Kodiak Area Native Association

Kodiak Area Native Association (KANA), a tribally governed Alaska Native health and social services organization based in Kodiak, Alaska, operates as a prime recipient of federal grants across health, behavioral health, domestic violence services, environmental management, and economic development programs serving approximately 5,700 Alaska Native and American Indian residents across ten federally recognized tribes in the Kodiak region. KANA has no federal contract prime or sub footprint; its federal engagement is exclusively grant-based, with 93 percent of recent awards held as prime recipient and 7 percent as sub-recipient under state and tribal intermediaries.

KANA's customer concentration is heavily weighted toward the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), which accounts for the plurality of awards across multiple component agencies. The Administration for Children and Families and the Administration for Community Living (formerly Administration on Aging) together dominate the award count, with 199 of the top 218 awards spanning child welfare services, family violence prevention, and older Americans Act Title VI and Title III nutrition and caregiver support programs. The Public Health Service, SAMHSA, and the Bureau of Primary Health Care round out the HHS footprint. KANA also receives formula and project grants from the Environmental Protection Agency Region 10, the Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Office on Violence Against Women, and the Department of Labor, among others across 40 distinct federal agencies.

Representative prime grant work includes a $1.34 million Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) cooperative agreement (CFDA 93.872) from the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families, effective July 2025 through September 2030, to expand evidence-based home visiting services for expectant mothers and families with young children; a $950,000 Rural Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Assistance Program project grant (CFDA 16.589) from the Office on Violence Against Women, running October 2025 through September 2028, supporting victim advocacy, counseling, legal assistance, and crisis intervention across ten tribes in seven communities; a $528,000 Indian Environmental General Assistance Program project grant (CFDA 66.926) from the EPA Region 10, effective October 2025 through September 2027, funding environmental office operations, training, water quality monitoring, and harmful algal bloom tracking; a $386,226 Elder Justice Act Cooperative Agreement (CFDA 93.698) from the Administration on Aging, concluding September 2027, establishing a Kodiak-based elder abuse multidisciplinary team and prevention training; and recurring formula grants under the Older Americans Act Title VI and Title III (nutrition and caregiver support) programs from the Administration on Aging. KANA also holds ongoing SAMHSA funding for opioid response, substance abuse prevention and treatment, suicide prevention, and community mental health center expansion, with performance periods extending through 2029 and 2027 respectively.

Activity has remained steady over the past five years—ranging from 10 to 24 awards annually—with 17 awards facing ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, presenting recompete opportunity. KANA acts as sub-recipient on pass-through awards from state agencies (Alaska Department of Health, Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce Development) and tribal health consortia, including WIC nutrition programs, early intervention services, children's advocacy center funding, and environmental and health research projects coordinated through the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium and University of Alaska Fairbanks. The organization's grant portfolio reflects a strategic focus on culturally responsive service delivery to underserved Alaska Native populations in geographically isolated communities accessible only by boat or small aircraft, with particular concentration in behavioral health, family services, victim services, and environmental health capacity-building.