Homedale Joint School District 370

Homedale Joint School District 370, a rural Idaho school district operating three school sites serving 1,256 students, acts as a prime recipient of federal grants for school-based mental health and behavioral support programs and as a sub-recipient of education and nutrition funding flowing through the Idaho State Board of Education. The district does not hold federal contracts and competes entirely within grant channels under civilian agencies — the Department of Education, the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Justice, and the Department of Health and Human Services.

The district's prime grant footprint centers on trauma-informed school mental health and safety initiatives. In September 2026, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration awarded the district $503,040 under the Center for Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance program (CFDA 93.532) to implement Project Connect: Building Trauma-Informed Schools, Families, and Community, a four-year initiative running through September 2030 with performance in Homedale, Idaho. Project Connect formalizes partnership with Insight Counseling as a credentialed mental health treatment provider, establishes a trauma-informed community coalition and interagency agreements, implements school-based screening, referral, triage, warm handoff, care coordination, treatment linkage, and follow-up workflows, and strengthens coordination with 988 and local crisis response resources. The district partners with Azevedo Consulting, Results Learning Center, Mental Health Collaborative, Thriving Minds, and the Center for Safe and Resilient Schools and Workplaces, alongside local stakeholders including school leaders, law enforcement, early childhood partners, the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, and parents. In October 2024, the Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded the district $844,846 under the STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839) for the Homedale Safe Schools Project, a three-year initiative implementing school-wide positive behavior interventions and supports (SWPBIS) across all three school sites with training for staff and local law enforcement, mental health literacy building, resiliency fostering, and culturally relevant trauma-sensitive practices through September 2027.

Sub-recipient funding dominates the district's federal footprint — 93% of recent awards flow as sub-awards from the Idaho State Board of Education. The district receives recurring sub-awards across Title I Grants to Local Educational Agencies, Improving Teacher Quality State Grants, Migrant Education State Grant Program, Student Support and Academic Enrichment Program, Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP), National School Lunch Program, Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program, and Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER). Federal Department of Education and Department of Agriculture nutrition and academic support programs account for the majority of sub-award volume and obligated dollars. The district's federal footprint reflects a resource-constrained rural school system leveraging federal grants to address student behavioral health, academic support, and food security needs across its economically disadvantaged, diverse student population.