New England Adolescent Research Institute, Inc.

New England Adolescent Research Institute, Inc., doing business as Neari School, is a tax-exempt nonprofit based in Easthampton, Massachusetts that receives federal education and nutrition funding as a sub-recipient of federal grants flowing through the Massachusetts Department of Elementary & Secondary Education and other state agencies, with no direct prime contracts or GWACs in the source record. The organization operates entirely in the sub-recipient role (67% of recent awards) and does not hold parent contract vehicles or IDVs.

Neari School's federal footprint is concentrated in three customer agencies by sub-award count. The Department of Education's Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services accounts for five awards focused on special education and related services to children with disabilities; the Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service accounts for three awards supporting child nutrition programs; and the Department of Justice's Bureau of Prisons Federal Medical Center Devens accounts for two awards valued at a combined $8 thousand. All grants flow through state intermediaries — the Massachusetts Department of Elementary & Secondary Education holds the prime grantee role, and Neari School operates downstream as a sub-recipient performing specialized education and support services.

Activity shows recent concentration, with five awards dated in 2026 (as of July), two in 2025, and isolated awards across prior years (2024, 2016, 2012, and earlier back to 2005). Combined potential value across all recorded awards stands at $10 thousand, though combined dollars obligated across the portfolio total $146 thousand, indicating that actual invoiced or obligated federal spend significantly exceeds the stated potential-value ceiling on individual awards. The award-count trajectory reflects sporadic engagement rather than sustained growth — the 2026 spike likely reflects mid-year grant cycles rather than sustained volume expansion.

Neari School's service model centers on specialized education and training delivery. Representative sub-awards include special education grants from the Department of Education supporting students with disabilities, child nutrition program grants from the Department of Agriculture, and what appears to be educational or training services to the Federal Medical Center at Devens. NAICS and PSC coding across the portfolio spans education and training delivery (Educational Support Services, All Other Miscellaneous Schools and Instruction, Professional and Management Development Training), consistent with a provider model rather than a technology, infrastructure, or logistics vendor.

The organization holds no stated SBA set-aside designations and competes in full-and-open education funding streams administered by state departments of education. There is no evidence of teaming arrangements with other federal vendors or participation in multi-award vehicles typical of for-profit contractors.