HOH Indian Tribe

HOH Indian Tribe, a federally recognized tribal government based in Forks, Washington, receives federal grants as the prime recipient across environmental, child welfare, emergency management, cultural preservation, and community development programs, with the vast majority of its recent federal engagement routed through grant awards rather than federal contracts. The tribe does not compete for federal prime contracts; its sole contract award on record is a $13 thousand purchase order from the Department of Interior's National Park Service for stream gage data from the Hoh River supporting natural resource monitoring in Olympic National Park (awarded September 2022, completed September 2023).

The tribe's federal footprint is dominated by formula and block grants administered through the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families, which accounts for roughly half of all awards and anchors the bulk of obligated dollars. The tribe receives recurring Child Care and Development Block Grant and Child Care and Development Fund awards (CFDA 93.575, 93.596) flowing from the Office of Child Care, supporting child care assistance and early childhood infrastructure for low-income tribal families. A $179 thousand discretionary block grant effective October 2025 through September 2028 and mandatory-and-matching fund awards flow through the same channel. The Department of Commerce's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration places 14 awards (combined potential value $96 thousand), primarily supporting salmonid habitat restoration, fisheries monitoring, and ESA recovery activities consistent with treaty fishing rights — work the tribe often performs as subrecipient under prime grants to the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission (FY 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 awards). The tribe also receives grants from the Department of Housing and Urban Development Public and Indian Housing Office (12 awards), the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Community Services (Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, CFDA 93.568), and the Department of Justice Office for Victims of Crime (Tribal Victim Services Set-Aside Program, CFDA 16.841, including a $251 thousand project grant effective October 2023 through September 2026 and a $219 thousand FY 2024 award).

The tribe acts as subrecipient on environmental and health grants, performing work under Trout Unlimited (fish barrier removal and stream crossing restoration on the Hoh Indian Reservation), the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission (multiple years of salmonid recovery and habitat monitoring), Health Care Authority (behavioral health service delivery agreements for Washington State American Indian and Alaska Native populations), and Philanthropy Northwest (environmental justice and community resilience work under EPA-supported Thriving Communities grants). Specialized recent awards include a $691 thousand EPA Region 10 Performance Partnership Grant (CFDA 66.605) effective October 2025 through September 2027, with $487 thousand designated for Tribal Wetland Program Development (competitive FY 2024 funding), supporting water quality planning, wetland inventory and protection planning, and non-point source pollution assessment, with the University of Washington as subrecipient for wetland ground-truthing. The tribe received a June 2025 Bureau of Reclamation project grant to develop a water system plan for its community relocation from a flood plain and tsunami zone on the coast near the Hoh River, and a Federal Highway Administration project grant (awarded March 2026, completing March 2028) supporting the HOH Tribe Safety Action Plan. The tribe also holds Department of Energy formula grants for home electrification and appliance rebates (IRA Section 50122, CFDA 81.222, effective January 2025 through December 2029) and electric grid resilience (Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, effective August 2024 through April 2032). Cultural and library preservation work flows from the National Park Service National Office (Historic Preservation Fund grants-in-aid, CFDA 15.904, including FY 2023, 2024, and 2025 awards) and the Institute of Museum and Library Services (project grants for tribal library professional development and digital access to maps, oral traditions, treaty documents, and language preservation materials). Disaster mitigation and resilience grants come from FEMA (Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities, Pre-Disaster Mitigation, and Emergency Management Performance Grants).

Activity shows modest recent volume — 5 to 12 awards per year from 2022 through 2026 — with 10 awards facing ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months. Ten awards are currently recompeting or expiring. The tribe's combined potential value across all 131 awards in the source totals $109 thousand; however, combined dollars obligated across all awards reach $33.7 million, reflecting the cumulative value of multi-year formula and discretionary grants. Seventy-three percent of obligated dollars flow through HHS Administration for Children and Families child care programs. The tribe also performs sub-award work alongside state agencies (Health Care Authority) and tribal consortia (Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission), indicating it operates as both direct federal grantee and tribal system participant in regional environmental and social service delivery.