(COLUMBUS, Ohio)— August 2, 2021 – Ohio Governor Mike DeWine signed two executive orders directing Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program funding to initiatives that will provide support services to Ohio families.
The Governor’s Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives recommended the fiscal year 2022 awards help families and reduce poverty.
Executive Order 2021-12D distributes fiscal year 2022 grants to the following agencies:
| County Served | Organization Name | Purpose | Amount |
| Statewide | GroundWork Group | Provide basic needs to individuals and families. | Up to $150,000 |
| Statewide | Safe Harbor House | Provide trauma-informed care to women. | Up to $25,000 |
| Statewide | Relink | Provide support services to families experiencing addiction. | Up to $75,000 |
| Allen County | Allen County Educational Service Center | Provide entrepreneurship education. | Up to $75,000 |
| Allen County | Bradfield Community Association | Provide rental assistance, eviction prevention, and utility down payment services. | Up to $75,000 |
| Allen County | Mary Alice’s House, Inc. | Provide residential recovery services | Up to $75,000 |
| Allen County | Trinity United Methodist Church | Provide academic enrichment programs to at-risk youth in grades K-12. | Up to $50,000 |
| Ashland County | Appleseed Community Mental Health Center | Provide support services for women. | Up to $24,000 |
| Auglaize County | Wapakoneta YMCA | Provide support services by mentoring and pregnancy prevention. | Up to $75,000 |
| Clark County | Interfaith Hospitality Network of Springfield | Provide summer camp programming for young people affected by homelessness. | Up to $25,000 |
| Clark County | Citilookout | Provide recovery support services | Up to $75,000 |
| Cuyahoga County | I’m in Transition Ministries Institute | Provide residential recovery housing for men. | Up to $74,000 |
| Cuyahoga County | Adoption Network Cleveland | Provide parent education, resources, family resiliency programs that promote family resiliency and decrease failed placements. | Up to $100,000 |
| Cuyahoga County | Community of Faith Assembly | Provide holistic services to families in need. | Up to $50,000 |
| Cuyahoga County | Esperanza | Provide services to address the educational needs of the Hispanic community, including mentoring, family engagement, and postsecondary education. | Up to $200,000 |
| Cuyahoga County | Everlasting Covenant Ministries | Provide workforce training for returning citizens and prevent recidivism. | Up to $75,000 |
| Cuyahoga County | Family First Village | Provide academic assistance through targeted learning for at-risk youth ages 5-18. | Up to $125,000 |
| Cuyahoga County | It’s Not a Moment, It’s a Movement | Provide recovery support services | Up to $50,000 |
| Cuyahoga County | Karamu House, Inc. | Provide trauma-informed care to youth | Up to $75,000 |
| Cuyahoga County | Northern Ohio Recovery Association | Provide mentoring and recovery supports to women and children. | Up to $100,000 |
| Cuyahoga County | Olivet Housing and Community Development Corporation | Provide access to quality education, job training, and other services that lead to sustainable jobs for low-income families. | Up to $250,000 |
| Cuyahoga County | Pipeline to God | Provide academic development and socio-emotional skills for youth in grades 3-8. | Up to $100,000 |
| Cuyahoga County | Salvation Army | Provide academic support to under-privileged, school-aged youth. | Up to $100,000 |
| Cuyahoga County | Providence House, Inc. | Provide mentoring and recovery supports to women and children. | Up to $50,000 |
| Cuyahoga and Summit Counties | Birthing Beautiful Communities | Provide support to high-risk mothers during pregnancy, at the birth, and during the postpartum period to prevent infant mortality. | Up to $200,000 |
| Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain, and Medina Counties | Western Reserve Area on Aging | Distribution of meals to TANF-eligible families. | Up to $100,000 |
| Delaware, Fairfield, Franklin, Hocking, Jackson, Licking, Madison, Marion, Morrow, and Union Counties | Chabad Center/LifeTown | Support low-income students with special needs. | Up to $100,000 |
| Delaware, Franklin, Madison, Morrow, Perry, Pickaway, Pike, and Union Counties | Family Promise of Delaware County | Provide rapid re-housing services and emergency housing care. | Up to $75,000 |
| Fairfield County | Fairfield County TeenWorks | Provide workforce development services to youth. | Up to $25,000 |
| Franklin County | African American Male Wellness Agency | Provide recovery supports to urban minorities. | Up to $250,000 |
| Franklin County | Alvis, Inc. | Provide reentry services. | Up to $25,000 |
