Federal Grant Award Summary

The Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe received a $256,601 formula grant award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Child Care, under the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Mandatory and Matching Funds program (CFDA 93.596). The award, effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2028, provides mandatory and matching funding to support child care services for low-income families within the tribe's service area. As a federally recognized tribal lead agency, the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe will utilize these formula grant funds to improve child care affordability and quality, develop and implement comprehensive child care initiatives, and advance early childhood development programs serving eligible families on and around the Pyramid Lake Reservation in Nevada.

Under the CCDF program structure, the tribe is required to develop and maintain a three-year child care development plan that outlines the proposed use of block grant funds in compliance with the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act. The funding supports the tribe's efforts to coordinate child care services with other federal, state, and local early childhood development programs while establishing appropriate payment rates and sliding fee scales. As the designated tribal lead agency, the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe assumes accountability for administering these mandatory and matching funds and ensuring compliance with all applicable regulatory requirements through September 30, 2028.