Baboquivari Unified School District #40

Baboquivari Unified School District #40, a local government school district serving 1,049 students across six schools on the Tohono Oodham Nation in Sells, Arizona, receives federal grant funding as a prime recipient and sub-recipient (38% prime, 62% sub-award split) across K–12 education, school safety, and special education programs. The district operates in a rural-remote community with 98 percent Tohono Oodham Nation enrollment and a 30.8 percent poverty rate, positioning it as a recipient of federal formula grants and project grants targeting indigenous student populations and school safety infrastructure.

Baboquivari's federal funding footprint centers on the Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, which accounts for 30 of 45 total awards and funds core K–12 education delivery. The district also holds prime project grants from the Department of Justice Community Oriented Policing Program: a $500,000 School Violence Prevention Program award (CFDA 16.071) running through September 2028, and a $485,043 Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants award (CFDA 16.710) running through September 2027, both dedicated to school security improvements, emergency notification technology, metal detectors, locks, lighting, and coordination with local law enforcement to address rising violent incidents on campus. The Department of Education Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service, and the Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration account for the remaining 10 awards. The top five funding agencies represent 96 percent of all awards.

As a sub-recipient, Baboquivari receives the majority of its federal funding (62% of awards, 28 sub-awards) through the Arizona Department of Education, which passes through federal dollars under Title I (school improvement and academic support), Title IV-A (student support and academic enrichment), IDEA Basic Section 611 (special education), Food and Nutrition Service (school nutrition), and Indian Education Grants programs. Sub-award use funds teacher positions (kindergarten, pre-K, STEM, CTE, special education), paraprofessionals, family liaisons, instructional coaches, and summer school operations. As a prime recipient, the district received a $249,569 Indian Education Grants to Local Educational Agencies award (CFDA 84.060) from the Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education in July 2026, supporting culturally appropriate instruction, teacher professional development, and Native language and tribal history curriculum for Indian students.

Activity has grown from two awards in 2022 to ten in 2024, stabilizing at nine in 2025 and three in early 2026. Combined dollars obligated across all awards total $49.1 million over the source period. Only two awards face ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months, indicating limited recompete exposure in the near term.