Town Of Worthington Town Hall

Town Of Worthington Town Hall, a U.S. local government municipality headquartered in Worthington, Massachusetts, receives federal education and nutrition grants as a sub-recipient (76% of recent awards) and prime recipient (24%) from the Department of Education and the Department of Agriculture. The Town operates as a municipal school district and does not hold federal contracts; all federal funding flows through grant programs administered by state intermediaries and direct federal appropriations.

The Town's federal footprint concentrates heavily on K–12 education and child nutrition support. As a prime recipient, the Town holds five consecutive annual formula grants under the Small, Rural School Achievement Program from the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, with awards issued July 1 annually through September 30 completion dates. Most federal dollars flow as sub-awards from the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, which distributes Title I Part A Basic Grants to LEAs, Supporting Effective Instruction grants, 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program funding, and special education grants under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Parts B and C. The Town also receives federal nutrition sub-awards spanning the National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program, Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program, and Child and Adult Care Food Program, all routed through Massachusetts ESE. Recent sub-awards (2024–2026) include nutrition grants issued by Massachusetts ESE under Food and Nutrition Service authorities and academic enrichment funding under 21st Century Community Learning Centers. The Town acts as a local educational agency (LEA) receiving pass-through grants rather than as a vendor bidding for federal contracts; its role is to implement these programs at the school and district level.

Customer concentration is dominated by the Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (26 awards), followed by the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (17 awards), with smaller volume from the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (5 awards), Agricultural Marketing Service (3 awards), and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (3 awards). All awards spanning the past five years total one million dollars in combined obligations — a modest baseline reflecting the Town's rural school-district scale rather than a competitive prime contractor posture. Activity has grown from one award in 2022 to twenty in 2025, with only one award facing completion in the next twenty-four months. The Town does not appear on federal contract vehicles, GWACs, BPAs, or IDIQs; its federal presence is exclusively grant-dependent through state intermediaries and direct federal education and nutrition programs.