Denver Indian Health And Family Services, Inc.

Denver Indian Health and Family Services, Inc., doing business as Denver Indian Health & Family Services Inc., is an American Indian-owned, Alaska Native Corporation-owned nonprofit healthcare provider that delivers culturally appropriate medical, dental, behavioral health, and social services to American Indian and Alaska Native populations as a prime recipient of federal grants and as a task-order awardee under a single-award Indian Health Service indefinite delivery contract. The organization competes exclusively in full-and-open procurements without set-aside designations, operating as the sole urban Indian health program in Colorado and serving one of the nation's largest urban American Indian and Alaska Native populations across seven contiguous counties in the Denver metropolitan area and parts of New Mexico.

Denver Indian Health and Family Services' federal footprint is concentrated with the Department of Health and Human Services, which accounts for 93% of combined potential value across the vendor's recent award portfolio. The Indian Health Service dominates both award count and dollars: 30 IHS awards carry $51.7 million in combined potential value, anchored by a $15 million single-award indefinite delivery contract (IDV 75H70723D00002) that extends through September 2026. Under this IDV, the Indian Health Service has issued 14 task orders totaling $7.1 million in combined potential value, ranging from $23,000 to $1.67 million in firm fixed-price delivery orders funding adult and youth inpatient substance abuse treatment, outpatient treatment, relapse prevention, and aftercare coordination. Representative recent task orders include a $1.67 million delivery order for inpatient and outpatient substance abuse treatment services (October 8, 2024), a $1.67 million supplemental delivery order (October 16, 2025), and a $30,007 delivery order for alcohol and substance abuse services (October 17, 2025). Beyond IHS, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and the Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women together account for 12 awards with $3.9 million combined potential value.

The organization holds four active federal grants as prime recipient. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services awarded a $422,124 cooperative agreement (CFDA 93.767, Children's Health Insurance Program, effective April 1, 2026–June 30, 2030) for the Na Niahe' Project, which delivers targeted outreach, enrollment assistance, and retention services to identify and enroll eligible American Indian and Alaska Native children and families into Medicaid and CHIP. The Indian Health Service awarded a $200,000 cooperative agreement under the Health Management Development Program (CFDA 93.228, effective September 1, 2025–August 31, 2028) to enhance culturally responsive dementia care and support services for American Indian and Alaska Native elders and caregivers. The National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion awarded a cooperative agreement (ultimate completion September 29, 2029) for chronic-disease prevention and management, specifically diabetes and hypertension prevention and control through shared medical appointments and cultural health workshops. The Indian Health Service also awarded a cooperative agreement (effective September 1, 2024–August 31, 2029) for the ETHIC II Project, which provides rapid testing and treatment services for HIV, hepatitis C, and sexually transmitted infections to low-income, uninsured American Indian and Alaska Native individuals using a mobile health unit. Earlier-stage grants include a SAMHSA Center for Mental Health Services project grant (July 31, 2021–July 30, 2026) for suicide and substance-misuse prevention among American Indian and Alaska Native youth ages 0–24 and an Office of Minority Health project grant for family-centered diabetes prevention (September 30, 2021–September 29, 2024).

Denver Indian Health and Family Services also operates as a sub-recipient under four pass-through federal grants. The Colorado Department of Public Safety and the Colorado Department of Human Services issued sub-awards for comprehensive outpatient behavioral health services to American Indian and Alaska Native community members who have experienced violence-against-women crimes, sexual assault, domestic violence, stalking, and trauma. The Department of Human Services Colorado issued sub-awards under the Colorado State Stimulant and Opioid Response Grant to provide substance-use services including trauma-informed recovery support, education, assessments, and treatment interventions to American Indian and Alaska Native populations in Colorado.

Activity grew sharply in 2023 (11 awards) and has moderated to 7 awards annually in 2024 and 2025, with a single award recorded to date in 2026. Six awards carrying $1.8 million in combined potential value face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, exposing the organization to recompete opportunity. Service Contract Inventory data covering FY2022–FY2024 shows modest federal services activity: $3.3 million in SCI-reportable invoiced revenue across four prime records (none recorded in FY2023), with 38 FTEs deployed in FY2022 and 94 FTEs in FY2024. Median government-paid hourly rates on federal service contracts ran around $17.09 per hour, with a range from $4.91 to $17.99 per hour, reflecting the mix of clinical, administrative, and support labor in community health delivery. The organization performs work directly with no named subcontractors across its SCI-reportable prime contracts. Denver Indian Health and Family Services was founded in 1978 and earned AAAHC accreditation in March 2024, establishing itself as a culturally grounded primary care clinic providing comprehensive health care and prevention services specifically for American Indian and Alaska Native families and individuals across the Denver metropolitan region.