Menominee County Intermediate School District

Menominee County Intermediate School District, a U.S. local government entity and public school district based in Menominee, Michigan, operates as a federal grant recipient focused on youth substance abuse prevention and special education support services in rural northern Michigan. The entity functions predominantly as a sub-recipient (93% of recent awards) under federal education and health programs flowing through the Michigan Department of Education and Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, with limited direct prime grant capacity.

The district's federal footprint centers on K–12 education and public health. As a prime recipient, Menominee County ISD holds a $125 thousand Drug-Free Communities Support Program grant (CFDA 93.276) from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, awarded July 1, 2026, running through June 30, 2031. The grant funds the Communities That Care (CTC) of Marinette and Menominee Counties coalition, a cross-border prevention partnership serving a combined youth population of nearly 12,000 across 12 public school districts in rural Marinette County, Wisconsin and Menominee County, Michigan. CTC implements evidence-based substance use prevention strategies addressing alcohol, nicotine, and marijuana access and use among youth, targeting identified risk factors including high social and retail access to substances, low parental disapproval, favorable youth attitudes toward use, and low perceived harm particularly for marijuana. The district's sub-recipient work flows almost exclusively through the Michigan Department of Education and Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, supporting various state education programs including Title I regional assistance, special education grants for infants and families with disabilities under Part C of IDEA (Early On), Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds, and state primary prevention partnership programs.

Customer concentration is narrow and state-directed. The Department of Education's Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services accounts for 25 of 41 total awards, with the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education contributing 9 awards; together these two ED offices represent 83% of the district's award activity. The Department of Health and Human Services—split among the Administration for Children and Families, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and related sub-offices—supplies the remaining 7 awards. All sub-awards route through Michigan state pass-through grantees, creating a single-state, state-mediated funding pipeline with no direct federal contracting relationships or multi-state service delivery. Recent awards span 2022 through 2026, with activity trending upward (5 awards in 2022 to 11 in 2025) before the present partial-year count of 3 awards through July 2026. Combined obligated dollars across the full award portfolio total $13.4 million.