Quartz Valley Indian Reservation

Quartz Valley Indian Reservation Tribal Administration Division, a federally recognized Indian tribe based in Fort Jones, California, operates as a prime recipient of federal grants across tribal community development, natural resource management, health services, and victim support programs. The tribe comprises approximately 351 enrolled members from the Karuk and Shasta culture groups and has received 129 total federal awards (126 prime grants and three sub-awards) with combined obligated value of $29.2 million, though reported potential value stands at only $603 thousand—a data artifact reflecting delayed or incomplete potential-value reporting for large grant programs.

The tribe's grant portfolio centers on federal support for tribal social services and environmental stewardship. Top grant recipients include the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families (21 awards for child care development block grants, low-income home energy assistance, and related programs), the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service (16 awards total across multiple fiscal years for salmon spawner surveys and wildfire management), and the Department of Health and Human Services for behavioral health and victim services. Recent awards span child care development funding (CFDA 93.575, $203 thousand awarded October 2025), an Indian Housing Block Grant from HUD (CFDA 14.862, $994,963 awarded July 2026 for community development through June 2027), a $1.1 million Department of Justice Violence Against Women Discretionary Grant (CFDA 16.587, awarded October 2024 for the "Taking Care of Our Sisters" domestic violence and sexual assault response program through September 2027), EPA Performance Partnership Grant funding for water quality protection and solid waste management (CFDA 66.605, $171,953 awarded October 2025), and a $277,883 USDA Forest Service Community Wildfire Defense Grant (CFDA 10.720, awarded September 2025) to develop a Community Wildfire Protection Plan addressing 300 structures including 90 on tribal land.

The tribe also holds repeating formula grants for low-income home energy assistance (LIHEAP, CFDA 93.568, awarded through the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Community Services) and child care development funding (CCDF, CFDA 93.575, awarded through HHS Administration for Children and Families). Environmental and natural resource work includes annual Fish and Wildlife Service cooperative agreements for in-river Chinook salmon spawner surveys in the Scott, Shasta, and Salmon River basins—multiseason projects providing crews, equipment, data collection, and specimen processing to support California Department of Fish and Wildlife stock monitoring. The tribe also receives support for the ANAV Tribal Health Center's behavioral health services, including a $1.6 million Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration grant (CFDA 14.197, awarded September 2023) for youth mental health and suicide prevention through September 2028.

Obligated funding has grown through the mid-2020s—eight awards in 2024 and nine in 2025—with fourteen awards reaching ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months. The tribe's only federal contract award on record is a $250 purchase order from the USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Region (August 2023) for land and facility use at the Happy Camp Complex near Yreka, California. The tribe receives a sub-award under the California Department of Health Care Services State Opioid Response Grant (May 2023). Place of performance for most grants is Fort Jones, California, with some activities spanning the broader Klamath Basin (including Scott, Shasta, and Salmon river reaches) and Siskiyou County.