Charlton County Board Of Education

Charlton County Board Of Education is a Georgia-based local government school district operating exclusively as a sub-recipient on federal education and nutrition grants, with all 292 recent sub-awards flowing through state pass-through entities rather than direct federal contracting. The district does not hold prime contracts or participate in government-wide contract vehicles; federal funding reaches Charlton County through sub-grant mechanisms, predominantly via the Georgia Department of Education as the prime grantee.

The district's federal footprint is heavily concentrated in child nutrition programs. The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service accounts for 215 of 284 awards tracked (73% by count), dominated by monthly reimbursements under the National School Lunch Program (lunch and snack components), the National School Breakfast Program, and USDA food warehouse storage and delivery cost reimbursement. A direct prime grant from the Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded $998,133 on September 23, 2025, under the Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grants program (CFDA 10.855) to support distance learning infrastructure and services through September 23, 2027. The Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education delivers the second-largest volume of sub-awards (52 awards), including Title I-A funds for disadvantaged students, Title II-A teacher quality funding, Title IV student support and academic enrichment, Title V-B rural school support, and Perkins V career and technical education program-improvement and professional-development grants. The Office of Career Technical and Adult Education and the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services each account for eight sub-awards, covering IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act) special education funding, including IDEA 611 school-age flow-through and IDEA 619 preschool (ages 3–5) allocations, plus emergency supplemental funds from ESSER III-ARP (Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Act) for school safety, rural special education, and pandemic recovery.

Combined dollars obligated across all 293 awards total $24.8 million. Sub-award volume declined from 71 awards in 2022 and 77 in 2023 to 35 in 2024 and 43 in 2025, with 26 awards recorded in the first eight months of 2026. Only one award faces ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, indicating minimal recompete exposure in that window. Charlton County operates as a fund recipient and implementer of federal K–12 education and child nutrition policy rather than as a federal contractor, with no capacity to bid on competitive procurements, IDVs, or GWACs. For federal contractors seeking teaming or subcontracting relationships in rural Georgia K–12 education delivery, Charlton County is a customer and grant recipient, not a vendor or partner.