Western Yell County School District 9

Western Yell County School District 9, doing business as Western Yell County, is a U.S. local government school district entity based in Havana, Arkansas, that acts as a federal grant recipient rather than a federal contractor, with 63% of its recent federal awards flowing through state-administered sub-grants. The district does not hold federal contracts or parent contract vehicles; its federal funding footprint consists entirely of grants from the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service, channeled primarily through the Arkansas Department of Education as the prime grantee.

The district's capability portfolio is bound to K-12 public education operations. As a prime grant recipient, Western Yell County holds five consecutive annual Small, Rural School Achievement Program formula grants from the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, with award dates July 1 of each year from 2022 through 2026 (ultimate completion dates staggered through September 2027). As a sub-recipient, the district receives the bulk of its federal dollars through state pass-through awards from the Arkansas Department of Education, including Title I allocations for personnel, student achievement materials, tutoring, and professional development; Title II teacher and principal quality improvement funds; IDEA Part B special education services and early childhood special education therapy for children ages three to five; Student Support and Academic Enrichment program funds for well-rounded education access and technology integration; federal child nutrition program reimbursements for breakfast, lunch, and after-school snacks under USDA standards; and the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program for elementary schools. The district also receives sub-grant funds from the Department of Agriculture for child nutrition program operations.

Customer concentration is monolithic. The Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service account for 100% of identified awards (29 and 19 awards respectively across the award count, supplemented by four awards from the Department of Education's Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services). All identified dollars obligated (combined $1.5 million) flow through these three agencies. Activity has been episodic rather than growth-driven — eight awards in 2022, fourteen in 2023, declining to eight in 2024 and seven in 2025, with one award appearing in 2026 — reflecting the annual rhythm of federal education formula grants and state pass-through cycles rather than business development expansion. Only one award faces ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, indicating minimal recompete exposure in the near term. The district holds no federal contracts, GWACs, BPAs, or other commercial contracting vehicles and does not serve as a subcontractor to federal prime contractors. Federal funding is exclusively grant-based, routed through established federal education and nutrition assistance programs with dollar values constrained by formula-grant allocation methodology and state administrative overhead.