Honolulu, HI

EFFECTIVE PLANNING INNOVATIVE COMMUNICATION INC

EIN 99-0333370

Housing, Food & Basic Needs Foster Care, Adoption & Child Welfare Children & youth

Mission

EPIC ‘Ohana (Effective Planning & Innovative Communication, Inc.) strengthens families involved with Child Welfare Services and improves outcomes for children and youth through culturally grounded, collaborative family conferencing, youth circles, peer support, and training.

IRS-recognized 501(c)(3) public charity Contributions are tax-deductible

Claim this page Visit www.epicohana.org

About EFFECTIVE PLANNING INNOVATIVE COMMUNICATION INC

Effective Planning & Innovative Communication, Inc., doing business as EPIC ʻOhana, is a Honolulu-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit that uses family group decision-making, youth circles, family finding, and wraparound supports to help families involved in the child welfare system. The organization operates statewide in Hawaiʻi and emphasizes culturally grounded practices, community voice, and reunification-focused supports. EPIC ʻOhana serves as a lead partner on statewide initiatives supporting foster and former-foster youth (including HI H.O.P.E.S. work) and maintains programs that provide conferencing, youth leadership development, peer supports, and training for social service professionals. In recent years the organization has continued statewide programming, produced a National Reunification Celebration (2025), supported disaster recovery efforts for affected youth, and administered grants and contracts supporting peer and family services across the islands.

Notable achievements

Statewide ʻOhana Conferencing & Youth Circles

Operates large-scale family conferencing and youth circle programs serving hundreds to thousands of families and young people statewide, providing structured decision-making and reunification supports for families involved with Child Welfare Services.

Lead on HI H.O.P.E.S. and Youth Leadership

Serves as a lead agency for the HI H.O.P.E.S. initiative and related youth leadership and council work, delivering leadership training and engagement opportunities for foster and former-foster youth across Hawaiʻi.

Digital & Independent Living Supports

Developed and supports Independent Living Collaborative programming, including a mobile resource app (Foster Hope Hawaii) and services that help transition-age youth access resources and life-skills supports.

At a glance

Total assets: $4.5M
Annual revenue: $7.6M
Tax status: 501(c)(3)Public charity
EIN: 99-0333370
Location: Honolulu, HI
Website: www.epicohana.org
On Mahalo since: September 2026

Financial figures from the IRS Business Master File, the IRS’s registry of tax-exempt organizations.

Recognition

Active 501(c)(3) public charity (federal tax-exempt status) with a history of publicly filed Form 990s and nonprofit grant activity since the late 1990s.

Recognized partner and grantee in Hawaiʻi’s nonprofit and state systems; EPIC ʻOhana has been named in state grant applications and legislative working group materials as a child-welfare partner.

Included in multiple nonprofit databases and local funder lists as a core provider of family conferencing, youth services, and training in Hawaiʻi.

Is this your organization?

Claim this page to keep it current — add your logo, publish campaigns, and reach the donors and advisors discovering you on Mahalo.

Claim this page