
Child Care
Program
Services
Contact
Website
Boys & Girls Clubs
Youth centers with wide
range of activities; website
offers search feature for
programs by zip code; in
English & Spanish
http://www.bgca.org/clubs/
Early Learning Initiative
Provides children with
educational experiences to
help them enter kindergarten
ready for success and meet
the child-care needs of
working, low-income families
http://www.mdrc.org/project_32_35.ht
ml
Ohio Department of Job
& Family Services
Child care assistance via Job &
Family Services
Find an office:
http://jfs.ohio.gov/County/County_Dire
ctory.pdf
Child Care Application Form:
http://jfs.ohio.gov/cdc/docs/JFS%20011
38%201-2008.pdf
Income Eligibility Guidelines:
http://jfs.ohio.gov/cdc/docs/2-1630%20Appen%20150%20and%20200%2
0perm%20enact.pdf
Credit and Credit Repair
Program
Federal Trade
Commission
Services
Information on Fair Debt Collectors
Act, in English & Spanish
Contact
Website
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/e
du/pubs/consumer/credit/
cre18.shtm
www.annualcreditreport.c
om
Free Annual Credit
Report
Free Credit Score
(one)
One free credit score, credit repair
tools
http://www.creditkarma.c
om/
My Fico
$5.95/mo., can see full credit
report, analysis of what is affecting
www.myfico.com
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score, calculator to help you plan
strategies and see potential impact
on score
National Foundation
for Consumer Credit
Locate a credit counselor
8611 Second Ave, Suite 100,
Silver Spring, MD 20910
(800) 388-2227 (English)
(800) 682-9832 (Spanish)
www.nfcc.org
Education
This section is specific to educational resources; for information on job training programs, see the Employment
section, under Income (below).
Program
Services
Contact
Allstate Education
and & Job Training
Assistance Fund at
NNEDV
Up to $1,000 per application for expenses
related to education and employment
including: tuition and fees for educational
classes at the high school, community college
and undergraduate levels, certifications,
books and supplies, child care, transportation,
other support services, and employment
uniforms and supplies. DV organization must
submit application.
College Cost
Reduction and Access
Act of 2007
This program discharges any remaining
debt after 10 years of full-time
employment in public service. The
borrower must have made 120 payments
as part of the Direct Loan program in
order to obtain this benefit. Only
payments made on or after October 1,
2007 count toward the required 120
monthly payments.
Counselor, Advocate
and Support Staff
Scholarship (CASS)
Scholarships for workers in DV movement, up
to $3k
Federal Student Aid
Gateway
Information on federal student aid resources
http://federalstudentaid.e
d.gov/students.html
Free Application for
Federal Student Aid
(FAFSA)
Form used by US Dept of Education for Title IV
Student Aid, Pell Grants, Stafford loans and
campus based programs.
www.FAFSA.com
GED – Ohio
Department of
ejtf@nnedv.org
Website
http://www.nnedv.org/pr
ojects/allstatefoundtion/ej
tf.html
http://www.finaid.or
g/loans/publicservice
.phtml
4900 Randall Parkway
Suite H
Wilmington, NC 28403
Phone: 910-397-7742
Fax: 910-397-0023
Email:
nancy@wispinc.org
Ms. Joan Myers
GED Administrator
25 South Front Street
http://www.wispinc.org/P
rograms/CASS/tabid/63/D
efault.aspx
http://www.ode.state.oh.
