Kokomo Center Township Consolidated School

Kokomo Center Township Consolidated School, doing business as Lafayette Park Elementary Middle School, is a U.S. local government school district entity based in Kokomo, Indiana, that operates as a federal grant recipient delivering early childhood education and K-12 educational services funded through federal grant programs. The school district acts as a prime recipient on a $6.21 million Head Start Project Grant from the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families (CFDA 93.600) awarded January 1, 2026, with completion scheduled for December 31, 2030, and operates overwhelmingly as a sub-recipient on state pass-through allocations (93% of recent awards are sub-awards).

Kokomo Center Township operates across eight distinct federal funding agencies, with concentration in the Department of Education and the Department of Agriculture. The Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education accounts for 38 awards, and the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service accounts for 37 awards, together representing the dominant customer base. The Department of Education Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families, and smaller federal sources round out the active portfolio, covering 95% of awards by count.

The school district's capability work centers on comprehensive early childhood education and family support services delivered under the Head Start program, which includes educational instruction, health and nutritional support, social-emotional development programming, and family engagement initiatives tailored to serve primarily three- and four-year-old children, with potential Early Head Start services for infants, toddlers, and pregnant women. The district receives pass-through grant allocations from the Department of Education Indiana and the State of Indiana Office of the Auditor — the prime grantees — across programs including general education funding, special education, food and nutrition services (SNAP and child nutrition), vocational education (Perkins V), and Title programs. Sub-awards flow monthly or quarterly on a predictable cycle reflecting state fiscal-year distributions.

Activity has remained relatively stable across the past five years, with 11 to 15 awards annually, and combined dollars obligated across all awards total $150.4 million. The school district's federal grant footprint is representative of K-12 public school operations: the bulk of federal funding flows through state education agencies and the USDA food and nutrition pipeline, with the newly awarded direct Head Start grant as a direct federal relationship anchoring early childhood program expansion. As a Head Start recipient, Kokomo Center Township is required to provide a 20 percent non-federal match and maintain compliance with federal audit, fiscal monitoring, and record-keeping requirements under 2 CFR Part 200 and 45 CFR Part 75.