Community Life Center, Inc.
City-funded organization
Community Life Center, Inc. runs Head Start early childhood education programs for preschool children and families in Harlem, at its Mt. Morris Park West and West 153rd Street sites, and has been a tax-exempt nonprofit since 1980 (EIN 13-2506814). The Administration for Children's Services and the Department of Education have awarded it $50 million in city contracts since 2012, mostly for EarlyLearn, Head Start, and Universal Pre-Kindergarten services (paid to date, $38 million); the organization holds no active city contracts as of August 2026, and 56% of contract value awarded without a fresh competitive bid, $28 million across five contracts. It also received a $12,636 City Council discretionary (member-item) award under the "Pandemic Support for Human Service Providers" program in FY2022.
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts
- none active as of 2026-08-22 · $49,562,308 awarded since 2012
- Paid to date
- $38,522,182
- Won without a fresh bid
- 56% of contract value · $27,588,215 · 5 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $12,636 · 1 awards
- Based in
- New York, NY
Holds contracts at
- Administration for Children's Services City agency
- Department of Education City agency
City contracts
Registered city contracts, largest first by current contract value (not amount spent): running now, then registered to start later, then ended. Totals count every registered contract. Each line shows its Checkbook contract ID. The tag on each row is how it was awarded (“no-bid” = non-competitive).
- UPK-BTF Department of Education · CT104020229257619 · ended 2026 $10,353,012
- Decrease of funds and Early Learn services transfer to DOE. Administration for Children's Services · CT106820171403729 · ended 2019 $10,278,510
- EarlyLearn Services Administration for Children's Services · CT106820151402791 · ended 2016 $9,508,549
- UPK-HST Department of Education · CT104020229251452 · ended 2025 $8,886,394
- Birth To Five Services Department of Education · CT104020209050327 · ended 2021 $4,439,767
- UPK-CIN Department of Education · CT104020229260331 · ended 2026 $2,709,687
- Head Start Services Department of Education · CT104020269658000 · ended 2026 $1,724,597
- UPK-CTL Department of Education · CT104020269658646 · ended 2026 $1,636,792
- NEGOTIATED SERVICES-SERVICES Department of Education · CT104020223096825 · ended 2022 $25,000
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Pandemic Support for Human Service Providers Pandemic Support for Human Service Providers · DOE · FY2022 $12,636