Lompoc Unified School District

Lompoc Unified School District, a local education agency headquartered in Lompoc, California, is a prime recipient of federal grants supporting K-12 education, school construction, and school-based mental health services. The district operates as a public school district serving federally-connected and military-impacted student populations and receives funding predominantly from the Department of Education and, in recent years, the Department of Defense.

The district's federal grant footprint centers on three primary programs. The Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE) has awarded Lompoc Unified multiple Impact Aid grants under CFDA 84.041 (Title VII, Sections 7002 and 7003), recognizing the district's reduced local tax base resulting from federal property acquisitions and military presence; recent awards include a $523,864 Section 7002 Impact Aid grant (October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2031) and a $500,631 Section 7003 Impact Aid grant (October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2031). The district also received a $3.54 million School Safety National Activities grant (CFDA 84.184) from OESE on April 19, 2026, which supports development and expansion of school-based mental health services designed to improve student safety and well-being. The most significant recent award is a $60.54 million Project Grant from the Department of Defense Washington Headquarters Service Office of Economic Adjustment (CFDA 12.600, Community Investment program) on February 1, 2026, funding construction of Manzanita Public Charter School, a K-12 facility serving the district, with an ultimate completion date of March 31, 2029.

Over the past five years, award activity has accelerated significantly — from four awards in 2022 to sixteen in 2024, then declining to ten in 2025 and six through April 2026. The district holds both prime recipient status (46 awards, 64% of the total) and sub-recipient status (26 awards, 36%), receiving sub-awards from the California Department of Education on federal nutrition programs (breakfast and lunch service), special education, career and technical education, adult education and literacy, English language learner services, high-poverty school improvement, and teacher quality initiatives. The top five customer agencies account for 90% of recent awards, with the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education dominating activity (50 awards), followed by the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (5 awards) and the Office of Career Technical and Adult Education (5 awards). One award in the next twenty-four months reaches ultimate completion, presenting minimal recompete exposure in that window.