Positive Beginnings Inc
City-funded organization
Positive Beginnings, Inc. is a special education preschool operator with sites in Flushing and Middle Village, Queens, serving children ages 3 to 5 in Universal 3-K and special education classes. It holds no active New York City contracts as of August 2026 but has been awarded $16,584,426 in Department of Education contracts since 2017, all now ended, and the department has paid it $10,400,240 to date. Two Universal Pre-Kindergarten (UPK-BTF) contracts, worth $3,760,716 and $1,285,480, were awarded through RFP. The remaining five contracts, four titled "4410-Enhancement" and one earlier UPK-Universal Prekindergarten Services contract, totaling $11,538,230 (70% of its contract value), were awarded without a fresh competitive bid.
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts
- none active as of 2026-08-22 · $16,584,426 awarded since 2017
- Paid to date
- $10,400,240
- Won without a fresh bid
- 70% of contract value · $11,538,230 · 5 contracts
Holds contracts at
- 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 · CT104020229260663 · ended 2026 $3,760,716
- 4410-Enhancement Department of Education · CT104020259557261 · ended 2026 $2,712,026
- 4410-Enhancement Department of Education · CT104020239356751 · ended 2024 $2,712,026
- 4410-Enhancement Department of Education · CT104020259557260 · ended 2026 $2,365,578
- 4410-Enhancement Department of Education · CT104020239356750 · ended 2024 $2,365,578
- UPK - Universal Prekindergarten Services Department of Education · CT104020189852377 · ended 2021 $1,383,023
- UPK-BTF Department of Education · CT104020238804165 · ended 2026 $1,285,480