Douglas County School District #0001

Douglas County School District #0001, doing business as Omaha Public Schools, is a U.S. local government school district that receives federal grant funding as a prime recipient and sub-recipient to support K-12 education and early childhood programs serving over 50,000 students across Douglas County, Nebraska. The district operates primarily as a grant recipient rather than a federal contractor, with 25% of recent awards held as a prime recipient and 75% received as a sub-recipient pass-through from state intermediaries.

Omaha Public Schools' federal funding footprint centers on education and nutrition support programs flowing through the Department of Education and the Department of Agriculture. The district holds a direct $5.17 million Head Start Project Grant from the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Head Start (CFDA 93.600) awarded July 1, 2026, providing comprehensive early childhood education, health, nutritional support, and family engagement services for Head Start Preschool and Early Head Start participants through December 2026. The district also receives recurring formula grants directly from the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the Indian Education Grants to Local Educational Agencies program (CFDA 84.060)—$219,872 for the period July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026, $228,842 for July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025, and $212,817 for July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024—supporting targeted academic instruction, cultural programming, and professional development for American Indian and Alaska Native students in the district.

The vast majority of the district's federal funding arrives as sub-awards flowing through state intermediaries. The Department of Education Nebraska serves as the prime grantee on 64 sub-awards to Omaha Public Schools covering Title I Basic Grants, Title II Teacher Quality programs, Title III English Language Acquisition, Title IV Student Support and Academic Enrichment Grants, Special Education (IDEA Parts B and C), Migrant Education, Education for Homeless Children and Youth, and Career and Technical Education. The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service passes 63 sub-awards through the Department of Education Nebraska for the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), supporting meal reimbursement and nutrition services across the district. The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services issued three sub-awards for refugee resettlement education support for students in the U.S. five years or less, and the Nebraska Department of Water, Energy and Environment awarded one sub-award for voluntary lead remediation and testing in public schools. The Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska and the Nebraska Department of Military each sub-awarded workforce development and STEM programming targeting Westview High School and middle schools within the district. Activity has accelerated significantly—from 12 awards in 2022 to 45 in 2025—with 15 awards recorded as of mid-2026. No recompete exposure is material; the source shows one award completing within the next twenty-four months.