us/GD/Templates/Pages/O
DE/ODEPrimary.aspx?Page
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Education
Women’s
Independent
Scholarship Program
(WISP)
Tuition for domestic violence survivors; must
meet eligibility including having DV program
sponsor and be a US citizen
First Floor, Mailstop 106
Columbus, OH 43215
(877) 644-6338
=2&TopicID=152&TopicRel
ationID=153
4900 Randall Parkway
Suite H
Wilmington, NC 28403
Phone: 910-397-7742
Email:
tammy@wispinc.org
http://www.wispinc.org/P
rograms/WISP/tabid/62/D
efault.aspx
Financial Management & Planning
Program
Services
Contact
Website
Living Wage
Calculator for Ohio
On-line calculator to help with budgeting
http://www.livingwage.geog.psu.edu/s
tates/39/locations
Ohio Legal Services
Association
Info. on Earned Income Tax Credit, available
to families (around $40,000 or less, see
current year guidelines)
http://www.ohiolegalservices.org/publ
ic/legal_problem/taxes/earnedincome-tax-credit-eitc/qandact_view
Tax Issues – How to
Apply for Innocent
Spouse Relief w/ IRS
Information for domestic violence survivors
on Innocent Tax Relief via IRS
http://www.irs.gov/pub/irspdf/p3865.pdf
Volunteer Income Tax
Assistance
Free tax preparation for qualifying
persons/families, typically below $49k/year.
IRS at
800-8291040
Health Care
Program
Services
Dental - Give
Back a Smile
Program
American Association of Cosmetic Dentists provides
restorative and cosmetic dentistry in the smile zone
at no cost to qualified survivors through our
nationwide network of volunteer cosmetic dentists
and our support team of laboratories and dental
manufacturers
Dermatology
The program sponsored by the American Society for
Dermatologic Surgery (ASDS) was formally known as
the Skin Care Outreach Empowers Survivors or
S.C.O.R.E.S. This program is no longer recognized by
ASDS as of 2004 although they still provide volunteers
from their membership that offer dermatologic
surgery to domestic violence survivors to repair skin
Contact
Website
http://www.aacd.com/inde
x.php?module=cms&page=
46;
info also available via
NCADV at:
http://www.ncadv.org/prog
rams/CosmeticandReconstr
uctiveSupport.php
The toll-free
number for
the program
formally
known as
S.C.O.R.E.S.
is 1-888-892-
info also available via
NCADV at:
http://www.ncadv.org/prog
rams/CosmeticandReconstr
uctiveSupport.php
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injuries (scars, burns, tattoos) on the body caused by
an intimate partner or spouse.
6702.
Face to Face –
Reconstructive
Surgery
FACE TO FACE is a program that was started in 1994
by the Educational and Research Foundation for the
American Academy of Facial Plastic and
Reconstructive Surgery (AAFPRS). The FACE TO FACE
Program offers facial plastic and reconstructive
surgery to domestic violence survivors to repair
injuries on the face, head and neck caused by an
intimate partner or spouse. The toll-free number for
the FACE TO FACE Program is 1-800-842-4546.
info also available via
NCADV at:
http://www.ncadv.org/prog
rams/CosmeticandReconstr
uctiveSupport.php
Ohio Legal
Services
Association
Information on legal health care issues
http://www.ohiolegalservic
es.org/public/legal_problem
/health-care
Ohio
Department of
Health
Searchable online resource to find local health districts and
a wide variety of health assistance
http://www.odh.ohio.gov/s
earchlhd/searchlhd.aspx
Medicaid (Ohio
Dept. of Job &
Family Services)
Medical care; website offers information on eligibility,
services
Medicaid
Consumer
Hotline: (800)
324-8680
http://jfs.ohio.gov/OHP/con
sumers/whoqualifies.stm
Rx For Ohio
Free, or almost free prescriptions, for specific drugs;
website is in English & Spanish
1-877-RX-4OHIO
http://www.rxforohio.org
Housing
Program
Services
Contact
Website
Affordable Housing
Search
Online search for affordable
apartments by zip code/city
www.apartmentfinder.org
Affordable Housing
Search
Online search for affordable
housing by zip code or city
www.affordablehousingonline.
com
Habitat for Humanity
Build affordable housing in
partnership with people in
need.
Ryan Miller
Executive Director
88 E Broad St Suite 1800
Columbus, OH 43215
Phone: 614-224-8446 x160
http://www.habitatforhumanit
yofohio.org/
Homelessness Prevention
& Rapid Re-Housing
(HPRP)
Contact your local HPRP grant
recipient for eligibility
information. Call ODVN to get
a list of grantees by county.
