Little Compton Town School District

Little Compton Town School District, a Rhode Island local government school district, operates as a federal grant recipient (76% of recent awards as prime recipient) focused on K–12 education programming, youth substance-abuse prevention, and school infrastructure improvements. The district receives no federal contract awards and does not compete for procurement; all federal transacting is grant-funded work performed directly or as a sub-recipient through state and federal grantors.

The district's federal footprint concentrates entirely in education and health agencies. The Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education accounts for 21 of 25 total awards across the source data window; the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services holds 2 awards; and the Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Environmental Protection Agency Region 1 each account for 1 award. Combined dollars obligated across all awards total $1.5 million.

Recent prime grant work centers on two federal programs. The district has been the direct recipient of four consecutive annual Small, Rural School Achievement Program formula grants from the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, running from 2022 through 2027, supporting supplemental instruction and academic services in a rural district setting. The district also holds a five-year Drug Free Community Support Program project grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (awarded September 30, 2024, completion September 29, 2029), administered through the Little Compton–Tiverton Prevention Coalition, which addresses youth marijuana and nicotine use through community education, evidence-based prevention strategies, and multi-sector partnerships spanning the combined Tiverton and Little Compton communities.

As a sub-recipient, the district receives Title I, IDEA Part B, IDEA-Preschool, and Title II allocations from the Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, and in 2024 received a sub-award from the Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank for PFAS treatment and water system improvements at Wilbur & McMahon Schools. Award volume has been sporadic in recent years—one award in 2023, three in 2024, and one each in 2025 and 2026—with only one award (the Small, Rural School Achievement Program continuation through September 30, 2027) scheduled to reach completion within the next twenty-four months.