Humboldt Public Schools

Humboldt Public Schools, a U.S. local government school district based in Humboldt, Nebraska, receives federal funding as a grant recipient, not a federal contractor. The district operates as the prime recipient on Small, Rural School Achievement Program formula grants from the U.S. Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, and receives the majority of its federal funding through sub-awards from the Department of Education Nebraska, the state education agency pass-through grantee for Title I, IDEA, nutrition programs, and literacy-support initiatives.

The district's federal footprint spans three distinct customer agencies, with 100% of recent awards split between the Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (30 awards), the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (19 awards), and the Department of Education Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (2 awards). Activity has grown sharply — one award in 2022 to fourteen in 2024 and thirteen in 2025. The district holds prime recipient status on five Small, Rural School Achievement Program formula grants to the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (July 1 awards in 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and most recently July 1, 2026 with an ultimate completion date of September 30, 2027), representing a recurring annual cycle under that program. The majority of the district's federal funding volume — 31 of 51 awards (61%) — flows through sub-awards from the Department of Education Nebraska, covering Title I Part A Basic Grants to LEAs, Title I Grants to Local Education Agencies, IDEA special education funding (including pre-K through age 22 base, non-public, and coordinated early intervention services allocations), Education Stabilization Fund / ESSER pandemic recovery funding, nutrition program block grants, and Nebraska's Journey to Inclusive Literacy through NeMTSS initiatives. Sub-awards are distributed monthly or quarterly throughout fiscal years 2023 through 2026.

Combined federal dollars obligated across all awards total $1.3 million. A single award faces ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, indicating minimal recompete exposure in that window. The district does not hold federal contracts or sit on federal contract vehicles; its entire federal footprint is grant and sub-grant funding for K–12 education operations and student services.