Richland School District

Richland School District, a U.S. government entity and public school district headquartered in Abercrombie, North Dakota, receives federal grant funding as a prime recipient and sub-recipient for K–12 education and child nutrition programs. The district operates exclusively in a sub-recipient or prime-recipient capacity; it holds no federal contracts and sits on no contract vehicles. Richland School District is not an SBA-certified business and does not compete for federal procurements.

The district's federal award footprint centers on two grantor agencies. The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service accounts for 61 of the district's 84 total awards (73%), covering child nutrition programs including the National School Lunch Program (NSLP Free/Reduced and Paid tiers), School Breakfast Program (SBP), Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (FFVP), and Child Nutrition Block Grants (CN Block). The Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education accounts for 23 awards (27%), including direct Small, Rural School Achievement Program (SRSA) formula grants and sub-grants under Title I, Title V, and Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) funding streams.

As a prime grant recipient, Richland School District holds five direct SRSA formula grants from the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (CFDA program not specified in source), awarded annually each July 1 with ultimate completion dates in September: awards in 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026, with the current award running through September 30, 2027. The district acts as a sub-recipient for 65 awards (77% of its total portfolio), all flowing through the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction as prime grantee. These sub-awards span nutrition programs (NSLP in all tiers, SBP, FFVP, CN Block) and education grants (Title I, Title V transfers, ESSER II). Award distribution shows accelerating activity: one prime award in 2022, eleven in 2023, fourteen in 2024, fifteen in 2025, and twenty-nine in 2026, driven by the high-frequency monthly and quarterly sub-grant distributions from the state. Combined dollars obligated across all eighty-four awards total $538 thousand, reflecting the formula-grant and entitlement nature of the work. Only one award faces ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months.