Litchville Marion School

Litchville Marion School, doing business as Litchville Marion High School, is a public school district in Marion, North Dakota, that receives federal grants as a prime recipient and participates in federal child nutrition and education sub-grant programs as a sub-recipient. The district operates as a U.S. local government entity with no federal contracting footprint; its federal engagement is entirely grant-based, concentrated in the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (56 awards) and the U.S. Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (14 awards), accounting for 99% of recent awards across 71 total federal funding awards since 2021.

As a prime grant recipient, Litchville Marion School holds consecutive annual awards under the Small, Rural School Achievement Program from the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, with awards dated July 1 of 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026, each carrying an ultimate completion date approximately fifteen months after award date. These represent recurring formula-grant support for small rural school districts. The district's larger funding footprint comes through the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction as the prime grantee, with Litchville Marion acting as a sub-recipient on child nutrition and education programs. Sub-awards flowing from North Dakota DPI span the National School Lunch Program (NSLP Free/Reduced and Paid tracks), the School Breakfast Program (SBP), the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (FFVP), the Child Nutrition Block Grant (CN Block), Title I education funding (CFDA 84.010A), and ESSER III elementary and secondary school emergency relief grants (CFDA 84.425). Recent sub-awards are densely concentrated in 2025 and 2026, with multiple awards per program received in January, February, April, June, and October 2025 and again in January, February, April, and June 2026. A single protective-measures sub-award arrived in July 2026, and an EmpowerU program sub-award is dated November 2021.

The district's federal funding activity has accelerated notably, rising from a single award in 2022 to thirty awards in 2026 year-to-date; the 2023–2026 trajectory shows eight awards in 2023, ten in 2024, and sixteen in 2025. Combined dollars obligated across all seventy-one awards total $458 thousand, reflecting the modest scale typical of a single rural high school district receiving formula-grant allocations distributed as small periodic installments rather than large lump-sum awards. One award carries an ultimate completion date within the next twenty-four months, presenting minimal recompete exposure for the district itself, though the recurring annual Small, Rural School Achievement Program award will require reapplication or renewal in July 2027. The district does not hold contracts, IDIQs, or vehicles; federal engagement remains entirely grant-recipient focused, with no procurement or teaming opportunities for federal contractors.