Project Grant S041A264772

Rock Creek Elementary School, operating under the Unicoi County Board of Education in Erwin, Tennessee, received a $186,278 Impact Aid Program (CFDA 84.041) project grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, awarded on October 1, 2025, with a performance period through September 30, 2031. This funding supports comprehensive kindergarten through twelfth grade educational services in a federally impacted school district, including general academic instruction, special education, English language learner services, school nutrition programs, career and technical education initiatives, and technology integration throughout the district.

The award recognizes the school district's reduced local tax base resulting from federal land acquisition and provides sustained federal support to maintain educational quality and infrastructure. In conjunction with this primary award, the school district also received supplemental funding from Economic and Community Development in December 2023 to address food insecurity, demonstrating a multi-agency approach to supporting student welfare and academic success in the region. The consistent pattern of annual Impact Aid awards to this institution reflects its demonstrated eligibility and effective utilization of federal resources to serve its federally connected student population.