| Franklin County | Central Ohio Youth for Christ | Provide workforce development services to at-risk youth and young adults. | Up to $75,000 |
| Madison County | Children’s Hunger Alliance | Provide meals to children outside of school, afterschool programming, and childcare center operating hours to address youth hunger. | Up to $50,000 |
| Franklin County | Goodwill Industries of Central Ohio | Provide workforce development services to youth and adults. | Up to $100,000 |
| Franklin County | Jewish Family Services | Provide Stabilization services to women from low-income households who have had to drop out of the workforce during COVID-19 pandemic by providing a variety of wrap-around supports and workforce development skills. | Up to $100,000 |
| Franklin County | Life Beyond the Streets | Provide personal development and recovery support to women. | Up to $25,000 |
| Franklin County | Resident Resources Network, Inc. | Provide support services for financial and housing stability for low-income families. | Up to $75,000 |
| Franklin County | Schealthness Freedom School at Asbury United Methodist Church | Help youth in grades K-5 overcome academic, social, and emotional challenges by culturally self-affirming experiences that encourage self-esteem. | Up to $45,000 |
| Franklin County | South Side Hope Community Development Corporation | Provide mentoring, personal development, and workforce development services to low-income families. | Up to $200,000 |
| Franklin County | The Refuge Ministries | Provide residential recovery services | Up to $100,000 |
| Franklin County | Turnkey Development Institute | Support families by increasing father involvement in the early stages of a child’s life. | Up to $75,000 |
| Franklin County | Women2Women, Inc. | Provide supportive services to at-risk women experiencing domestic violence, human trafficking, addiction, homelessness, or co-occurring behavioral health needs. | Up to $125,000 |
| Franklin County | YMCA of Central Ohio | Provide a safe place for youth to learn while having access to tutoring. | Up to $50,000 |
| Franklin County | Economic and Community Development Institute, Inc. | Provide workforce development services. | Up to $75,000 |
| Franklin County | Muslim Family Services | Provide comprehensive services that eliminate barriers to work and advance work readiness. | Up to $75,000 |
| Franklin and Delaware Counties | WARM, Westerville Area Resource Ministry | Support mothers and decrease infant mortality rates. | Up to $75,000 |
| Franklin, Delaware, Licking, and Marion Counties | TAPP, Training Assessment Placement Project | Provide reentry services to restored citizens and veterans returning to the workforce. | Up to $100,000 |
| Franklin and Fairfield Counties | The Father’s House, Inc. | Provide food security by providing mentoring and pregnancy prevention. | Up to $100,000 |
| Franklin, Delaware, Fairfield, Licking, Madison, Pickaway, and Union Counties | Ethiopian Tewahedo Social Services | Provide support to refugee and immigrant families. | Up to $100,000 |
| Franklin, Cuyahoga, Hamilton, Mahoning, and Montgomery Counties | Communities in Schools of Central Ohio | Help at-risk students by working in school communities to remove barriers and provide integrated supports that empower youth to stay in school. | Up to $150,000 |
| Greene, Cuyahoga, Hamilton, and Montgomery Counties | Athletes in Action | Provide personal development programming for middle and high school underprivileged males. | Up to $20,000 |
| Greene, Clark, Fayette, Franklin, Hamilton, Madison, and Montgomery Counties | Her Story, Inc. | Provide recovery supports and housing services to women. | Up to $100,000 |
| Hamilton County | BLOC Ministries | Provide workforce development training through Urban Training Kitchen afterschool program, and to provide housing support for homeless women. | Up to $100,000 |
| Hamilton County | Freestore Foodbank | Help low-income individuals with workforce development opportunities. | Up to $75,000 |
| Hamilton, Brown, Butler, Clermont, and Warren Counties | The Children’s Home | Provide mental health and recovery supports. | Up to $100,000 |
| Hamilton, Montgomery, Shelby, and Warren Counties | Elizabeth’s New Life Center | Assist efforts to address infant mortality and provide pregnancy prevention services to at-risk mothers. | Up to $50,000 |
| Jackson County | Warriors 4 Christ Recovery Ministries | Provide wrap-around services to individuals impacted by addiction. | Up to $75,000 |
| Lake County | Ecumenical Shelter Network | Provide re-housing and support services for needy families. | Up to $25,000 |
| Lake County | Lake County YWCA | Provide academic enrichment for youth. | Up to $25,000 |
| Lawrence County | RLB Ministries/Backpack Buddies | Provide food security to youth. | Up to $75,000 |
| Lorain County | Neighborhood Alliance | Provide basic needs and support services to low-income families. | Up to $75,000 |
