Easter Seals Serving DC / MD / VA, Inc.

Easter Seals Serving DC / MD / VA, Inc., a tax-exempt nonprofit organization headquartered in Silver Spring, Maryland, is a recipient of federal grants funding early childhood education, behavioral health services, and veteran employment and housing support across the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia. The organization operates as a prime grant recipient (87% of recent awards) rather than a federal contractor, with a footprint dominated by the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Head Start and the Department of Labor Veterans Employment and Training Service.

Easter Seals' recent grant work centers on three capability areas. Early Head Start programming represents the largest commitment: the organization holds a $2.61 million five-year Early Head Start project grant from HHS Office of Head Start (CFDA 93.600) effective August 2025 through July 2030, and a newly awarded $2.49 million Early Head Start project grant (CFDA 93.600) beginning July 2026 through June 2031, each providing comprehensive early childhood education, health and nutritional support, family engagement, and case management services to low-income infants, toddlers, and pregnant women. Veteran employment and housing support comprises the second area: Easter Seals received a three-year homeless veteran reintegration project grant from the Department of Labor Veterans Employment and Training Service effective July 2023 through June 2026, enrolling 314 homeless and at-risk veterans across 16 rural counties in Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia, and a parallel three-year grant serving female veterans and veterans with families (312 projected enrollees) in the Baltimore and DC metropolitan regions, also through June 2026. Behavioral health services form the third pillar: a September 2023 project grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) funded the launch of a community behavioral health clinic in Prince George's County, Maryland, targeting evidence-based, trauma-informed care for underserved populations including children, youth, people with disabilities, and linguistically diverse individuals, with projections to serve 250 individuals in the first twelve months growing to 700 annually by year five.

Customer concentration reflects HHS dominance. The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 5 accounts for 24 awards and $2.2 million in combined potential value; the Department of Labor Veterans Employment and Training Service holds 12 awards; and the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families accounts for 6 awards. Easter Seals also operates as a sub-recipient on National School Lunch Program grants flowing from the District of Columbia Government (7 sub-awards recorded since 2023). The organization places small-value task orders under VA Basic Ordering Agreements VA24514A0088 (9 task orders, $259 thousand combined potential value) and VA24514A0111 (5 task orders, $42 thousand combined potential value). Award trajectory shows modest recent activity — four awards in 2025 and four recorded to date in 2026 — following a period of lower frequency in 2020 and 2021.