Ewen-Trout Creek Consolidated School District

Ewen-Trout Creek Consolidated School District, doing business as Ewen-Trout Creek Consolidated School, is a U.S. local government school district serving rural Ewen, Michigan, that operates as a federal grant recipient under the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education. The district receives all of its federal funding through direct grants rather than contracts, with no subcontract work.

Ewen-Trout Creek Consolidated School operates exclusively under two formula and project grant programs from the Department of Education. The district is a primary recipient of Impact Aid Program, Title VII, Section 7002 funding (CFDA 84.041), which provides financial assistance to local educational agencies where federal property acquisition has reduced local tax capacity. Ewen-Trout Creek qualifies under Section 7002 because an aggregate of ten percent or more of assessed real property valuation in the district has been acquired by the federal government since 1938 and the district is not substantially compensated by revenue from activities on the eligible federal property. The district also receives Small, Rural School Achievement Program grants (formula grants). Recent awards include a $129,859 Impact Aid project grant awarded October 1, 2025, with performance through September 30, 2031, and a Small, Rural School Achievement Program formula grant awarded July 1, 2026, with completion targeted for September 30, 2027. All work is performed at Ewen, Michigan 49925.

Over the past two decades, the district has received forty total awards with combined obligated dollars of $2.6 million. Recent activity shows a steady rhythm: the district has received two awards per year in 2024 and 2025, and one award in the first half of 2026. The Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education is the sole customer across all awards (100% of portfolio). Only one award reaches ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, presenting minimal recompete exposure in that window. The district's grant awards fund educational programming in the rural school community and operate on statutory formula schedules with annual payment cycles; appropriations constraints trigger prorating of payments when necessary.