Oneida Nation

Oneida Nation, a federally recognized tribe headquartered in Green Bay, Wisconsin, operates as a prime recipient of federal grants focused on tribal social services, healthcare, environmental management, and community development. The Nation does not hold federal prime contracts but functions predominantly as a grant recipient (74% of recent awards) and sub-recipient (26%), with three small federal contracts (totaling approximately $120 thousand) under delivery-order arrangements with the Department of Veterans Affairs for reporting services.

The Oneida Nation's federal footprint consists almost entirely of grant awards rather than contracts. The Nation acts as a prime recipient on over 400 awards spanning health, human services, environmental, infrastructure, and cultural programming. The top customer agencies by award count are the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (42 awards), Environmental Protection Agency (37 awards), Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families (35 awards), and the Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (25 awards) — together accounting for about one-third of awards. The Veterans Affairs Veterans Integrated Service Network 12 carries 11 awards with combined potential value of $1 million, anchored by a Basic Ordering Agreement (VA69D15G0039) generating 10 task orders worth $629 thousand combined potential value. The concentration reflects the Nation's role as a tribal government administering federal benefit and health programs within reservation boundaries rather than commercial-service delivery.

Representative prime grant work spans social services, health, and infrastructure. The Nation received $1,973,878.42 for the FY2026 Tribal Child Support Comprehensive Grant (CFDA 93.563) from the Office of Child Support Enforcement, running through September 30, 2026, to enforce child support obligations and locate absent parents. The Administration for Children, Youth and Families awarded multiple formula grants for child welfare social services, child care and development funding, and promoting safe and stable families totaling millions of dollars across multi-year periods. The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service funded the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR, CFDA 10.567) at $641,228 for October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2027, providing administrative operations for supplemental food distribution. Environmental awards included a $373,621 Performance Partnership Grant from EPA Region 5 for continuing environmental programs (air, water, land, data quality), a $225 thousand Cooperative Agreement with the Natural Resources Conservation Service for employment of a Tribal Resource Conservationist, and multiple brownfields and underground storage tank management grants. The Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded $546,354 for a Restorative Justice Project under the Tribal Youth Program (CFDA 16.731) to enhance school safety and address youth violence. HUD provided $6 million under the Indian Housing Block Grants (CFDA 14.867) for affordable housing and community development over five years, and $323,386 for Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers (CFDA 14.871) for rental assistance to low-income and disabled households. The National Telecommunications and Information Administration funded broadband infrastructure deployment reaching approximately 560 households via fiber-to-the-premise technologies. The Nation also received formula grants from the Administration on Aging for Older Americans Act Title VI programs (Title A, Part C caregiver support, and nutrition services incentives) and multiple education and cultural grants from the Institute of Museum and Library Services and National Endowment for the Humanities.

Activity has grown substantially — 30 awards in 2022, climbing to 97 in 2024, with 51 in 2025 and 14 year-to-date in 2026. Thirty-one awards reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and will face recompete. The Nation acts as a sub-recipient on grants flowing through the State of Wisconsin Department of Health Services, Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, and Wisconsin Department of Children and Families, receiving pass-through funding for child nutrition programs (NSLP and CACFP), child care, Medicaid and family services, WIC programs, and health initiatives including HIV prevention and maternal health innovation. Sub-awards also reflect specialized state-tribal partnerships such as the Native American Drug and Gang Initiative with the Wisconsin Department of Justice.

The Oneida Nation's federal posture is that of a tribal sovereign government executing federal benefit programs and community-development initiatives within reservation boundaries and serving tribal members. No commercial-service or IT-contracting exposure is evident in the award footprint; the footprint is social-services and infrastructure delivery concentrated in Wisconsin (tribal reservation in Brown and Outagamie counties) with regional benefit to Native American populations served under Title VI and other tribal-set-aside federal programs.