domestic violence

The number of Ohioans killed in domestic violence incidents in the last fiscal year ticked up a bit, with kids comprising more than a dozen of those deaths.

The new shelter will be able to help twice as many people as the YWCA of Greater Cincinnati's current facility. But what sets it apart is that it's being designed through a lens of trauma-informed care.

Of the 112 Ohioans who died in domestic violence attacks between July 1, 2022, and June 30, 2023, more than 20 were minors.

A domestic violence response and prevention program fell short of its goal to work with all Hamilton County jurisdictions last year. The problem is workforce, not a lack of support or interest from law enforcement.

National gun control group Moms Demand Action and Cincinnati's Women Helping Women say the two issues are deeply linked.

DVERT will now serve all of Hamilton County with 24/7 on-call response to domestic violence situations.

The Domestic Violence Enhanced Response Team, or DVERT, is a program from the nonprofit Women Helping Women. A crisis team goes with law enforcement to respond to 911 calls and connect people with safety planning and more than a dozen other services.

So far the changes only apply to civil protection orders for stalking or sexually oriented offenses; a separate court covers protection orders for domestic violence.

When the domestic violence shelter opened in 2019, the nonprofit that runs it thought it might be a decade before it needed planned additions. But the need is there already.

How often are domestic abusers arrested in Ohio? We still don’t know.