Peoria Tribe Of Indians Of Oklahoma

Peoria Tribe Of Indians Of Oklahoma, a federally recognized tribal government based in Miami, Oklahoma, acts as a federal grant recipient delivering community health, social services, elder care, child care, environmental stewardship, and cultural preservation programs across multiple federal agencies. The tribe does not hold federal contracts or sit on procurement vehicles; its federal footprint is entirely grant-based, with 224 of 228 awards (98%) carried as prime recipient grants and 4 as sub-recipient grants, placing it squarely outside the federal contractor space and firmly within the tribal government service-delivery model.

The tribe's customer base spans 37 distinct agencies, with award concentration among Interior's Bureau of Indian Affairs and Indian Education (38 awards), the Environmental Protection Agency (32 awards), and three HHS grant programs—Administration for Children and Families accounting for 50 combined awards across child welfare, child care, and family services tracks. Administration for Community Living (19 awards) drives aging-services work under the Older Americans Act. This 61% of awards split across five agencies reflects a deliberate targeting of federal programs designed specifically for tribal governments and Indian Country service delivery.

Recent grant work includes a $4.8 million Child Care and Development Block Grant Discretionary award (CFDA 93.575) from the Office of Child Care effective October 2025 through September 2028, a $913,242 Tribal Cybersecurity Grant Program award (CFDA 97.137) from FEMA effective September 2025 through August 2029 for governance, vulnerability assessment, and workforce training, a $776,302 Forest Health Protection award (CFDA 10.680) from USDA Forest Service effective July 2024 through July 2029 for invasive species management and ecosystem restoration, and a $663,572 Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Cooperative Agreement (CFDA 93.872) from HHS/ACF effective July 2025 through September 2030. The tribe also holds recurring formula grants under OAA Title VI aging services (nutrition and caregiver support), child welfare social services, and Promoting Safe and Stable Families, all administered by Administration for Children and Families. Violence prevention and victim services work flows through the VOCA Tribal Victim Services Set-Aside Program (CFDA 16.841) and DOJ Office on Violence Against Women grants supporting the Peoria Shield program for domestic violence, sexual assault, and trafficking victims. Substance-use and behavioral health work includes a $2.24 million five-year Peer Recovery Support Services grant from SAMHSA's Center for Substance Abuse Treatment effective September 2024 through September 2029, addressing opioid and stimulant misuse with prevention, harm reduction, treatment, and recovery support services. Library and cultural preservation grants from the Institute of Museum and Library Services fund tribal archives, genealogy, and language preservation at the Peoria Tribal Library in Miami. Child care development work encompasses both mandatory and discretionary federal funding under CFDA 93.596 (Child Care and Development Fund) running through fiscal 2028, with the tribe serving as the lead agency administering child care subsidies and quality improvement initiatives for low-income tribal families.

Activity has been volatile but recent: 13 awards in 2022, 11 in 2023, 18 in 2024, 12 in 2025, and 5 so far in 2026 (representing only the first two weeks of the year). Nineteen awards carry ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months, representing potential recompete or renewal opportunity. The tribe also holds four sub-awards, including technical assistance funding from the Reinvestment Fund for food retail development, capacity-building support from Southern Plains Tribal Health Board Foundation, and child nutrition reimbursement channeled through the State Department of Education. The combined dollars obligated across all 228 awards totals $129.3 million, with grants ranging from under $100 thousand for targeted initiatives to multi-million-dollar multi-year federal commitments.