Sierra County Office Of Education

Sierra County Office of Education, a California school district and U.S. local government entity headquartered in Loyalton, receives federal education and community development funding primarily as a grant recipient under Department of Education formula programs, with complementary sub-recipient roles on state-pass-through education grants. The organization does not hold federal contracts or IDVs.

Sierra County operates as a prime grant recipient on 8 awards (57% of recent federal activity) and as a sub-recipient on 6 awards (43%). Prime funding flows through the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, which has issued recurring annual Small, Rural School Achievement Program formula grants in July of each year from 2022 through 2026, with ultimate completion dates running through September 2027. A single Department of Agriculture Community Facilities project grant was awarded in August 2022 and completed that same month. The organization's sub-recipient footprint centers on Department of Education funding passed through the Department of Education California: five special education and related services grants supporting children with disabilities (including a preschool-age focus award from 2024), and two coronavirus pandemic preparedness and response awards from 2025 and 2026.

Customer concentration is constrained to three federal agencies. The Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education accounts for 7 of 14 awards (all prime Small, Rural School Achievement grants), while the Department of Education Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services accounts for 6 awards (all sub-recipient special education funding passed through state administration). The Department of Agriculture Community Facilities program accounts for the single remaining award. Activity has remained flat to modest — two awards per year in 2022, 2023, and 2024, rising slightly to three awards each in 2025 and 2026. Combined federal dollars obligated across all awards total $647 thousand, reflecting the formula-grant structure and rural school district scale. Only one award reaches ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, indicating minimal recompete exposure in that window. Sierra County does not position itself as a federal contractor or pursue IDIQs, GWACs, or BPAs; the organization functions as an educational institution receiving direct appropriated federal education support and state-administered sub-awards for special education and pandemic response.