Wesley School Dept

Wesley School Department is a corporate entity registered in SAM.gov as a non-profit organization providing educational services. Through prime federal grants, Wesley School Department has received formula grant funding in 2022 and 2023 from the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education Small, Rural School Achievement program. As a subrecipient, Wesley School Department has participated in federal grant programs administered by the Maine Department of Education, including for provision of free fruits and vegetables, school lunch programs, early childhood and K-12 special education services, and improving teaching and learning quality in rural schools.

Specifically, the federal subawards received by Wesley School Department have provided funding for programs to: deliver free fresh fruits and vegetables to schools; offer nutritious nonprofit lunch services and encourage domestic consumption of agricultural commodities; furnish special education and related services to children ages 2-5 years and to all children birth to 20 years old with disabilities; and carry out initiatives to enhance instruction and learning in rural districts. The prime grantees for these programs have been the Maine Department of Education, and the subawards have enabled Wesley School Department to participate in critical federal- and state-level education programs as a rural school district.