Forrest County Agricultural High School District

Forrest County Agricultural High School District, a Mississippi local government school district based in Brooklyn, operates as a federal grant recipient (75% of recent awards are sub-grants) rather than a federal contractor, receiving and distributing federal education and nutrition funding through the Department of Education and the Department of Agriculture. The district's federal footprint is dominated by pass-through sub-grant awards from the Mississippi Department of Education, which channels federal elementary and secondary education funding to the school district as a sub-recipient.

The district's customer base is concentrated among three federal agencies accounting for 100% of recent awards: the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (29 awards), the Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (26 awards), and the Department of Education Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (5 awards). The split reflects the district's role in operating child nutrition programs and managing special education services under federal categorical grants. The district holds a direct prime recipient award from the Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education: a $700,000 project grant under CFDA 84.215 (Innovative Approaches to Literacy; Promise Neighborhoods; Full-Service Community Schools; and Congressionally Directed Spending for Elementary and Secondary Education Community Projects) for the Forrest County AHS CTE Expansion Project, running from July 13, 2026, through July 13, 2031. This grant supports expansion of career and technical education at Forrest County Agricultural High School, with performance in Brooklyn, Mississippi.

The bulk of the district's federal funding flow arrives through monthly or quarterly sub-grant pass-throughs from Mississippi Department of Education, primarily Child Nutrition Program allocations (CNP-Block and CNP-CIL tranches, appearing bimonthly since 2023) and Title funding streams including Title I Part A Basic Grants, Title II Part A Grants (Supporting Effective Instruction), Title IV Student Support and Academic Enrichment, Title V Rural and Low-Income Schools, and Part B IDEA grants (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act special education). Recent activity shows 28 sub-grant awards in 2024 and nine in 2025, with six awards through mid-2026. Combined obligated dollars across all sixty awards total $3.2 million, reflecting the pass-through nature of sub-recipient status. The district does not hold federal contracts, sit on government-wide acquisition vehicles, or operate as a federal contractor; its federal engagement is entirely grant-based and mediated through state-level intermediaries.