Central Region Educational Cooperative
Albuquerque, NM
- UEI
- LFGMJ9K54N49
- CAGE
- 4PM14
- Primary NAICS
- Not on record
- SAM.gov registration
- Active through
Company facts
- Self-certified in SAM.gov
- Entity structure
- U.S. Government Entity
- SAM.gov registration date
- Physical address
- 4216 Balloon Park Rd NE, Albuquerque, NM 87109, USA
- Website
- crecnm.org
- Industry
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- Consumer Discretionary
- Consumer Services
- Diversified Consumer Services
- Education Services
- SIC code
- 87 Engineering & Management Services
Registration and certifications come from SAM.gov and the SBA; company details from public web sources. Updated .
Grant awards
| Award | Agency | Obligated | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Safer schools through listening and learning | Bureau of Justice Assistance (OJP) | $495,350 |
Grant subawards
| Prime recipient | Prime award | Amount | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| State Of New Mexico Public Education Department | S371C240019 | $1,399,780 | |
| State Of New Mexico Public Education Department | S371C240019 | $3,300,110 | |
| State Of New Mexico Public Education Department | S371C240019 | $132,524 | |
| State Of New Mexico Finance And Administration | 2502NMCCDF | $8,298,339 | |
| State Of New Mexico Public Education Department | S371C240019 | $895,959 |
Latest 5 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
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| Solare Collegiate Charter School | Albuquerque, NM | — |
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About the company
Central Region Educational Cooperative is a U.S. government entity based in Albuquerque, New Mexico that operates as a sub-recipient on federal education grants, providing administrative and fiscal oversight of literacy and early childhood education funding flowing from the Department of Education and the Department of Health and Human Services to New Mexico school districts and charter schools.
Central REC is a state government agency, not a commercial vendor; it holds no federal contracts as a prime contractor and does not sit on any federal contract vehicles. The vendor's federal footprint consists entirely of grant sub-awards (86% of recent awards), channeled through the State of New Mexico Public Education Department and the State of New Mexico Finance and Administration as prime grantees. Central REC functions as a pass-through administrative entity and program-support service provider rather than a direct service deliverer to schools.
Federal grant work spans three distinct federal agencies and focuses on elementary and secondary education and early childhood education programs. The Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education accounts for five awards (all grants), centered on Comprehensive Literacy State Development (CLSD) funding. In this capacity, Central REC manages competitive grant application processes, coordinates fiscal and administrative compliance, and routes funds to school district and charter school subgrantees. The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families sponsors one award in which Central REC delivers New Mexico PreK supports including instructional universal design coaching, practice-based professional development, grant application scoring, and literacy program consultation across regular and special education classrooms. The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance accounts for one additional award in the dataset.
Recent award volume remains modest: one award in 2020, one in 2021, then four in 2025 and one in 2026. Combined potential value across all seven awards stands at $14.6 million obligated. Central REC's role is administrative intermediary and state-level capacity builder for education programs rather than a commercial contractor or independent grant recipient.
Quick answers
Is Central Region Educational Cooperative registered in SAM.gov?
Yes. Central Region Educational Cooperative's SAM.gov registration is active through August 14, 2027.
What is Central Region Educational Cooperative's most recent federal award?
Central Region Educational Cooperative's most recent federal grant award is Safer schools through listening and learning (2020YSBX0043), from Bureau of Justice Assistance (OJP), on October 1, 2020.
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