Twin Rivers Unified School District

Twin Rivers Unified School District Fiscal Services Division, a California-based local government school district, acts as a federal grant recipient focused on K–12 education funding and student support services, with 84% of recent activity routed through sub-recipient awards passed down from state education agencies. The district operates without federal contract vehicle authority and does not pursue prime contracting; instead, it receives federal funds flowing through the California Department of Education and California Department of Social Services as the administrative pass-through entities.

Twin Rivers Unified School District's federal footprint centers on education and child nutrition formula grants and project grants. As a prime grant recipient, the district holds direct awards from the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education for Indian Education Formula Grants to Local Educational Agencies (CFDA 84.060), with consecutive annual grants covering fiscal years 2023 through 2027. The district also received a $500,000 project grant from the Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Program under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710) awarded October 1, 2024, through September 30, 2027, to implement evidence-based school safety programs and security technology at schools and on school grounds. The remainder of the district's federal activity — 68 of 81 tracked awards — flows as sub-recipient grants passed through California state agencies, primarily food nutrition programs (National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program, Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program), special education (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Part B), English Language Learner support, Title I school improvement grants, teacher quality and professional development funding, education of homeless children and youth, adult education and literacy services, child care assistance programs, and pandemic-related education recovery funding.

The district's customer concentration reflects the structure of federal K–12 education funding. The Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education dominates by award count with 29 awards; the Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service accounts for 21 awards (predominantly school meal programs flowing through the state); and the Department of Education's Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) contributes 13 awards. These three agencies account for 86% of recent awards. The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families and the Department of Education's Office of English Language Acquisition round out the top-five customer set.

Activity has grown substantially — one award in 2022 to twenty-nine in 2026 — with all but one award extending beyond the next twenty-four months, indicating minimal recompete exposure in the near term. The district's Fiscal Services Division functions administratively as the grant compliance, fund management, and reporting entity for federal awards received by the school district, handling child nutrition program operations, special education service delivery, Title I instruction in high-poverty schools, and student support services such as homeless youth education and English learner programming across schools in North Highlands, California and subordinate campuses within the Twin Rivers Unified School District footprint.