County Of Yellowstone

County of Yellowstone, doing business as Blue Creek School, is a school district operating as a child entity of Yellowstone County, Montana, that receives federal grant funding as a prime recipient under the Small, Rural School Achievement Program and participates as a sub-recipient in school nutrition, emergency relief, and public health grant programs distributed through the Montana Office of Public Instruction and the State of Montana Department of Health and Human Services. As a U.S. local government entity, Blue Creek School operates outside the standard SBA set-aside framework and competes for federal education and nutrition grants under full-and-open authority.

Blue Creek School's federal grant footprint centers on K–12 education and school nutrition programs. The school district holds four consecutive prime awards under the Small, Rural School Achievement Program (CFDA program code not specified in source), with formula grants awarded annually on July 1 from 2023 through 2026, the most recent award completing September 30, 2027. Concurrent with its prime role, Blue Creek School receives sub-award funding from the Montana Office of Public Instruction for the School Nutrition program (CFDA 10.555), which carries recurring awards in 2022, 2023, and 2025; the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) II and III programs (CFDA 84.425 and 84.425U), awarded in 2023 and 2024 respectively; and from the State of Montana Department of Health and Human Services for the HEART Detention program and PHSIO program, with awards in 2022 and 2025. These sub-awards flow from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education and the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service, with ancillary support from the Department of Health and Human Services' Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The vendor's award portfolio totals 36 federal awards (prime and sub combined) spanning 2007 through mid-2026, with $3.1 million in combined obligations across all awards. Customer concentration is complete — all awards derive from five federal agencies, with the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education accounting for 21 awards and the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families accounting for 10 awards. Activity is episodic rather than growth-driven: awards fluctuate year to year (ranging from one to three annually in the past five years), reflecting the formula-grant and sub-award structure of school district funding. One award faces ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months. As a local government entity, Blue Creek School does not sit on federal contract vehicles, IDIQs, GWACs, or BPAs; federal work is confined to grant programs distributed through state and federal education and nutrition channels.