ST Joseph County Intermediate School District

ST Joseph County Intermediate School District is a U.S. government entity and public educational institution based in Centreville, Michigan, that receives federal education and early childhood development grants as a prime recipient from the U.S. Department of Education and Department of Health and Human Services, with no federal contract presence. The district operates as a council of governments coordinating K-12 and early intervention services across rural Michigan, and also receives sub-awards from state grant pass-throughs managed by the Michigan Department of Education.

The district's federal footprint concentrates on two grantor programs over a nineteen-year span. The Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education funds the Small, Rural School Achievement Program — a formula grant supporting instructional improvement and supplemental services in under-resourced rural districts. ST Joseph County has received consecutive annual Small, Rural School Achievement awards since at least 2022, with the most recent award dated July 1, 2026, running through September 30, 2027. The Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families funds an Early Head Start – Child Care Partnership project grant awarded March 1, 2024, with an ultimate completion date of February 28, 2029, combining early childhood education with subsidized child care capacity for low-income families. In its subrecipient role, the district has received pass-through sub-awards from the Michigan Department of Education under Special Education – Grants for Infants and Families with Disabilities (Part C of IDEA/Early On), the Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund and Coronavirus Local Fiscal Recovery Fund under the American Rescue Plan Act, and Individuals with Disabilities Education Act / American Rescue Plan Act funding, as well as a sub-award from the State of Michigan noted September 18, 2025.

Customer concentration is narrow: the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education accounts for 21 awards (70% of the portfolio) and anchors the district's sustained federal presence, while the Administration for Children and Families contributes 5 awards and the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services contributes 3 awards, together covering 97% of all federal activity. Combined obligated dollars across all awards total $37 million over the source's nineteen-year window. Activity trajectory shows volatility — one award in 2022, three in 2023, four in 2024, two in 2025, and one in 2026 — with only one award scheduled for ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months, indicating low recompete pressure in the immediate term. The district does not compete for contracts and maintains no IDIQs, GWACs, or other parent contract vehicles; its federal footprint is entirely grant-based and formula-driven, reflecting its role as a direct federal grant recipient rather than a competitive procurement participant.