Paradise Unified School District #399

Paradise Unified School District #399 (Natoma High School 7-12), a rural Kansas school district operating as a U.S. local government entity, receives federal funding as a grant recipient through the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service, with no contracting footprint.

The district acts as a prime grant recipient on Small, Rural School Achievement Program formula grants from the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, receiving annual awards on July 1 cycles (most recent award July 1, 2026, with ultimate completion September 30, 2027). The district also functions as a sub-recipient of block grants and Title I Low Income funds flowing from the Kansas State Department of Education, as well as disaster-recovery sub-awards from the Kansas Adjutant General Department for facility repairs following wind damage (gym dust and debris removal at Natoma High School and district-wide wind storm damage to buildings and fences, both awarded October 2022). The Food and Nutrition Service pipeline accounts for 19 of the district's 48 recorded federal awards, reflecting participation in federal child nutrition programs.

Grant funding concentration sits entirely with two federal agencies: the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (26 awards, 54% of portfolio) and the Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service (19 awards, 40% of portfolio), with Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Rural Utilities Service accounting for the remaining two awards. The district holds a sub-recipient posture on 56% of its 48 total awards, predominantly receiving funds through Kansas State Department of Education as the prime grantee. Combined dollars obligated across all federal sources total $1.8 million. Activity has remained modest and uneven year to year — five awards in 2022, two in 2023, eight in both 2024 and 2025, and seven through mid-2026 — with only one award (the current Small, Rural School Achievement Program grant) reaching ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months. The district operates as a rural educational institution with no current federal contract prime or subcontractor capacity and does not compete on competitive contract vehicles.