Prevention, Retention & Contingency (PRC) Program

How it works

The Prevention, Retention and Contingency Program (PRC) provides short-term assistance to help eligible Delaware County families overcome immediate barriers to self-sufficiency. The page says PRC may help with urgent needs related to housing stability, employment retention, transportation, family stability, or other short-term barriers.

What the money or services cover

The PRC page lists the following service categories:

• Housing Assistance
• Utility Assistance
• Car Repair
• Vehicle Fuel
• Employment Retention
• Employment & Training
• Kinship Caregiver Services

This is a broad county assistance program. The page does not identify a specific wildfire, wind, hail, flood, or earthquake hardening measure, and it does not state any separate home-mitigation line item.

Amounts and matching

The page does not state a dollar cap, reimbursement amount, or matching requirement.

How to apply

For Traditional PRC, the page says you can:

• Apply online
• Download the PRC application and email it to Delaware_prc@jfs.ohio.gov
• Apply in person at Delaware County JFS, 145 N. Union Street, Delaware, OH 43015

Timing and deadlines

The page does not provide a general PRC application deadline or opening/closing date. It separately notes that the 2026 School Clothing Voucher Program is no longer accepting new applications and that submitted applications received before the closing date are still being reviewed; that notice applies to that separate component, not to a home-hardening program.