ST Marks Umc Head Start Center

City-funded organization

St Marks Umc Head Start Center is a Head Start and early childhood program affiliated with St. Mark's United Methodist Church in Brooklyn, with sites including 2017 Beverly Road in Flatbush and a second location, Bishop Sexton Head Start, at 933 Herkimer Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant. It holds no active NYC contracts as of August 2026 but has been awarded $63 million in registered contracts since 2012 and paid $54 million to date, for EarlyLearn, Head Start, and Universal Pre-K (UPK-HST, UPK-BTF, UPK-CTL, UPK-CIN) services with the Administration for Children's Services and Department of Education. 44% of contract value ($28 million across 6 contracts) was awarded without a fresh competitive bid, including an "EarlyLearn Services" contract at the Administration for Children's Services tagged Renewal (not re-bid), and a "UPK-BTF" contract at the Department of Education awarded by Assignment. It also received a single $22,199 City Council discretionary award in FY2022 through the "Pandemic Support for Human Service Providers" program via DOE.

Industry (per city contracts)
Human Services
City contracts
none active as of 2026-08-22 · $62,990,806 awarded since 2012
Paid to date
$54,051,802
Won without a fresh bid
44% of contract value · $27,550,426 · 6 contracts
Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
$22,199 · 1 awards

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).

Discretionary funding received

City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.

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