175 S 3rd St
Columbus, OH 43215-5157
(614) 280-1984
www.cohhio.org
Legal Momentum
Various publications on
housing rights and laws
affecting survivors; including
395 Hudson Street New York,
NY 10014-3684 t: 212-9256635
http://www.legalmomentum.o
rg/assets/pdfs/housing.pdf?
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VAWA protections
Ohio Legal Services
Association
Various publications on
Landlord tenant law,
evictions, etc.
http://www.ohiolegalservices.
org/public/legal_problem/hou
sing
Public Housing
Authorities & Section 8
programs, subsidized rent
units
Section 8 – voucher program;
Subsidized rent programs
operated by PHAs; website
shows both
http://www.hud.gov/offices/pi
h/pha/contacts/states/oh.cfm
Transitional Housing
Programs
Contact ODVN for a list of
transitional housing programs
for DV in Ohio.
614-781-9651 ext 233
I N C O M E
INCOME – Includes sections on Employment, Matched Savings Programs/Individual Deposit
Accounts (IDAs), Microenterprise and Public Benefits
Employment
Program
Ability Links -
Services
On-line national resource to help
persons with disabilities find
employment. People can post
resumes online or just search
through the current job listings.
Applicant voluntarily discloses
that they have a disability and
doesn't have to disclose what
thedisability is. PTSD does apply
as a disability. Anyone can create
an account on the site and can
decide how much information
they choose to post. Since
anyone with a login can see a
posted resume and its
information, this could be safety
concern for some survivors and
in those cases the survivor may
choose to just search for jobs
manually. Also ghas options for
Contact
Website
www.abilitylinks.org
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people to see mentors in their job
search.
John Delgado
USDOL/ETA/OA
200 N High Street, # 605
Columbus, Ohio 43215
614/469-7375
Delgado.John@dol.gov
Apprenticeships: - Ohio
Apprenticeship Council
Apprenticeships – Career
Voyager
Online apprenticeship locator for
specific occupations
http://www.careervoyages.go
v/apprenticeship-main.cfm
Corporate Alliance to End
Domestic Violence
Advocacy tools re: employers and
DV workplace policies
www.caepv.org
Job Website -
green jobs opportunities
(1) www.greenjobs.net (2)
http://jobs.greenbiz.com/ (3)
http://www.sustainlane.com/g
reen-jobs
Job Website – Green for
All
Organization designed to help low
income people get green collar jobs;
comprehensive good resource
http://www.greenforall.org/re
sources/green-collar-jobsresources
Job Website
comprehensive resources on jobs,
financial management, etc.
www.womenwork.org
Job Website
Information on jobs, degrees
required, median wages per career
http://www.bls.gov/oes/curre
nt/oes_alph.htm
Job Website
wage estimates by occupation for
Ohio
http://www.bls.gov/oes/2008/
may/oes_oh.htm
Job Website
clean tech jobs opportunities
www.cleanedge.com-
Job Website
Ohio jobs in a searchable database
https://ohiomeansjobs.com/o
mj/
Job Training Website
solar training programs
http://www.nabcep.org/wpcontent/uploads/2009/01/Regi
steredProviders09162009.pdf
Job Training Website
Building Performance Institute (BPI)
recognized training programs
http://www.bpi.org/document
s/BPI_Recognized_Primary_Tra
ining_Providers.pdf
Job Training Website
Ohio Job Centers
http://www.servicelocator.org
/Search/etaSearchOffice.asp?zi
p=&city=&state=OH&proximity
=25&search=Search
Job Training Website Goodwill
Job training, related case
management and support for
transportation, child care, etc.
http://www.goodwill.org/good
will-for-you/jobs-and-careers/
Ohio Department of Jobs
& Family Services (ODJFS)
Resources on job seeking,
unemployment, apprenticeships,
One Stop centers, and more
http://jfs.ohio.gov/workforce/i
ndex.stm
ODJFS - Ohio Labor
Market Information
Job Postings, Training and
Occupational Summaries and wages
http://ohiolmi.com/asp/Career
/JobTool.asp
ODJFS – Career Explorer
Occupational profiles by education
and wages
http://ohiolmi.com/jobs/Ca
reerEdWage.htm
Ohio Legal Services
Online resource on basic
http://www.ohiolegalservices.
