Recipient of federal assistance · CHICAGO, IL
START EARLY
START EARLY received $49.9M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 10 actions, −1.2% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $272.6M. Its largest awarding agency was Administration for Children and Families ($49.9M).
- Assistance · FY2026
- $49.9M
- New awards
- 0
- Actions
- 10
- Since FY2021
- $272.6M
- UEI
- XW4QGAT5WCN5
- Location
- CHICAGO, IL
Federal grants & assistance received
Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.
Assistance by fiscal year
- 37.3MFY2021
- 44MFY2022
- 39.2MFY2023
- 51.6MFY2024
- 50.5MFY2025
- 49.9MFY2026
By type
- Grants$49.9M100%
Top programs · Awarding agencies
Obligations in FY2026.
Top programs
- 93.600 · Head Start$49.9M100%
Awarding agencies
- Administration for Children and Families$49.9M100%Department of Health and Human Services
Largest awards
- 93.600 · Head Start· Administration for Children and Families· Project grant· Dec 29, 2023 – Sep 11, 2026· 05CH012453
- 93.600 · Head Start· Administration for Children and Families· Project grant· Dec 18, 2020 – Mar 11, 2026· 05CH011953
- 93.600 · Head Start· Administration for Children and Families· Cooperative agreement· Sep 27, 2021 – Sep 25, 2026· 90HC000021
Subawards
Matched by Unique Entity ID: the first-tier subawards this organization reported as a prime recipient, and those primes reported paying it.
As a prime: who it pays · FY2026
- Sub-grants: $34.3M (17 subawards)
11 sub-recipients
- CHILDREN'S HOME & AID SOCIETY OF ILLINOIS$8.9M26%CHICAGO, IL · 2 subawards
- FAMILY FOCUS$6.5M19%CHICAGO, IL · 2 subawards
- SGA YOUTH & FAMILY SERVICES, NFP$4M12%CHICAGO, IL · 2 subawards
- MARILLAC ST. VINCENT FAMILY SERVICES, INC.$3.6M11%CHICAGO, IL · 1 subaward
- CASA CENTRAL SOCIAL SERVICES CORP$2.8M8.1%CHICAGO, IL · 1 subaward
- ONE HOPE UNITED$2.1M6.1%CHICAGO, IL · 1 subaward
- YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CHICAGO$2M5.8%CHICAGO, IL · 1 subaward
- ACADEMY FOR GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP$1.7M5.1%CHICAGO, IL · 2 subawards
- THE CHILDREN'S PLACE ASSOCIATION$1.7M4.8%CHICAGO, IL · 1 subaward
- DIVERSIFIED INVESTMENTS AND ASSOCIATES INC$486.3K1.4%RIVERDALE, IL · 2 subawards
As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026
- Sub-grants: $1.8M (7 subawards)
4 primes
- DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND FAMILIES$915K50%OLYMPIA, WA · 2 subawards
- IL DEPT. OF HUMAN SERVICES$687.8K37%SPRINGFIELD, IL · 2 subawards
- CHAPIN HALL CENTER FOR CHILDREN$167.3K9.1%CHICAGO, IL · 1 subaward
- ILLINOIS STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION$68.8K3.7%SPRINGFIELD, IL · 2 subawards
By fiscal year
- FY2021: $14.8M paid out · $2.6M received
- FY2022: $19.8M paid out · $10.6M received
- FY2023: $784.4K paid out · $8.7M received
- FY2024: $22.8M paid out · $10.9M received
- FY2025: $13.4M paid out · $7.2M received
- FY2026: $34.3M paid out · $1.8M received
Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.
Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.
Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.