Shiawassee Regional Education Service District

Shiawassee Regional Education Service District, a Michigan-based local government entity and school district, operates as a grant recipient under the U.S. Department of Education, delivering rural education support, special education services, and college and career readiness training to schools in its geographic region. The organization's federal footprint is overwhelmingly sub-recipient work (74% of awards) flowing through the Michigan Department of Education as prime grantee, with a smaller prime-recipient presence on direct Department of Education grants.

Shiawassee's customer base is entirely concentrated within the Department of Education. The top two grantor offices account for 100% of recent awards: the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (30 awards) and the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (24 awards). This concentration reflects the organization's operational focus on special education administration, early intervention services, and rural school support in Michigan.

As a prime recipient, Shiawassee has secured direct formula grants and project grants from the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education. Representative awards include recurring annual Small, Rural School Achievement Program formula grants (awarded July 1 each year from 2022 through 2026, with the most recent award covering the period through September 30, 2027) and a $267,000 project grant awarded June 1, 2026, under CFDA 84.215 (Innovative Approaches to Literacy and related initiatives) to develop and deliver training tools and resources for the Shiawassee Residential College and Career Readiness Center Training Tools for Tomorrow's Talent project, running through June 1, 2029, with performance in Corunna, Michigan.

As a sub-recipient, Shiawassee receives the majority of its federal funding through pass-through awards from the Michigan Department of Education and the State of Michigan. Sub-awards span special education services under IDEA Part B (Section 619 preschool grants), IDEA Part C (Early On infant and family disability grants), Title I regional assistance, and support for coronavirus relief programs (Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund and Coronavirus Local Fiscal Recovery Fund under American Rescue Plan Act provisions). Sub-award flow accelerated notably during 2022–2024, with activity settling to moderate levels by 2025–2026.

Activity has remained relatively steady, averaging six to twelve awards annually across the past five years (2022 through 2026). Only one award carries an ultimate completion date within the next twenty-four months, indicating minimal recompete pressure in the immediate window. The combined dollars obligated across all 54 awards total $35.2 million over the source's coverage period. Shiawassee operates entirely outside federal contracting vehicles, parent IDIQs, or GWACs; its federal engagement is grant-only, routed through state education agencies and direct Department of Education programs serving rural and disadvantaged student populations in Michigan's Shiawassee County region.