Mohegan Tribe Of Indians Of Connecticut

The Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut operates as a federally recognized Indian tribe and tribal government recipient of federal grants across social services, transportation, environmental, and cultural programs, with no federal contract prime or subcontract footprint but strong federal grant portfolio activity centered on tribal community development and public health initiatives. The tribe is headquartered in Uncasville, Connecticut and structures its operations as a tribal government entity with housing authorities and planning commissions.

The Mohegan Tribe's federal award portfolio consists almost entirely of grant recipiency (98% of 135 recent awards are prime grant recipients), with a small subrecipient component representing pass-through funding from higher-level tribal consortia. The tribe does not compete for federal contracts. Its grant work spans health, social services, infrastructure, cultural preservation, and environmental stewardship. Representative recent awards include a $441,667 FEMA Tribal Cybersecurity Grant Program award (CFDA 97.137) dated September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2029 for cybersecurity governance and risk assessment across tribal government operations; a $150,000 Federal Highway Administration Highway Planning and Construction grant for the Mohegan Tribal Roadside Pollinator Program extending through December 31, 2029; a $104,117 Department of Health and Human Services Office of Child Care block grant (CFDA 93.575) for child care assistance administration through September 30, 2028; a $110,531 HUD Indian Housing Block Grant (CFDA 14.867) for affordable housing development and rehabilitation through September 30, 2034; a $300,000 FHWA Highway Planning and Construction award for a Tribal Transportation Bridge Award; and a $441,667 SAMHSA Center for Substance Abuse Treatment cooperative agreement for the Mohegan Tribal Opioid Response Project combining medication-assisted treatment services, culturally adapted prevention curricula, and family wellness programming through September 29, 2029.

Customer concentration is highly distributed across federal agencies serving tribal governments and Native American populations. The top five customer agencies account for 51% of recent awards: the Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration leads with 17 awards, followed closely by the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families (17 awards), the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living (14 awards), the Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (13 awards), and the Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs (8 awards). These five agencies collectively fund transportation infrastructure, child care administration, aging services under the Older Americans Act, nutrition programs for Native Americans, education services, Indian language immersion curriculum development, economic development, and Tribal Historic Preservation Office activities.

The tribe has received recurring formula grants across multiple fiscal years. Child Care and Development Fund and Block Grant awards from the Office of Child Care flow annually, as do Older Americans Act Title VI nutrition and supportive services grants from the Administration on Aging and the Older Americans Act Title VI Part A grants. Federal Highway Administration tribal transportation program awards have recurred across fiscal years 2022 through 2026. Historic Preservation Fund grants from the National Park Service flow as annual formula awards supporting tribal historic preservation office operations. The tribe also receives one-time or multi-year project grants for opioid response, environmental protection capacity building, climate action planning under the Inflation Reduction Act, broadband infrastructure from the Treasury Department's Coronavirus Capital Projects Fund, tribal language immersion curriculum development, and library services from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

Recent activity shows a consistent cadence with 11–12 awards annually from 2022 through 2025 and 4 awards recorded to date in 2026. Eleven awards are scheduled for completion within the next twenty-four months, representing recompete or renewal opportunity across child care services, aging services, transportation, historic preservation, and education grants. The combined dollars obligated across all 135 awards total $31.1 million, reflecting the tribe's role as a lead recipient and administrator of federal resources flowing to tribal members and the broader Uncasville, Connecticut community. The tribe also acts as a subrecipient on three recent awards from United South & Eastern Tribes Inc., receiving pass-through funding for chronic disease prevention and opioid crisis response initiatives dated January and February 2025 and February 2024. The source data span from September 2011 forward, capturing over a decade of consistent tribal engagement with federal grant programs across health, education, infrastructure, and social services portfolios.