(COLUMBUS, Ohio)—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.
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 2021-13Ddistributes 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 $1,398,054
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
