Livermore Valley Joint Unified School District

Livermore Valley Joint Unified School District, a U.S. local government school district based in Livermore, California, is a recipient of federal grants for K–12 education, student support services, and community development, operating as a prime grantee (39% of recent awards) and as a sub-recipient flowing funds through state intermediaries (61% of recent awards). The district does not hold federal contracts or contract vehicles; all federal activity is grant-funded through Department of Education programs and related federal agencies.

The district's grant portfolio concentrates in K–12 education and student services. Recent prime grants include a $329,000 Congressionally Directed Programs award from NASA's Shared Services Center (CFDA 43.014), active through June 30, 2028, for STEM educator professional development aligned with NASA standards and local district priorities. The district also holds recurring prime grants under the Indian Education Formula Grants to Local Educational Agencies (CFDA 84.060), with annual awards in 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026. A $10 million Department of Housing and Urban Development Community Project Funding grant, awarded August 13, 2024 and running through August 31, 2032, supports community and economic development outcomes defined by congressional direction. Additional prime grants include a Project Grant for school-based behavioral health services (hiring 11 school counselors and 2 social workers for elementary students, running through December 31, 2026) and the Project BUILD magnet school initiative to reduce minority isolation (running through September 30, 2026), both funded by the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education.

As a sub-recipient, the district receives the majority of its federal funding through pass-through awards from the California Department of Education, which administers federal grant allocations to local educational agencies. These sub-awards fund the National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program, Title I grants for high-poverty schools, Title II teacher quality improvement, English Language Learner services (Title III), career and technical education (Perkins), special education (IDEA Part B), adult education and literacy, and child care assistance. The district also received sub-awards from California's Office of Emergency Services for pandemic-related reopening support (personal protective equipment and cleaning supplies) in 2024.

Customer concentration by award count sits with the Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (32 awards, 40% of the portfolio) and the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (19 awards, 24%), accounting for 80% of all awards. The Department of Education Office of Career Technical and Adult Education, the Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs and Indian Education, and the Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration round out the active set. Grant activity has accelerated from three awards annually in 2022 and 2023 to twenty-one awards in 2026, with twelve awards recorded in 2025. Combined dollars obligated across all eighty awards total $26.4 million. Three awards reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months. The district's federal grant footprint is characteristic of K–12 public school districts receiving Title I, Title II, Title III, Perkins, IDEA, lunch and breakfast program allocations through state intermediaries and selective competitive or congressionally directed project grants for STEM, behavioral health, desegregation, and tribal education priorities.