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Association
employment law
org/public/legal_problem/emp
loyment
Ohio Rehabilitation
Services Commission
Supports employment of persons
with disabilities; in English, Spanish,
Somali
http://www.rsc.state.oh.us/de
fault.aspx
Women Employed
A wide range of career tools
including career exploration,
interview preparation, and much
more
http://www.womenemployed.
org/index.php?id=38
Work For Women
wide range of economic resources
on employment, housing,
education, and many other
resources
www.work4women.org
www.womenwork.org
Matched Savings Programs/Individual
Deposit Accounts/IDA’s
Assets in traditional IDA programs can be used for restricted purposes: education, home ownership, or small business
development. Participants deposit funds into a savings account which is matched at a variety of ratios (i.e. 2 to 1, 3 to 1) up to
a maximum, often around $4,000. Each program is different and available funding changes, so call the program closest to you
for current information. Programs are listed in the alphabetical order of the city in which they are located.
Program
Services
Contact
Website
Logan MHA:
Call program for up-to-date
information on current
availability and eligibility
guidelines
Holly Edwards
116 N Everett St, Bellefontaine, OH
43311
Email: hedwards@loganrec.com
Phone: 937-599-1845
Stark County Out of
Poverty Partnership Inc.
Same as above
P.O. Box 20468
Canton, OH 44701-0468
Phone: (330) 489-5489
NJOH Medical
Foundation and
International Trade Inc.
Same as above
Gabriel N Dikong
2795 Thomasville Ct.
Cincinnati, OH 45238
Email: gdikong@yahoo.fr
Phone: (513) 293-3621
Economic and
Community
Development Institute
For refugees and assylees; Call
program for availability and
eligibility guidelines
475 E. Mound St.
Columbus, OH 43215
Phone: (614) 559-0115
www.ecdi.org
Ohio CDC Association:
Call program for up-to-date
information on current
availability and eligibility
guidelines
Beth Ott
33. North Third Street #200
Columbus, OH 43215
Email: bott@ohiocdc.org
Phone: 614-461-6392 ext. 205
www.ohiocdc.org
WECO Fund Inc.
Same as above
Deltrise Sanford
1745 Rockwell Ave.
Cleveland, OH 44114
www.wecofund.com
www.scopp.org
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Email: deltrise@wecofund.com
Phone: 216-458-0250
Northwestern OH
Community Action
Same as above
Angie Franklin
1933 E. Second St.
Defiance, OH 43512
Email: nocacida@nocac.ort
Phone: 419/784-6962
Hancock Hardin
Wyandot Putnam
Community Action
Commission, Inc.
Same as above
Phone: (419) 423-3755
P.O. Box 179
Findlay, OH 45839
Adams Brown Counties
Economic Opportunities
Inc
Same as above
Lisa Tumbleson-Davis
406 W. Plum Street
Georgetown, OH 45121
Email: ltumbleson@abcap.net
Phone: 937-378-6041
Supports to Encourage
Low-Income Families
Call program for up-to-date
information on current
availability and eligibility
guidelines
Shannon Blackmon-Gardner
1790 S. Erie Hwy.
Hamilton, OH 45011
Email: sgardner@selfhelps.org
Phone: 513-868-9300
Northwest Ohio
Development Agency
Call program for up-to-date
information on current
availability and eligibility
guidelines
Mary C. Hoffsis
432 N. Superior St. Toledo, OH 43604
Email: hoffsis@nodatoledo.org
Phone: 419-243-3734
Sensible Shelter, Inc.
