Chickahominy Indian Tribe

Chickahominy Indian Tribe, doing business as Chickahominy Indian Tribe Inc., is a federally recognized tribal government based in Providence Forge, Virginia, that functions as a federal grant recipient delivering social services, environmental management, and community development programs to its enrolled citizens and tribal communities across south-central Virginia. The tribe operates as a prime recipient on 95% of its federal awards and holds no federal contracts; its footprint is exclusively grant-funded through HHS, EPA, NTIA, and other federal agencies supporting tribal governance and citizen services.

The tribe's grant portfolio centers on child care and early childhood development, elder services, health and wellness, environmental capacity building, broadband infrastructure, and cultural preservation. Signature recent work includes a $2.86 million Child Care and Development Block Grant (CFDA 93.575) from the Office of Child Care (award date October 1, 2025, running through September 30, 2028) providing child care subsidies and quality improvement to low-income tribal families; a $249,828 Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services grant (CFDA 45.308) from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (September 1, 2026, through August 31, 2028) supporting language reclamation through the Renapew Reconstruction Collection with workshops for the eight Virginia Algonquian tribes; and a $122,960 Older Americans Act Title VI, Part A grant (CFDA 93.047) from the Administration on Aging (April 1, 2026, through March 31, 2029) funding nutrition and supportive services for tribal members aged 60 and older. The tribe also holds ongoing elder services funding under OAA Title VI, Part C (Native American Caregivers Support) and the OAA Nutrition Services Incentive Program, with multiple concurrent awards through 2029.

Customer concentration aligns heavily with HHS programs. The top five funding agencies account for 70% of awards, led by HHS Administration for Children and Families (21 awards), HHS Administration for Community Living (11 awards for elder services), EPA Region 3 (4 awards for environmental capacity and air quality), HUD Public and Indian Housing Office (4 awards), and Department of Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs Eastern Region (3 awards). The tribe's grant base reflects its dual role as a tribal sovereign delivering federally funded services to its own citizens and as a coordinator of intertribal initiatives — the language reclamation project, for example, engages the Powhatan Algonquian Intertribal Roundtable comprising all eight Virginia Algonquian tribes.

Environmental and infrastructure work has grown in recent cycles. The tribe holds EPA Region 3 grants for indoor and outdoor air quality program development, emissions inventory, and tribal implementation planning (CFDA 93.837, running through September 30, 2027); a National Telecommunications and Information Administration project grant for broadband network planning (award January 1, 2025, through December 31, 2028) and a separate NTIA infrastructure development grant supporting the Coarse Pound Training Center (January 1, 2025, through December 31, 2028) to address broadband workforce shortage and digital skills; a Coronavirus Capital Projects Fund formula grant (May 30, 2023, through December 31, 2026) supporting broadband capital projects; and an Indian Community Development Block Grant from HUD (May 25, 2023, through June 25, 2028) for community development. Health and wellness capacity spans cooperative agreements with HHS CDC's National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention addressing diabetes prevention and management (June 30, 2022, through June 29, 2027), SAMHSA's Center for Mental Health Services supporting youth mental health and substance misuse prevention ("Chickahominy Circles of Grace," September 30, 2023, through September 29, 2028), and the Administration on Aging's National Center on Health, Physical Activity and Aging supporting dementia care ("Weaving Pathways of Care," September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2028).

The tribe acts as a sub-recipient on three federal grants, receiving pass-through funding from United South & Eastern Tribes Inc. for chronic disease prevention (February 14, 2025) and from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation for coastal resilience planning and preliminary design work protecting cultural and natural resources along the James and Chickahominy Rivers (February 12, 2025, and April 24, 2023). Total federal funding obligated across all awards (prime and sub) reaches $57.4 million. Activity has been concentrated in recent years — 13 awards in 2023, followed by softer cycles in 2024 (5 awards) and 2025 (7 awards) — with 17 awards facing ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months, creating recompete exposure for the tribe and opportunity for federal agencies to reissue or renew services funding.