Pueblo Of Jemez

Pueblo Of Jemez, a federally recognized Native American tribe headquartered in Jemez Pueblo, New Mexico (approximately 50 miles northwest of Albuquerque in Sandoval County), operates as a tribal government entity delivering federal grant funding across social services, child care, transportation infrastructure, environmental management, health, education, and justice programs to its community and tribal institutions. The tribe acts as a prime recipient on federal grants (100% of recent awards) and holds a single sub-award role as a restoration and riparian protection partner on a National Fish and Wildlife Foundation grant for Jemez River and Vallecito Creek watershed work.

Pueblo Of Jemez also executes four small federal service contracts: a $234,000 firm fixed-price purchase order from the Department of Agriculture Forest Service (Region 3) for land and facility use services in the Santa Fe area through June 2022; a $54,000 purchase order from the Department of Interior (Region 3) for land rental services at McCauley Springs in New Mexico (awarded June 2026, completed July 2026); a $15,000 purchase order from the Bureau of Indian Education for water and wastewater services at Jemez Day School (awarded February 2024, completion February 2029); and a $500 purchase order from the Bureau of Indian Education for water and wastewater services to the pueblo community (awarded December 2023, completed December 2024). These contracts carry no set-aside designations and use firm fixed-price terms.

Grant work dominates the tribe's federal footprint. The tribe serves as prime recipient on over 410 grant awards spanning the past five years, with customer concentration driven by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) — particularly HHS Administration for Children and Families (56 awards), HHS Administration for Community Living (25 awards), and HHS Public Health Service (12 awards). Top grant programs include the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) and Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDD) programs, which collectively total over $812,000 in FY2026 funding alone, supporting child care subsidies, workforce development, and early childhood infrastructure. The tribe holds formula grants from the Special Programs for the Aging (Title VI, Part A, CFDA 93.047) for elder supportive services and nutrition ($157,530 for FY2026–2029); OAA Nutrition Services Incentive Program (CFDA related); and OAA Title VI, Part C for Native American caregiver support. Major community-development grants include $1.86 million in Child Care and Development Block Grant Discretionary funding (FY2026–2028), $292,398 in Tribal Transportation Program funding from the Federal Highway Administration (CFDA 20.289, FY2026), and $270,000 in Indian Environmental General Assistance Program funding from EPA Region 6 (CFDA 66.926, two-year award through September 2027) for environmental capacity-building including underground storage tank compliance, transfer station and recycling center support, GIS development, and water quality monitoring. Justice and safety work includes a $900,000 Tribal Justice Assistance Program grant from the Bureau of Justice Assistance (CFDA 16.596, October 2024–September 2029) to enhance Jemez Tribal Court capacity through probation and victim services hiring, and grants for victims of crime services (TVSSA) under the Crime Victims Fund. Education grants include Indian Education Formula Grants to LEAs and language revitalization funding (Towa for Everyday Oral Communication in Jemez, CFDA-related, three-year award). Environmental and infrastructure recipients include EPA Region 6 water quality monitoring and protection grants (multiple cycles since 2021), a $536,200 Economic Development Administration feasibility study for tribal energy independence (April 2022), and HUD Community Project Funding for the Jemez Coordinated School Health Initiative. The tribe has also received Coronavirus Capital Projects Fund (CCPF) investment in broadband infrastructure and workforce training to address digital equity during the COVID-19 pandemic recovery.

Activity has remained relatively consistent across the past five years — 25 awards in 2022 through 21 awards in 2023–2024 — with 27 awards facing ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and therefore exposed to recompete. The combined potential value across the visible award portfolio totals $368,000; however, the combined dollars obligated across all awards reaches $260.4 million, reflecting that nearly all awards have transitioned from potential to obligated status. The tribe reports 58 distinct customer agencies, indicating broad federal engagement across social services, environmental, transportation, health, and justice portfolios rather than concentration within a single agency or program.