Easter Seals, Inc.

Easter Seals, Inc. is a tax-exempt nonprofit organization headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, registered to receive federal awards since April 2006. The organization provides a comprehensive range of services focused on supporting individuals with disabilities and vulnerable populations, including children, seniors, and low-income families. Easter Seals, Inc. delivers services across multiple domains including employment and workforce development, transportation coordination, behavioral health services, childcare and early childhood education, and facility maintenance operations. Through its federal contracting and grant portfolio, the organization demonstrates substantial capacity to deliver services across multiple states and serve diverse beneficiary populations requiring specialized support and advocacy.

Easter Seals, Inc. has secured federal prime contracts totaling approximately $6.5 million through the Office of Personnel Management and Department of the Army Reserve Command. These contracts primarily involve facility and janitorial services, office supply delivery, and specialized custodial services under the AbilityOne program. Specifically, the Office of Personnel Management awarded a $6.04 million firm-fixed price contract to Easter Seals Western & Central Pennsylvania for janitorial, maintenance, and office supply services at facilities in Boyers and Butler, Pennsylvania, with performance extending through November 2028. The Department of the Army Reserve Command awarded a $401,193 definitive contract for AbilityOne custodial services at the Butler United States Army Reserve Center in Butler, Pennsylvania, structured with a 12-month base year and four 12-month option years. The Pennsylvania National Guard awarded a $100,000 purchase order for child and youth summer camp services in 2023, delivering separate male and female lodging, meals, and comfort items for 80 participating children and teens through a competitive reverse auction process. These contracts reflect Easter Seals' operational capacity in facility management and specialized youth programming serving government agencies without set-aside designations.

Easter Seals, Inc. has received substantial federal grant funding exceeding $50 million in prime awards across multiple programs and federal agencies. The organization is a significant grantee under the Department of Labor's Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP), with multiple awards totaling over $23 million for fiscal years 2021 through 2026, serving low-income adults aged 55 and older through part-time community service employment, on-the-job training, and supportive services to facilitate transitions to unsubsidized employment. The Federal Transit Administration has funded the National Aging and Disability Transportation Center (NADTC), a cooperative partnership between Easter Seals, Inc. and Usaging, with awards totaling approximately $7.5 million across multiple performance periods from 2021 through 2025, providing technical assistance and training to enhance transportation options for older adults and people with disabilities nationwide. Easter Seals, Inc. received a $2.6 million cooperative agreement from the Federal Transit Administration under the Technical Assistance and Workforce Development program to support NADTC operations. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's Center for Mental Health Services funded two comprehensive community behavioral health center initiatives through Easter Seals Michigan, supporting integrated care delivery in Oakland and Macomb counties with awards structured through September 2026 serving individuals in crisis, with depression, substance use disorders, and trauma. The Office of Head Start and the Department of Health and Human Services funded Head Start and Early Head Start programming through January 2029, providing early childhood education and family services. Additional grants include a $1.57 million Department of Labor award under SCSEP for multi-state workforce services with a sub-award to Easter Seals Oregon, a National Endowment for the Arts award supporting disability inclusion in the film and television industry, and community project funding from the Healthcare Systems Bureau. Easter Seals, Inc. also receives federal sub-grant awards from state agencies including the Pennsylvania Department of Education for child nutrition reimbursement programs, the California Department of Social Services and Education for child care and development funding, the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families for family home visiting programs, the Ohio Department of Aging for ombudsman and residential care services, and other state partners, demonstrating extensive sub-award network engagement across multiple service delivery domains and geographic regions.