Ohio AG distributes nearly $1M to domestic violence shelters across state

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The $950,000 in domestic violence grants and statewide training grants was awarded evenly among 48 shelters across the state with an earmarked 10% ($95,000) going to the statewide domestic violence coalition.

“For the first time ever, Ohio’s domestic violence programs have a stable source of funding from the state’s general fund,” Mary O’Doherty, executive director of the Ohio Domestic Violence Network, stated in the release.

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Funds disbursed will be used to further the recipients’ mission of providing services, including prevention services, to survivors and co-survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault and/or stalking.

The domestic violence shelters in the region that received funding are: