Modoc Nation

Modoc Nation, a federally recognized Native American tribe headquartered in Miami, Oklahoma, acts as a prime recipient of federal grants delivering tribal social services, public health, education, and infrastructure programs across a service area spanning Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, and Arkansas. The tribe operates as a tribal government receiving direct grant funding under statutes including the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (P.L. 93-638), with 97 percent of its 209 recent federal awards as prime recipient positions and the remainder as sub-recipients. Modoc Nation operates six tribally owned subsidiaries — Modoc Housing Authority, Harpy Technologies LLC, Eagle TG LLC, Aquila TG LLC, Witam Mte LLC, and Red Cedar Tg-Mte LLC — most of which carry minority-owned business and self-certified small disadvantaged business designations.

Modoc Nation's customer base concentrates heavily within the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families (ACF), which accounts for a substantial portion of recent awards across child care development funding, child support enforcement, and behavioral health initiatives. The Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs and Indian Education is the second major customer by award count, followed by the Department of Housing and Urban Development Public and Indian Housing Office. These three agencies account for approximately 51 percent of recent awards. The tribe's recent funding spans 36 distinct federal agencies, with combined dollars obligated reaching $223.4 million across the visible award portfolio.

The tribe's grant portfolio centers on direct tribal services. Representative recent work includes a $8.04 million Child Care and Development Block Grant (CFDA 93.575) from HHS ACF awarded October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2028, to administer child care subsidies and quality improvement initiatives for low-income families; a $623.5 thousand Child Care and Development Fund formula grant (CFDA 93.596) covering the same period; a $4.1 million Tribal Child Support Services block grant (CFDA 93.563) from HHS ACF for comprehensive child support enforcement operations; a $1.25 million Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) cooperative agreement (CFDA 66.920) from EPA Region 6 to establish a tribal recycling facility with equipment and staff; and a $155.4 thousand Bureau of Reclamation Indian Tribal Water Resources Development grant (CFDA 15.519) for invasive plant control and ecological restoration in the Klamath Basin. The tribe also holds multiple project grants from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) for opioid response, substance use disorder treatment with drug courts, and suicide prevention programming; grants from the Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistance for school violence prevention; and cultural and language revitalization grants from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. The tribe operates the Lost River Treatment Center, a licensed behavioral health and addiction treatment facility that serves as the implementing agency for several opioid and substance abuse grants, and operates the Modoc Healing House partnership structure for mental health and violence prevention services.

Activity has been relatively steady, with 17 awards in 2022 declining to 14 in both 2023 and 2024, with 7 awards in 2025 and 1 award as of August 2026. Seventeen awards reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and therefore face recompete exposure. The tribe also holds one sub-award relationship with the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation under a planning grant for Lower Klamath River Basin ecological restoration, supporting sage-steppe habitat enhancement and invasive plant removal. Award dollars obligated span more than three decades, with the earliest award dating to December 1990, reflecting sustained federal engagement with the tribe as a self-determined tribal government and service provider to American Indian and Alaska Native populations and rural underserved communities in the four-state Oklahoma-Kansas-Missouri-Arkansas region.