Springdale Public School District No 50

Springdale Public School District No 50, a U.S. local government entity headquartered in Springdale, Arkansas, is a federal grant recipient that operates predominantly as a sub-recipient (93% of its 91 recent awards) under pass-through federal education and nutrition programs administered by state agencies, most prominently the Arkansas Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

The district's federal footprint centers on K-12 educational support and student services delivered through sub-grants flowing from state intermediaries rather than direct federal contracting. The vast majority of recent awards derive from federal education programs passed through the Arkansas Department of Education, including Title I allocations for classroom instruction and student achievement improvements, Student Support and Academic Enrichment (SSAE) grants for well-rounded learning and technology integration, McKinney-Vento funds for homeless student support, migratory student services under Title III, early childhood special education under IDEA Part C, child nutrition reimbursements from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (FFVP) funding for elementary schools. The district also received pass-through sub-awards from the Arkansas Department of Career Education for Carl Perkins vocational education programming and from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences for the Northwest Arkansas Teen Outreach Program. Most significantly, Springdale Public Schools secured a prime grant award of $970,000 from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Center for Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance program (CFDA 93.532) on September 30, 2026, to establish a regional school-based behavioral health and trauma recovery center through the Jones Prep Academy in collaboration with the 15-member Northwest Arkansas Education Service Cooperative. Over a four-year performance period through September 29, 2030, the project will provide intensive trauma-informed behavioral health services to 396 unduplicated children and youth ages 5–17 experiencing serious emotional disturbance, depression, anxiety, trauma-related disorders, and co-occurring conditions, while offering prevention activities and professional development to educators and families across the service area encompassing more than 50,000 PreK–12 students in northwest Arkansas.

Customer concentration is heavily weighted toward Department of Education programs. The top five funding agencies represent 96% of awards: the Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education dominates with 59 awards, followed by the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (19 awards), the Department of Education Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (4 awards), the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families (3 awards), and the Department of Education Office of Career Technical and Adult Education (2 awards). Combined dollars obligated across all awards total $87.2 million. Award activity peaked in 2023 with 34 awards and has declined to a single award through 2026, reflecting the cyclical nature of education pass-through funding and the more recent focus on the SAMHSA prime grant. The district's operational footprint spans individual schools and school buildings across the district, with work performed in Fayetteville, Arkansas for the behavioral health initiative.