Helena-West Helena School District

Helena-West Helena School District, operating through its Federal Programs Office, is a public school district located in Helena, Arkansas that serves as a recipient of federal educational funding and grants. The district is registered in SAM.gov as a not-for-profit organization and maintains an active registration status through April 2026. Rather than serving as a federal contractor providing goods or services to the government, the district functions as a subgrantee receiving educational funding through the Arkansas Department of Education and the Arkansas Department of Human Services to support its K-12 educational mission and student services.

Helena-West Helena School District has not received federal contract awards and maintains no federal contract prime awardee status, indicating that the organization does not participate in the federal contracting market for goods or services delivery. The district's federal engagement is exclusively through the grant funding mechanism rather than procurement contracts, meaning there are no contracted goods or services to report from this entity's federal award history.

The district's federal funding has been predominantly delivered through subgrants from the Arkansas Department of Education, with one supplemental subgrant from the Arkansas Department of Human Services. Since 2021, the district has received consistent annual awards on July 1st supporting multiple educational priorities including teacher quality improvement programs, rural education assistance, special education services for students with disabilities, and student academic support initiatives. Specific grant programs include Title II funds for teacher and principal quality improvement; rural education programs providing financial assistance for teacher recruitment, retention, and professional development; IDEA Part B funding for students with disabilities ages 6-21; IDEA Part C funding for early childhood special education services for children ages 3-5; Title I funding for disadvantaged students with support for literacy, mathematics, tutoring programs, and parent engagement; and the Student Support and Academic Enrichment (SSAE) program under ESEA Section 4101 for well-rounded education and technology integration. Additionally, the district has received federal child nutrition program (CNP) reimbursement funding from the United States Department of Agriculture through the Arkansas Department of Education and Arkansas Department of Human Services for breakfast, lunch, and after-school snack programs. The district also received COVID-19 relief and pandemic response funding in 2021 and 2022 to support school reopening and safe operations during the coronavirus pandemic.