Hualapai Tribal Council

Hualapai Tribal Council, a federally recognized tribal government entity based in Peach Springs, Arizona, is a federal grant recipient that delivers tribal governmental and administrative services, including employment rights enforcement, public transit operations, emergency response, child care administration, victim services, workforce development, library services, and environmental and historic preservation stewardship to federal grant programs. The Council operates as a prime grant recipient (93% of recent awards) and sub-recipient on workforce and transportation grants, competing without set-aside designation across civil federal grant programs.

The Council represents approximately 1,650 residents across a reservation spanning over one million acres in northwest Arizona and serves as the institutional delivery mechanism for federal community development, public safety, health, transportation, and infrastructure funding. Its recent contract footprint is minimal—five annual firm-fixed-price contracts valued at $31,700 to $35,400 each with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for Tribal Employment Rights Office (TERO) services enforcing federal employment laws and promoting equal employment opportunity protections for tribal members, awarded without competitive set-aside. The EEOC contract stream has run continuously since at least fiscal 2021, most recently renewed at $33,000 for the October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026 period.

Hualapai Tribal Council's federal footprint is overwhelmingly grant-driven. Over the past several years, the Council has been awarded approximately 433 prime grants and 32 grant sub-awards across 56 distinct customer agencies, with combined obligated dollars of $208.5 million against a combined potential value of $3 million—a ratio reflecting substantial prior-year commitments. The top five customer agencies by award count account for 30% of awards: the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families (38 awards), the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (33 awards), HHS Public Health Service (24 awards), HHS Administration for Community Living (23 awards), and the Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration (20 awards). By potential value, the Department of Interior Bureau of Reclamation, EEOC, and HHS Indian Health Service anchor the portfolio, though funding is distributed across a broad grantor base reflecting tribal governance responsibilities rather than concentration risk.

The Council's grant capability portfolio spans child care and development block grants and formula grants (CFDA 93.575, 93.576) through the Office of Child Care; older Americans Act supportive services, nutrition, and caregiver grants (CFDA 93.042, 93.043, 93.044) through Administration on Aging; transit operations and capital acquisition grants (CFDA 20.509) through Federal Transit Administration; emergency services and firefighter equipment grants (CFDA 97.044) through FEMA; airport improvement and infrastructure grants (CFDA 20.106) through FAA; family violence prevention and victim services grants (CFDA 93.671, 16.587, 16.841) through HHS and DOJ; youth employment and training sub-awards (WIOA Adult, Dislocated Worker, and Youth programs) through Arizona Department of Economic Security; juvenile and adult wellness and treatment court grants (CFDA 16.585, 16.596, 16.731) through DOJ Bureau of Justice Assistance; historic preservation fund formula grants (CFDA 15.904) through National Park Service; environmental monitoring and water quality grants (CFDA 66.605) through EPA Region 9; infrastructure resilience grants under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law through Department of Energy; and culturally relevant opioid response and substance abuse prevention grants (CFDA 93.243) through SAMHSA. Representative recent awards include $770,000 from EPA Region 9 for Diesel Emission Reduction Act vehicle replacement (April 2026), $500,000 from DOJ Office for Victims of Crime for elder abuse advocacy (October 2025), $749,975 from DOJ Violence Against Women for domestic violence and sexual assault response (October 2025), $860,667 from Federal Transit Administration for transit operations and bus acquisition (September 2025), and $450,000 from Bureau of Justice Assistance for child advocacy program establishment (October 2025). The Council also acts as sub-recipient on WIOA workforce programs administered through Arizona Department of Economic Security and receives transportation sub-awards for minivans and preventive maintenance.

Activity has remained steady over the past five years at 20–27 awards per year, with 2022 and 2023 at the high end (24 and 27 awards respectively) and 2025 and 2026 tracking slightly lower (20 and 5 awards year-to-date). Approximately 21 awards (combined potential value $33 thousand) reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and face recompete exposure. The Council's award concentration by NAICS mirrors tribal governmental and social services activity: Human Rights Organizations (23 awards), Correctional Institutions (4), and Environmental Consulting Services (3) dominate the category distribution. By PSC code, Support–Professional: Legal (37 awards), Medical–Other (25 awards), and Social–Direct Aid To Tribal Governments under Public Law 93-638 (7 awards) are the primary service categories, reflecting tribal self-determination, health services, and justice system delivery. The Council sub-receives on Arizona Department of Economic Security workforce programs and University of Arizona research grants, with no other named prime sub-award relationships in the source material.