Community Software Solutions, Inc.

City-funded organization

Community Software Solutions, Inc. (CSS) is a software company headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey, founded in 1991, per its own site, which builds web based platforms for youth employment, afterschool, case management, and stipend/voucher payment programs and offers direct deposit and payroll card processing. The DYCD payment portal at dycdpayments.org credits its copyright to Community Software Solutions, Inc. in its footer. In NYC, CSS has held $70 million in registered contracts since 2007 with the Department of Youth and Community Development and the Department of Small Business Services (none active as of August 2026), including "PAY AGENT FOR ITG AND TAA FUNDS" ($20,000,000), "Youth Employment Payroll Systems," "Payroll Processing Services," and "DYCD ONLINE WEB-BASED DATA AND PROGRAM MANAGEMENT SYSTEM" contracts, and has been paid $54 million to date. 67% of the contract value CSS has won ($46 million across 21 contracts) was awarded without a fresh competitive bid.

Industry (per city contracts)
Human Services
City contracts
none active as of 2026-08-22 · $69,739,228 awarded since 2007
Paid to date
$54,257,643
Won without a fresh bid
67% of contract value · $46,416,709 · 21 contracts

Holds contracts at

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).

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