Otoe-Missouria Tribe

Otoe-Missouria Tribe, a federally recognized Native American tribal government headquartered in Red Rock, Oklahoma, operates as a prime recipient of federal grants across health, nutrition, human services, environmental protection, employment and training, and community development programs. The tribe competes exclusively in full-and-open federal grant programs and holds no federal prime contracts; it does not operate as a subcontractor and maintains no parent relationship with other federal contractors. The tribe is recognized by the federal government as an eligible tribal recipient under Indian Tribal Government designations and administers grants directly without subawards in the vast majority of its awards.

The tribe's federal award footprint is dominated by formula and project grants supporting three primary capability areas. First, nutrition and child development programs anchor the largest share of recent activity: the tribe administers the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC, CFDA 10.557) through multiple grant components including administrative expenses, food benefits, and breastfeeding peer counseling; operates the Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer Program for Children (CFDA 10.646) delivering $924,000 in FY 2026 for summer nutrition assistance; and manages child care development funds under the Child Care and Development Fund (CFDA 93.596) and Child Care and Development Block Grant (CFDA 93.575), including a $454,106 award for FY 2026. Second, health and aging services include Older Americans Act Title VI grants (CFDA part A, B, and C) from the Administration on Aging, Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP, CFDA 93.566) funding, and a $674,719 five-year Head Start award (CFDA 93.600) through August 2030 to operate early childhood education and family support services in the Oklahoma City service area. Third, environmental protection and sustainability programs include a $1.5 million Cooperative Agreement from EPA Region 6 under the Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) Grant Program (CFDA 66.920) through December 2027 for designing and building a new recycling center; a $103,019 Water Pollution Control State, Interstate, and Tribal Program Support grant (CFDA 66.419) for water quality monitoring in Red Rock Creek and Black Bear Creek watersheds; and a $270,000 Project Grant under the Indian Environmental General Assistance Program (CFDA 66.926) for environmental office management and air quality initiatives.

The tribe's victim and family support services portfolio includes a $374,137 COPS Office Tribal Resources Grant Equipment/Training Program (CFDA 16.710) awarded October 2025 through September 2028 for community policing equipment and training; a $458,729 prior-period award from the same program through September 2026; a $701,394 block grant under the Family Violence Prevention and Services/Domestic Violence Shelter and Supportive Services program (CFDA 93.671) running through September 2025; sexual assault services capacity-building under the Tribal Sexual Assault Services Program (TSASP) with training and technical assistance for crisis intervention and advocacy; and multiple Tribal Victims Services Set-Aside (TVSSA) grants from the Office for Victims of Crime totaling allocations across fiscal years 2022 through 2025 for flexible financial assistance to survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and trafficking. Additional awards support workforce development through Employment and Training Administration grants (CFDA 17.259 and 17.265) serving Native American adults and youth, and tribal historic preservation activities through the Historic Preservation Fund program (CFDA 15.904).

Customer concentration across the recent award portfolio is substantial but distributed across multiple federal departments. The top customer agencies by award count — Department of Health and Human Services Public Health Service (35 awards), Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (34 awards in one component and 31 in another, for 65 total), and Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families (33 awards) — account for approximately 39% of all recent awards. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ranks first by potential value at $417,000 across 19 awards, all annual Tribal Employment Rights Office (TERO) contracts of $30,000 to $33,000 each running since fiscal year 2021 with the most recent award dated October 1, 2024. The tribe serves 45 distinct customer agencies across grants, with a primary concentration in federal health, nutrition, family services, and environmental protection departments reflecting the tribe's role as a lead agency for tribal community needs.

The tribe's recent award trajectory shows volatility: 20 awards in 2022, growth to 31 in 2023, contraction to 24 in 2024, stable 24 in 2025, and a sparse 4 awards reported year-to-date in 2026. The recompete cliff presents material activity: 36 awards carry ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months, representing significant renewal and recompete opportunity. The tribe's corporate structure includes a single named subsidiary, OM3 Construction LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged business organized as a limited liability company and federally recognized tribal entity, though the source provides no detail on its federal award footprint or operational scope separate from the parent tribe.

The tribe's federal grant work centers on direct service delivery to tribal members and surrounding communities: demand-response transit services (FTA Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program, CFDA 20.509) with $300,483 obligated for FY 2026 through December 2027; energy resilience and solar feasibility studies funded through Department of Interior grants; water quality monitoring and environmental data management systems; and community violence prevention initiatives. Work performance occurs in Red Rock, Oklahoma and the surrounding tribal jurisdiction area, with some programs (Head Start, Oklahoma City service area) extending into broader regional service territories. The tribe does not subcontract federal grant work and does not hold federal prime contract vehicles, positioning it as an institutional grant recipient rather than as a federal contractor or teaming partner in the conventional contractor sense.