Community Strategies, Inc.

Community Strategies, Inc., a non-profit organization headquartered in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and doing business as Epic Charter School, operates as a federal grant recipient delivering K–12 education services, Native American language revitalization programming, school safety initiatives, and mental health support to American Indian and Alaska Native students across Oklahoma. The organization holds tax-exempt status and competes exclusively as a prime grant recipient under federal formula and project grant programs administered by the Department of Education and the Department of Justice, with no federal contract footprint; it also receives sub-awards from the Oklahoma State Department of Education flowing through multiple federal education programs.

Epic Charter School's customer concentration sits narrowly with education and justice agencies. The Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education accounts for 11 of 18 awards in recent activity (61% of the portfolio), anchored by four consecutive annual Indian Education Grants to Local Educational Agencies (CFDA 84.060) formula grants spanning July 2023 through June 2027, ranging from $1,026,317 to $1,253,892 per year. The organization also holds a multi-year project grant from the Department of Education for the Epic Native American Language Revitalization Project running through September 2027. Beyond education, the Department of Justice Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention and the Bureau of Justice Assistance jointly fund two school-safety and violence-prevention project grants, including a cooperative agreement supporting the Epic Safety and Security Plan (serving approximately 28,454 students statewide) and a Project TEAMS initiative implementing behavior threat assessment and management training, both with September 2027 completion dates. The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service accounts for three awards; details on those awards are not specified in the source. Sub-awards flow from the Oklahoma State Department of Education under Title I, Special Education (IDEA Part B), English Language Acquisition, and Title IV programs.

Combined potential value across all awards stands at $21.7 million obligated over eighteen awards since 2016. Activity peaked in 2024 with eight awards, then dropped to one in 2025 and one in 2026; four awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating recompete exposure. The organization's grant work centers on culturally responsive instruction, Native American language preservation, teacher professional development, mental health counseling and social services integration, school climate and safety planning, and student threat assessment and violence prevention across a statewide charter school network.