Community And Economic Development Association Of Cook County, Inc.

Community And Economic Development Association Of Cook County, Inc. (doing business as Ceda) is a Chicago-based nonprofit community development corporation that receives federal grants as a prime recipient and serves as a sub-recipient for federal housing, nutrition, and poverty-reduction programs, with particular concentration in USDA nutrition assistance and HUD homelessness-prevention initiatives. Ceda operates as a tax-exempt entity and has been a registered federal contractor since 2004.

Ceda's federal footprint is dominated by sub-recipient work, which accounts for 72% of its 156 awards across prime and sub roles. The vendor receives direct HUD grants under the Continuum of Care Program (CFDA 14.267), with awards in June 2026 ($270,450), June 2025, June 2024 ($236,158), June 2023, and June 2022—each a one-year project grant supporting rapid rehousing, homelessness prevention, rental assistance, case management, and supportive services across Cook County. As a sub-recipient, Ceda executes the bulk of its workload through pass-through funding from Illinois state agencies, primarily the Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity and the Illinois Department of Human Services. Ceda receives sub-awards for the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG), the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), the Weatherization Assistance Program, the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), and the Social Services Block Grant (SSBG). The most recent wave of sub-awards from Illinois DHS spans WIC nutrition assistance (dozens of sub-awards between July and December 2024, with subsequent awards continuing through 2025 and 2026) and Social Services Block Grant work (eleven sub-awards in July 2024). LIHEAP and weatherization sub-awards from Illinois DCEO cluster in 2024 and 2025, and Ceda also receives housing counseling sub-awards through Housing Action Illinois.

Customer concentration is extreme and highly specialized. The top five federal grantor agencies account for 96% of recent awards. The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service leads by award count with 71 awards, followed by the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families (36 awards), HUD's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development (30 awards), HUD's Assistant Secretary for Housing Federal Housing Commissioner (7 awards), and a second HHS Administration for Children and Families line (6 awards). The portfolio reveals a clear operational focus on low-income household services in the Midwest—nutrition assistance, emergency energy support, housing stability, and homelessness prevention for vulnerable Cook County populations. Dollar obligations across all 156 awards total $497.3 million over the source period.

Activity has been volatile. After one award in 2022, the vendor received 56 awards in 2023, then declined to 42 in 2024, 16 in 2025, and 3 year-to-date in 2026. Only one award carries an ultimate completion date within the next twenty-four months, creating minimal recompete exposure in the near term. The vendor competes entirely in the grant space, with no federal contract prime awardees or contract vehicle seats recorded in the source.