The Domestic Violence Center (DVC) and its parent organizations, Templum (1978) and the Center for Prevention of Domestic Violence (1976) have a thirty-year history of serving the Greater Cleveland community with intervention and prevention services for victims of intimate partner violence. As our community has evolved and best-practices have emerged in the field, DVC has tailored its work accordingly. We've moved from a shelter-based model to a more comprehensive approach which provides leadership to create responsive systems, offers an array of services and programs, and addresses the need for primary prevention. The organization has completed a strategic plan that charts its course for the next five years and redefines and clarifies our commitment to the community.
DVC provides services throughout Cuyahoga County. We work with other counties and states when needed.
All of DVC's services are free of charge with two exceptions:
DVC operates a 24-hour hotline, a confidential shelter and community-based programs such as justice system advocacy, support groups, youth programs, supervised visitation, the Latina Domestic Violence Project, Ujima Program, crisis intervention, professional trainings and community education. To learn more about our services, click here.
DVC has created many partnerships over the years. We believe all disciplines need to work together to have an impact on domestic violence in our community. DVC collaborates with police departments in the City of Cleveland and in the suburbs, all local hospitals, medical personnel, municipal court systems, judges, prosecutors, attorneys, social service agencies, schools and corporations.
DVC has a very diverse revenue base including state and federal funding, private foundations, churches, civic groups, individual donations, special events, fees, United Way of Greater Cleveland, Community Shares and corporations. If you would like to donate, please click here.
DVC is governed by a Board of Directors which oversees and provides guidance to the Executive Director. The Board meets bi-monthly with board committees meeting monthly. To view the list of Board Members, click here.
DVC responds to over 14,000 calls annually on our confidential hotline, but cannot accurately determine how many are duplicates because the caller's identity is protected. Each year DVC serves over 2,000 individuals through a wide array of programs and services in Cuyahoga County.
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