| Lucas County | Pathway, Inc. | Provide personal development training that helps parents improve relationship building skills and knowledge to co-parent. | Up to $75,000 |
| Lucas County | Family House | Provide support services to homeless families. | Up to $15,000 |
| Mahoning, Columbiana, and Trumbull Counties | Ursuline Sisters HIV/AIDS Ministry | Provide educational equity for disadvantaged school-aged children. | Up to $75,000 |
| Mercer, Auglaize, and Van Wert Counties | MAV Youth Mentoring | Provide supportive services to youth ages 5-18. | Up to $50,000 |
| Montgomery County | Daybreak, Inc. | Provide workforce development services. | Up to $25,000 |
| Montgomery County | Family Services | Provide child abuse prevention programming for children in grades K-5. | Up to $100,000 |
| Montgomery County | Dayton Children’s Hospital | Providing commodity assistance to low-income families. | Up to $25,000 |
| Montgomery, Miami, and Preble Counties | St. Mary’s Development Corporation | Provide assistance to at-risk families by helping them sustain housing, provide support services, and gain employment opportunities. | Up to $20,000 |
| Montgomery and Preble Counties | YWCA Dayton | Provide housing and social-emotional learning skills for children living with gender-based violence. | Up to $200,000 |
| Montgomery, Clark, and Preble Counties | Agape for Youth, Inc. | Provide supportive services to youth and families. | Up to $100,000 |
| Morrow County | Buckeye Training and Fitness Academy | Provide social skills training for underserved youth ages 9 to 8th grade. | Up to $73,000 |
| Stark County | Gwen’s House | Provide transitional housing and workforce and personal development skills to formerly incarcerated women. | Up to $75,000 |
| Stark County | YMCA of Central Stark County | Provide academic support and opportunities for school-aged youth, grades 4-12. | Up to $75,000 |
| Stark County | YMCA of Western Stark County | Provide services to improve healthy lifestyles. | Up to $50,000 |
| Summit County | ARC Recovery Services | Provide recovery services. | Up to $50,000 |
| Summit County | Williams Challenge | Provide support services and mentoring for low-income fathers. | Up to $25,000 |
| Summit and Stark Counties | ACE Mentor Program of Greater Akron-Canton | Provide vocational training and academic supports to low-income high school and college students. | Up to $25,000 |
| Summit, Cuyahoga, Mahoning, Medina, Portage, Stark, Tuscarawas, and Wayne Counties. | Reaching Above Hopelessness and Brokenness Ministries, Inc. | Provide support services for human trafficking survivors. | Up to $250,000 |
| Union County | The Hope Center | Provide food security. | Up to $200,000 |
The Governor’s Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives reviewed applications for Sustainability Grants.
Executive Order 2021-13D distributes fiscal years 2022-2023 Sustainability Grants to the following agencies:
| Areas Served | Organization Name | Purpose | Amount |
| Franklin and Montgomery Counties | Moms2B | Provide assistance to reduce the effects of low birth-weight babies. | Up to $910,054 |
| Franklin and Lucas Counties | After-School All-Stars | Provide after-school enrichment programs for low-income, at-risk children. | Up to $2,400,000 |
| Lucas County | Mom’s House | Provide early childhood and parenting program services. | Up to $400,000 |
| Franklin County | Community Shelter Board | Provide assistance with homelessness prevention for pregnant women. | Up to $200,000 |
| Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain, and Medina Counties | Cleveland Coats for Kids | Provide new coats and shoes for at-risk children. | Up to $200,000 |
| Summit County | Truly Reaching You Prisoner Reentry Program | Assist a parent’s reintegration into society by helping them with development of trade skills, life skills, and positive relationships. | Up to $232,000 |
| Statewide | Operation Warm | Provide new coats and shoes to at-risk children. | Up to $600,000 |
| West Chester/Liberty, Greater Cincinnati, Dayton, Massillon, Youngstown, Wooster, Central Ohio, Northeast Ohio, Toledo, Hamilton, Orrville, and Washington County. | Ohio Alliance of Boys and Girls Clubs | Provide supportive services to youth at the area clubs. | Up to $1 million |
| Franklin, Butler, Clermont, Cuyahoga, Erie, Gallia, Greene, Hamilton, Hocking, Jackson, Licking, Lorain, Lucas, Mahoning, Marion, Meigs, Montgomery, Morgan, Stark, Summit, Washington, and Wayne Counties. | Ohio Suicide Prevention Foundation | Provide suicide prevention service to disadvantaged families. | Up to $736,960 |
| Statewide | Ohio Association of Foodbanks | Provide summer rural delivery meals, summer weekend meals, and mobile farmers market programs. | Up to $5,625,638 |