Sac & Fox Nation

Sac & Fox Nation, a federally recognized Indian tribe headquartered in Stroud, Oklahoma, operates as the recipient of federal grant funding for social services, elder care, child care, nutrition assistance, energy assistance, victim services, infrastructure, and tribal governance programs. The Nation does not hold federal contracts as a prime or subcontractor; its federal footprint consists entirely of grant awards (297 total, $367.8 million obligated) received as the direct grantee from Department of Health and Human Services subdivisions, Department of Agriculture, Department of Energy, Department of Justice, Environmental Protection Agency, and other federal agencies administering formula grants, block grants, and project grants to federally recognized tribes.

Sac & Fox Nation's customer concentration is heavily weighted toward the Department of Health and Human Services. The top five funding agencies by award count (covering 55% of all awards) are dominated by HHS subdivisions—the Administration for Children and Families and the Administration for Community Living account for the majority of recent grants. HHS administers formula grants under the Older Americans Act Title VI (grants to Indian tribes for elder nutrition and caregiver support), the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG and CCDF), Family Violence Prevention and Services, and Child Welfare Social Services. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) administers the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR, CFDA 10.567), through which Sac & Fox Nation received a $1.2 million project grant (October 2025–September 2027) to operate food distribution logistics serving eligible tribal households on and near the reservation. The Office of Community Services funds Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP, CFDA 93.568) and related infrastructure supplements. The Office of Child Care awarded a $7.36 million Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) Discretionary award (October 2025–September 2028) and an $801,751 Child Care and Development Fund Mandatory & Matching award (October 2025–September 2028), with sub-awards issued to Central Tribes of Shawnee Area (CTSA) for service delivery. The Administration on Aging awarded three formula grants effective April 2026 through March 2029 under the Older Americans Act Title VI, Part A (grants to Indian tribes for elder services), Title VI, Part C (caregiver support grants), and the Nutrition Services Incentive Program for Native Americans. The Department of Justice's Office for Victims of Crime awarded $441,989 under the VOCA Tribal Victim Services Set-Aside Program (CFDA 16.841, October 2024–September 2026) to fund culturally appropriate victim services. The Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Center for Mental Health Services awarded $306,500 for a 988 Tribal Response initiative (September 2023–September 2026) supporting a suicide and crisis lifeline in central Oklahoma counties serving 26,000 Native persons.

Activity has declined year over year — 18 awards in 2022 and 2023, dropping to 15 in 2024, 8 in 2025, and 3 in 2026 year-to-date. Twenty-two awards face ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months. Sac & Fox Nation also holds infrastructure and community development grants: a Bipartisan Infrastructure Law formula grant (August 2024–April 2032) from the Department of Energy for electric grid resilience improvements; a Coronavirus Capital Projects Fund grant (October 2022–December 2026) from Treasury for capital projects enabling work, education, and health monitoring; a broadband infrastructure deployment project (September 2022–August 2027) from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) to install fiber connecting 7,611 unserved Native American households to 1,000/1,000 Mbps service; and tribal language revitalization grants (language immersion program, adult community language classes, family-based language instruction) under the Department of Education's Sauk language preservation initiative. The Nation also holds formula grants for law enforcement capacity-building (COPS Tribal Resources Grant Equipment/Training Program, November 2021–October 2024) and community policing equipment and training.

Sac & Fox Nation operates as a direct grant recipient only, with no prime contract footprint and no federal contracting vehicle participation. The federal funding base reflects the Nation's statutory role as an eligible tribal government recipient under federal social services, nutrition assistance, law enforcement, victim services, and infrastructure programs.