Craven County Schools

Craven County Schools, located in New Bern, North Carolina, is a local school district that serves as a recipient of federal grant awards supporting comprehensive K-12 educational services. The district has been registered in SAM.gov since February 2002 and maintains active federal funding relationships to support its mission of delivering quality education to its student population, which includes a significant number of federally connected families associated with military installations and federal properties in the area.

The district has demonstrated consistent engagement with federal educational funding through multiple grant programs administered by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education. Most prominently, Craven County Schools has received recurring Impact Aid Program grants under Title VII, Section 7003, with the most recent award of $455,971 extending from October 2025 through September 2031, along with prior awards dated December 2024, November 2023, October 2022, and December 2021. These Impact Aid grants specifically address the financial impact of federal activities on the district's tax base and support the delivery of special education, English language learning programs, school nutrition services, career and technical education, teacher training, and technology integration. Beyond Impact Aid, the district received a School Violence Prevention Program grant from the Community Oriented Policing Program in October 2021 focused on school security improvements and safety initiatives. Additionally, Craven County Schools has been a sub-grantee receiving federal funding through the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction for Title I educational services ($4,201,593), ESSER II and CRRSA funds for pandemic recovery, and CARES Act funding. The district has also received sub-grants from the North Carolina Department of Health & Human Services for pre-kindergarten services to eligible four-year-old children, as well as COVID-19 screening testing program support, and disaster recovery assistance through the North Carolina Department of Public Safety.