Call program for up-to-date
information on current
availability and eligibility
guidelines
Jessica Dorn
538 North Detroit Street
Xenia, OH 45385
Email: jdorn@gmha.net
Phone: 937 352-0259
www.hhwpcac.org
Micro-Enterprise & Home-Based Business
Micro-enterprise - A microenterprise is usually defined as a business with 5 or less employees and capital of
not more than $35,000. The Ohio Department of Development further defines it as a for-profit entity with five or
fewer employees, one of whom owns the business. Some of these are home-based.
Program
Services
Contact
Website
Loans for small
business
development
http://www.accionusa.org/h
ome/small-businessloans/about-our-loans.aspx
Micro-Enterprise
Organization of Ohio
local programs in
Ohio which assist
small business
development
http://www.microenterprise
ohio.org/members.html
Ohio Dept. of
Development; Small
Business Development
Training, technical
assistance and
support for people
ACCION
JJ Reichert, Women's Program
Coordinator, Entrepreneurship and Small
Business Division, Ohio Dept. of
www.entrepreneurohio.org
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starting small
business
Centers
Development (614) 752-7450
JJ.Reichert@development.ohio.gov
Public Benefits
Program
Services
Contact
Website
http://jfs.ohio.gov/ofam/cma
ndfsa.stm
Food Stamps (Ohio Dept.
of Job & Family Services)
Information on the Food Stamp
program. Application should be
submitted at local JFS office.
Children’s Hunger Alliance
Helps start and support programs at
schools and youth-serving
organizations for breakfast, lunch
and after school nutrition programs
Ohio Department of Job &
Family Services
Website describes all JFS programs –
Medicare, childcare, TANF, food
stamps, job training,
unemployment, health care and
child support.
http://jfs.ohio.gov/ocomm_r
oot/1000OurServices.stm#FA
Q2
Ohio Legal Services
Association
Information about legal issues
related to public benefits
http://www.ohiolegalservices
.org/public/legal_problem/pu
blic-benefits
Ohio Rehabilitation
Services Commission –
Social Security Disability
Insurance
Makes eligibility determination for
Social Security Disability Insurance
(SSDI)
Ohio Rehabilitation
Services Commission
Bureau of Disability
Determination
Kathleen M. Johnson
P.O. Box 359001
Columbus, OH 43235
614-438-1500
http://www.rsc.state.oh.us/b
dd/default.aspx
Social Security
Administration
Online resource to find closest
Social Security Office
800-772-1213 or
800-325-0778 (TTY)
http://www.ssa.gov/chicago/
ohio.htm
Women, Infants and
Children (WIC)
Home Energy Assistance
Central Ohio Office
800-227-6446
Northeast Ohio Office
216-541-5915
Southeast Ohio Office
937-534-0600
WIC Info:
http://www.odh.ohio.gov/od
hPrograms/ns/wicn/wic1.asp
x
WIC is the Special Supplemental
Nutrition Program for Women,
Infants, and Children. WIC helps
income eligible pregnant and
breastfeeding women, women who
recently had a baby, infants and
children up to five years of age who
are at health risk due to inadequate
nutrition.
HEAP – utility assistance;
WIC locations:
http://www.odh.ohio.gov/AS
SETS/046B9B8112104A73A2
ADFB940857E1E4/wicclinicdir
.PDF
1-800-282-0880
Find providers:
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Program (HEAP); Home
Weatherization Program
(HWAP); Electric
Partnership Program
(EPP)
HWAP – weatherization assistance;
EPP – program to improve electricity
efficiency; website has information
about how to find providers, and
Application in English and Spanish
Homelessness Prevention
& Rapid Re-Housing
(HPRP) Utility Vouchers
Contact your local HPRP grant
recipient for eligibility information.
