Park River Area School District 8

Park River Area School District 8, a public school district entity headquartered in Park River, North Dakota, operates as a federal grant recipient (9% of recent awards as a prime recipient) and predominantly as a sub-recipient (91% of awards) under state and federal grant pass-throughs, with no federal contract work. The district receives and administers federal education and nutrition funding through formula grants and project grants, flowing primarily through the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction as the state intermediary.

The district's grant portfolio centers on child nutrition and elementary and secondary education programming. As a prime recipient, Park River Area School District 8 holds direct awards from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the Small, Rural School Achievement Program (four formula grants awarded July 2022, July 2023, July 2024, July 2025, and July 2026, with performance periods running through September 2027) and a $323,343 project grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Program (COPS Office School Violence Prevention Program) awarded October 2024 for a performance period through September 2027 to improve school security through evidence-based school safety programs and technology. The vast majority of federal funding reaches the district as sub-grants passed through the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction, encompassing child and adult care food program (CACFP) meals and childcare initiatives, National School Lunch Program (NSLP) free and reduced-price meals, school breakfast program (SBP) reimbursements, fresh fruit and vegetable program (FFVP) distributions, child nutrition block grants, Title I commingled education grants, and professional development grants under Title II. The district also receives sub-awards for cyber risk reduction and school garden grants.

Customer concentration is almost entirely within two federal agencies. The Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service anchors 94 awards (93 from USDA FNS plus one miscoded in the dataset), while the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education accounts for 19 awards. The Department of Justice's COPS program comprises one award. The source reports combined dollars obligated across all 116 awards at $1.9 million. Activity has grown sharply — two awards in 2022 to forty-four in 2026 — reflecting the district's increasing engagement with federal nutrition and education programming. Only one award carries an ultimate completion date within the next twenty-four months, indicating minimal near-term recompete exposure in this snapshot window.