What's New?
There have been significant enhancements in EPIC over the course of the last year, including new and improved functionality for the Activity Planning module. With Release 6.0 going live on March 29, 2021 PHAs will submit their signed ACC Amendments in the new Document Management Center.
USER MANUALS: An updated Activity Planning User Manual can be found below. This Manual brings together previously published instructions and refreshes screen-shots. It provides step-by-step instructions on creating and submitting Five-Year Action Plans, Annual Statement/Budgets and Performance and Evaluation Reports. It also provides information on how to report on RAD transactions and additional Capital Fund Grants. The new Document Management Center Quick Reference Guide walks PHAs step-by-step through creating and submitting their CFP Submission in EPIC.
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(NEW) Document Management Center Quick Reference Guide (2021)
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(NEW) EPIC User Manual for the Activity Planning Module (2021)
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(NEW) Adding a User to EPIC Quick Reference Guide (2021)
SYSTEM RELEASES: Release 5.0 is live as of December 2020. Release 5.0 allowed Field Offices and Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) to manage their own users. Release 6.0 will be released on March 29, 2021. This will allow PHAs to upload their Annual Capital Fund Submission, including signed Annual Contribution Contracts (ACCs) and other required documents. Additional guidance is forthcoming and will be posted below.
TRAINING:
(NEW) Document Management Center Quick Reference Video
Capital Fund Program Activity Planning
HUD now requires Capital Fund Program (CFP) 5-Year Action Plans (5YAPs) and Budgets (formerly referred to as Annual Statements) to be submitted in EPIC. In order to obligate CFP Grants for Fiscal Year 2018 and later, PHAs must submit an Annual Budget in the Activity Planning Module. Please refer to PIH Notice 2016-21 for guidance related to the transition timeline, benefits of automation, submission process and requirements, and oversight and monitoring.
- EPIC Activity Planning User Guides:
- (NEW) EPIC User Manual for the Activity Planning Module (2021)*
- Creating and Submitting a P and E Report (2020)
- (NEW) Adding a User to EPIC Quick Reference Guide (2021)
This version replaces all prior versions and will be updated regularly. Please continue to check this page for future updates and guidance.
Core Activity Reporting
The Energy and Performance Information Center (EPIC) was originally designed to collect quarterly summary capital fund grant activity and energy efficiency measures (EEM) – planned and completed. In order to provide PHAs with some administrative relief, starting October 1, 2013, PHAs are only required to report on planned/completed Energy Efficiency Measures (EEMS) in the Energy and Performance Information Center (EPIC) system ANNUALLY. Under the revised system, PHAs would report at the end of their fiscal year rather than each quarter, as follows:
| Calendar Year Quarter | Federal Fiscal Year | PHAS Required to Report | Reporting Period |
| 1 | 2 | Fiscal year ending March 31 | April 1 - May 15th |
| 2 | 3 | Fiscal year ending June 30 | July 1 - August 15 |
| 3 | 4 | Fiscal year ending September 30 | October 1 - October 31 |
| 4 | 1 | Fiscal year ending December 31 | January 1 - February 15 |
*Reminder: EPIC reports are cumulative. For example, if a PHA installs 10 Energy Star refrigerators in the first quarter in which it is reporting on a grant, it would report that in the Q1 report – if it then installs 5 more Energy Star refrigerators in the next quarter, it is to report 15 in the next quarter’s report, not 5.
HUDPIH-516391410-198; Last Updated 3/23/2021
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To be added, please send an email to your local HUD Field Office.
If your Field Office cannot help you please send an EPICHelp@hud.gov copying your local HUD Field Office Point of Contact (POC).
If you need a Secure Systems ID (WASS user ID/M Number) go to the Secure Systems user registration page: https://hudapps.hud.gov/public/wass/public/pha/phareg_page.jsp.
*HUD users must gain access via a DIAMS request*
Core Activity Module
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- EPIC User Guide (Instruction guidebook, 2012) MS-Word
- FAQs (2013)
Activity Planning Module
- Creating and Submitting a Budget from Scratch
- Linking a Previously Submitted Budget to a Grant
- Revising a Budget when Revisions to the 5YAP are NOT Needed
- Revising a Budget when Revisions ARE Needed to the 5YAP
- Creating a 5YAP by Using the Copy Forward Feature in EPIC
- Creating a 5YAP from Scratch
- EPIC Activity Planning User Guide (2017)
- EPIC ACTIVITY PLANNING MODULE FAQ
- EPIC TRANSITION SCHEDULE- CHART for FIXED PLANS
- EPIC TRANSITION SCHEDULE – CHART for ROLLING PLANS
- PIH Notice 2016-21 modified the submission process for Capital Fund Program (CFP) 5-Year Action Plans (5YAPs) and Budgets (formerly referred to as Annual Statements).