Capistrano Unified School District

Capistrano Unified School District Education And Support Services Division, doing business as Capistrano Unified School District School Facilities Corp, is a U.S. local government school district entity based in San Juan Capistrano, California that receives federal grant funding for K–12 education, special education, nutrition, English language acquisition, and career-technical education programs, operating as a grant recipient (17% of recent awards) and predominantly as a sub-recipient (83%) under pass-through grants from the Department of Education and the Department of Agriculture.

The district's federal footprint is concentrated in education-related grants flowing through state and federal intermediaries rather than direct procurement contracts. Five Department of Education offices and the USDA Food and Nutrition Service account for 91% of recent awards. The Office of Elementary and Secondary Education leads by award count at 26 awards, followed by the USDA Food and Nutrition Service at 14 awards, and the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services at 12 awards. The Office of Career Technical and Adult Education and the Office of English Language Acquisition each contributed 3 awards. Combined obligated dollars across all 64 awards (prime and sub combined) total $58.8 million, with activity accelerating sharply — from 1 award in 2022 to 26 awards in 2026 year to date.

As a direct grant recipient, Capistrano holds Indian Education Formula Grants to LEAs (Local Educational Agencies) flowing from the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education in consecutive fiscal years, with awards dated July 1 in 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026, each with ultimate completion the following June 30. The district receives these formula grants to serve Native American students within its boundaries. The overwhelming majority of recent activity — 53 sub-awards — comes through pass-through grants administered by the California Department of Education as the prime grantee. These sub-awards span child nutrition (National School Breakfast and Lunch Programs), special education (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act), English language learner support, career and technical education, Title I improvement programs for high-poverty schools, teacher quality initiatives, pandemic relief (COVID-19 response grants), and homeless children and youth education programs. Representative sub-awards include multiple National School Breakfast and Lunch Program sub-awards dating through 2026, special education grants across 2023–2026, English language acquisition grants in 2025–2026, and Title I grants for school improvement and teacher quality through mid-2026. Only one award faces ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, indicating minimal recompete pressure in the immediate pipeline.