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Enhancing Permanency in Children and Families (EPIC) program

Award Number: 90CU0083
ORGANIZATION: CHILDREN'S BUREAU
OPDIV: ACF
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: DEMONSTRATION
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/30/2017
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 09/29/2023

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Enhancing Permanency in Children and Families (EPIC) program - The current application seeks funding to support regional partnership intervention activities in Fairfield and Pickaway counties in Ohio. In these areas, 79% of families involved with Fairfield County Children Services and 67% of families involved with Pickaway County Children Services have identified substance use problems, both higher than the state-wide average of 50%. For Pickaway County, all the substance-involved families were due to opioid (including heroin) misuse, while 58% of all substance-involved cases in Fairfield County involved opioids. These rates are over twice the state average of 28%. We have selected three evidence-based or evidence-informed strategies for the Enhancing Permanency in Children and Families (EPIC) program. These strategies include: (1) family drug treatment court and medication-assisted treatment; (2) peer recovery supporters; and (3) parenting and support for kinship providers. The interventions are intended to holistically provide supports to families involved in the child welfare system due to substance abuse in order to get parents into treatment and increase permanency and well-being for children. Over the course of this regional partnership, we anticipate serving 214 parents through the use of peer recovery supporters, 117 parents via family treatment drug court, and 125 kinship providers through a kinship caregiver support program.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = -$238,322 )
2024	2021	OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, THE	1960 KENNY RD	COLUMBUS	OH	43210	FRANKLIN	USA	Enhance Safety of Children Affected by Substance Abuse	04	5	9/25/2024	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	-$238,322
2024	2020	OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, THE	1960 KENNY RD	COLUMBUS	OH	43210	FRANKLIN	USA	Enhance Safety of Children Affected by Substance Abuse	04	5	9/25/2024	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
2024	2019	OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, THE	1960 KENNY RD	COLUMBUS	OH	43210	FRANKLIN	USA	Enhance Safety of Children Affected by Substance Abuse	04	5	9/25/2024	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
														Subtotal = -$238,322

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = -$809 )
2023	2020	OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, THE	1960 Kenny Road	Columbus	OH	43210	FRANKLIN	USA	Enhance Safety of Children Affected by Substance Abuse	03	4	12/6/2022	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	-$30
2023	2018	OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, THE	1960 KENNY RD	COLUMBUS	OH	43210	FRANKLIN	USA	Enhance Safety of Children Affected by Substance Abuse	02	4	10/21/2022	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	-$780
														Subtotal = -$809

Issue Date FY: 2022 ( Subtotal = -$537 )
2022	2021	OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, THE	1960 KENNY RD	COLUMBUS	OH	43210	FRANKLIN	USA	Enhance Safety of Children Affected by Substance Abuse	03	5	9/28/2022	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
2022	2020	OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, THE	1960 KENNY RD	COLUMBUS	OH	43210	FRANKLIN	USA	Enhance Safety of Children Affected by Substance Abuse	02	5	9/23/2022	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
2022	2019	OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, THE	1960 Kenny Rd	Columbus	OH	43210	FRANKLIN	USA	Enhance Safety of Children Affected by Substance Abuse	03	3	9/14/2022	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	-$171
2022	2019	OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, THE	1960 KENNY RD	COLUMBUS	OH	43210	FRANKLIN	USA	Enhance Safety of Children Affected by Substance Abuse	01	5	7/14/2022	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
2022	2017	OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, THE	1960 KENNY RD	COLUMBUS	OH	43210	FRANKLIN	USA	Enhance Safety of Children Affected by Substance Abuse	04	3	9/21/2022	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	-$366
2022	2017	OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, THE	1960 Kenny Rd	Columbus	OH	43210	FRANKLIN	USA	Enhance Safety of Children Affected by Substance Abuse	03	3	9/14/2022	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
														Subtotal = -$537

Issue Date FY: 2021 ( Subtotal = $599,929 )
2021	2021	OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, THE	1960 Kenny Rd	Columbus	OH	43210	FRANKLIN	USA	Enhance Safety of Children Affected by Substance Abuse	00	5	5/20/2021	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$599,929
2021	2018	OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, THE	1960 KENNY RD	COLUMBUS	OH	43210	FRANKLIN	USA	Enhance Safety of Children Affected by Substance Abuse	01	4	2/4/2021	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
2021	2017	OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, THE	1960 Kenny Rd	Columbus	OH	43210	FRANKLIN	USA	Enhance Safety of Children Affected by Substance Abuse	02	3	11/6/2020	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
														Subtotal = $599,929

Issue Date FY: 2020 ( Subtotal = $599,948 )
2020	2020	OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, THE	1960 KENNY RD	COLUMBUS	OH	43210	FRANKLIN	USA	Enhance Safety of Children Affected by Substance Abuse	00	4	6/25/2020	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$599,948
2020	2017	OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, THE	1960 Kenny Rd	Columbus	OH	43210	FRANKLIN	USA	Enhance Safety of Children Affected by Substance Abuse	01	3	12/18/2019	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
														Subtotal = $599,948

Issue Date FY: 2019 ( Subtotal = $599,999 )
2019	2019	OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, THE	1960 Kenny Rd	Columbus	OH	43210	FRANKLIN	USA	Enhance Safety of Children Affected by Substance Abuse	00	3	5/30/2019	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$599,999
														Subtotal = $599,999

Issue Date FY: 2018 ( Subtotal = $599,939 )
2018	2018	OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, THE	1960 KENNY RD	Columbus	OH	43210	FRANKLIN	USA	Enhance Safety of Children Affected by Substance Abuse	00	2	6/28/2018	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$599,939
														Subtotal = $599,939

Issue Date FY: 2017 ( Subtotal = $599,742 )
2017	2017	OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, THE	1960 KENNY RD	COLUMBUS	OH	43210	FRANKLIN	USA	Enhance Safety of Children Affected by Substance Abuse	00	1	9/22/2017	NEW	$599,742
														Subtotal = $599,742

Grand Total All Awards = $2,759,889

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Enhancing Permanency in Children and Families (EPIC) program

Award Number: 90CU0083

ORGANIZATION: CHILDREN'S BUREAU

OPDIV: ACF

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: DEMONSTRATION

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/30/2017

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 09/29/2023

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