Call COHHIO if you do not know
which organization that is in your
community.
http://www.development.ohi
o.gov/cdd/ocs/locate.htm
Application:
http://www.development.ohi
o.gov/cms/uploadedfiles/Dev
elopment.ohio.gov/Divisional
_Content/Community/Office
_of_Community_Services/Re
vised%20App.pdf
175 S 3rd St
Columbus, OH 432155157
(614) 280-1984
www.cohhio.org
Transportation
Program
Services
1-800 Charity Cars
Angel Flight East
Free air transportation for
medical emergencies,
distressed families; provided
by volunteer pilots
Contact
Website
750 Miami Spring Dr
Longwood, FL 32779
(800-242-7489)
www.FREECharityCars.org
800-383-WING (9464)
1501 Narcissa Road
Blue Bell, PA 19422
215-358-1900
www.angelflighteast.org
Miscellaneous Resources
Program
Services
Angel Food Ministries
Food boxes at discounted costs (estimated $65
of food for $30); 265 locations in Ohio
Corporation for Ohio
Appalachian
Development
Private, non-profit community-based
organization serving rural, mostly Appalachian,
counties in eastern and southern Ohio,
comprised of 17 Community Action Agencies
that serve a 30 county area. COAD has three
major program divisions: Community
Development, Early Care and Education and
Senior Programs. COAD also offers scholarship
assistance and leadership development
opportunities.
Contact
Website
https://www.angelfo
odministries.com/ho
sts.asp
1 Pinchot Lane
Athens, Ohio
45701
(740) 594-8499 info@coadinc.org
www.coadinc.org
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Craigslist
http://geo.craigslist.
org/iso/us/oh
Internet based, grassroots program that offers:





Items for sale between people
Job searches and resume posting
Ridesharing
Housing
Free Stuff section (under “For Sale)
Important note: While created for good,
Craiglist has also been used for criminal
purposes, including trafficking. When educating
survivors about this resource, suggest they not
disclose their status as survivors, that they not
go alone to pick up any purchased items, and
that they read the materials on Craiglist re:
avoiding scams and safety.
Freecycle
www.Freecycle.org
Internet based, grassroots program where
people can ask for, offer and/or receive items;
membership is free.
FURNITURE BANKS
Furniture Bank –
Cleveland Furniture Bank
6606 Biddulph
Road Cleveland,
OH (216) 4592265
http://www.clevelan
dfurniturebank.org/
Furniture Bank - Furniture
Bank of Central Ohio
(formerly MAP Furniture
Bank)
(614) 272-9544
118 South Yale
Ave. Columbus,
Ohio
http://www.mapfurn
iturebank.org/
Furniture Bank – Lorain
County Furniture Bank
(440) 240-0089
215 Artemas
Court Elyria, OH
44035
http://www.clevelan
dcatholiccharities.or
g/
Furniture Bank – New Life
Furniture (Cincinnati)
513-600-3286
541 Main St.
Milford, OH
45150
Furniture Bank – Cherry
St. Mission Ministries
(Toledo)
(419) 242-5141
3342 Monroe St.
Toledo, OH 43606
http://www.nlfurnit
ure.org/
http://www.cherryst
reetmission.org/
Furniture –
online resource to search for programs
www.furniturebanks.
org
Ohio Association of
Community Action
searchable by county with address phone, etc
http://www.oacaa.o
rg/directory.html
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Agencies
Ohio Benefits Bank
Linkage to many services, free tax prep, online
eligibility tool ($1.6 billion in tax credits and
other supports go unclaimed by eligible
Ohioans who do not apply; linkage to free
tax prep is part of the answer)
http://www.governo
r.ohio.gov/Default.as
px?alias=www.gover
nor.ohio.gov/obb
Pets – Save Havens
Project, National Humane
Society
Directory of programs who help place pets of
domestic violence survivors during shelter; if
your county isn’t listed, call your county Human
Association to see if they can assist.
http://www.humane
society.org/issues/ab
use_neglect/tips/saf
e_havens_directory.
html#oh
Safelink Wireless
Government supported program to provide free
cell phones and air time to eligible customers
www.safelinkwireles
s.com
Verizon Hopeline
Provides refurbished cell phones with minutes to
domestic violence programs for distribution to
survivors (60 per year)
http://aboutus.vzw.c
om/communityservi
ce/hopeLine.html
To suggest additions to this resource guide, contact the Ohio Domestic Violence Network at 614-781-9651, ext.
233. For more information on domestic violence and ODVN, visit www.odvn.org.
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