Native Health

Native Health, doing business as Native American Community Health Center, is a nonprofit, Native American-owned federally qualified health center (FQHC) headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, that delivers medical, behavioral health, and preventive services to urban American Indian and Alaska Native populations as a federal grant recipient and federal contractor. The organization operates as a prime recipient on federal grants and holds federal service contracts; it does not participate in federal contract vehicles (IDIQs, GWACs, BPAs).

Native Health's federal footprint is concentrated almost entirely within the Department of Health and Human Services. The Indian Health Service dominates the portfolio, funding 29 awards with $69.4 million in combined potential value — the organization holds multiple definitive service contracts for professional medical and health care services for urban Indians in the Phoenix metropolitan area, including an $11.8 million contract running through June 2028 that invoiced $2.8 million in FY2024 across 17.5 FTEs at a derived government-paid hourly rate of $78.15/hr. Native Health also holds IHS contracts for behavioral health services (ceiling $44,118, awarded August 2025, running through June 2030) and COVID-19 support services (ceiling $4.4 million, completed September 2024), as well as a $19.5 million American Rescue Plan Act–Native American Community Health Support contract through February 2026. The Health Resources and Services Administration funds ten awards, and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration funds ten awards across behavioral health, opioid response, and mental health capacity-building programs. Native Health acts as the prime recipient on 84 of 88 total awards (95%), with four sub-awards under the Arizona Department of Health Services for home visiting programs. Recent federal grant work includes a $1.797 million CHIP (CFDA 93.767) Cooperative Agreement with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (award date August 2025, running through June 2030) for countywide outreach and enrollment targeting American Indian and Alaska Native children, Hispanic children, and pregnant women; project grants from SAMHSA for opioid prevention and treatment expansion (award date February 2025, running through January 2030) and integrated HIV, hepatitis C, and substance use disorder prevention and treatment (award date September 2024, running through September 2029); and a congressional-directed spending project grant from the Bureau of Primary Health Care for dental clinic equipment installation at the Native Health Mesa clinic (award date September 2023, running through September 2026).

The organization's federal contracting history dates to 1996, with activity trajectory showing eight awards in FY2022, declining to four in FY2023, recovering to six in FY2024, and four in FY2025. Eleven awards with combined potential value $11.8 million reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and therefore face recompete exposure. SCI-reported invoicing totaled $10.5 million in FY2024 across 65.6 FTEs on three prime service contracts, with no subcontractor engagement reported; government-paid hourly rates ranged from $15.63/hr at the tenth percentile to a median of $78.15/hr and $85.46/hr at the ninety-fifth percentile, reflecting the mix of clinical, administrative, and support staffing. Native Health has combined obligated dollars of $232.1 million across all awards — 317% of the combined potential-value ceiling across the portfolio — indicating substantial drawdown of previously awarded contract and grant funding. Performance occurs across multiple clinics throughout Maricopa County, Arizona, with administrative headquarters in Phoenix.