Moapa Band Of Paiute Indians

Moapa Band Of Paiute Indians, a federally recognized tribal government located in Moapa, Nevada, operates as a federal grant recipient delivering child care, housing, historic preservation, and community development services to tribal and local communities, with recent entry into prime contracting through a $33,000 employment discrimination compliance engagement with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission awarded in October 2025.

The tribe's federal footprint is overwhelmingly grant-funded rather than contract-oriented. Of twenty total awards in the source data, all are prime recipient awards with no subcontract activity. The combined obligated dollars across all awards total $34.7 million against a combined potential value of $33 thousand in contracts, a discrepancy reflecting the grant awards' multi-year fund commitments. The tribe's customer concentration centers on two agencies: the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families funds nine awards, and the Department of Housing and Urban Development Public and Indian Housing Office funds four awards, accounting for 95% of award count. The Department of the Interior National Park Service, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and the Institute of Museum and Library Services round out the active customer set.

Child care services dominate the tribe's recent grant activity. The tribe holds a Child Care and Development Block Grant (CFDA 93.575) discretionary award of $6.6 million running through September 2028, a Child Care and Development Fund Mandatory and Matching grant (CFDA 93.596) of $718,185 through September 2028, and a supplemental American Relief Act block grant under the Office of Child Care extending to September 2028. These awards collectively position the tribe as the designated lead agency for administering child care services and subsidies for low-income tribal members, with deliverables including voucher and certificate administration, sliding fee scales, three-year child care development fund planning, and workforce development. Housing and community development grants include an Indian Housing Block Grant (formula) and an Indian Community Development Block Grant (project) from HUD running through 2035 and 2032 respectively, supporting infrastructure improvement, housing rehabilitation, and weatherization. Historic preservation grants from the National Park Service fund tribal historic preservation office activities under the National Historic Preservation Act across identification, evaluation, technical assistance, and documentation of historic properties. Most recently, the tribe received a Native American Library Services Basics grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services effective August 2026 through July 2027 to sustain library operations, acquire materials, and train library staff.

The EEOC contract awarded in October 2025 marks the tribe's first entry into prime contract work, suggesting potential expansion beyond traditional grant mechanisms. Activity has remained relatively flat — four to five awards annually from 2022 through 2024, declining to three in 2025 — with seven awards facing ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, all carrying the $33 thousand potential value of the EEOC contract.