Pueblo Of Santa Ana

Pueblo Of Santa Ana, a federally recognized Indian tribe headquartered in Bernalillo, New Mexico, acts as a prime recipient of federal grants across environmental management, transportation, child care, aging services, cultural preservation, and tribal justice and wellness programs. The Pueblo competes and receives awards exclusively through grant mechanisms—not federal contracts—and operates as a tribal government entity eligible for set-asides and formula allocations reserved for Native American communities.

The Pueblo's federal grant footprint centers on environmental and natural resource stewardship, particularly through the Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 and the Department of the Army Corps of Engineers. Recent representative work includes a $4.46 million Federal Highway Administration Wildlife Crossings Pilot Program project grant (CFDA 20.290) awarded December 2025 to design wildlife overpasses, underpasses, and crossing infrastructure along 27 miles of roadway in north-central New Mexico to reduce wildlife-vehicle collisions and improve habitat connectivity for mule deer, elk, pronghorn, black bears, and mountain lions. The Pueblo also received a $629 thousand Department of Defense cooperative agreement under the Native American Lands Environmental Mitigation Program (CFDA 12.116) from September 2025 through September 2027 to develop environmental remediation prioritization systems and implement restoration projects on Santa Ana Pueblo lands addressing environmental impacts from former DoD operations. Water quality and nonpoint source pollution control dominate the EPA Region 6 portfolio: a $137.5 thousand Nonpoint Source Implementation Grants award (CFDA 66.460) from October 2025 to September 2026 funds erosion control best management practices along Range Road T2, and recurring formula grants support surface water quality monitoring, fecal indicator bacteria tracking, and stormwater drainage assessment on the Rio Jemez and Rio Grande.

Transportation, child care, and aging services represent the second tier of federal grant activity. The Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration has awarded multiple formula grants for operational and capital expenses supporting the Pueblo's transit system serving rural community members, including awards for vehicle maintenance, fuel, employee salaries, and safety equipment. The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Child Care provides recurring formula and block grants (CFDA 93.575, 93.596) for child care development fund support across fiscal years 2022–2026. The Administration on Aging administers formula grants for nutrition services, supportive services, and caregiver support to tribal members aged 60 and older under the Older Americans Act Title VI, Part A (CFDA 93.047), with the most recent awards running through March 2029.

Tribal cultural and health programming rounds out the portfolio. The Pueblo received cooperative agreements from the Department of Health and Human Services for the Tamaya Wellness Program, delivering diabetes prevention, nutrition education, and physical activity interventions under the Special Diabetes Program for Indians framework (CFDA 93.865) through December 2027. The National Park Service provides annual Historic Preservation Fund formula grants (CFDA 15.904) to the Pueblo's Tribal Historic Preservation Office for cultural resource surveys, Section 106 regulatory review, and heritage site protection. The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs supports the Healing to Wellness Court multi-track program and victim services under the Tribal Victim Services Set-Aside Program (CFDA 16.841) and Crime Victim Assistance grants, with funding through September 2027. The Bureau of Reclamation awarded project grants totaling $689 thousand for the South Desawa Ditch reconstruction (CFDA 15.519, awarded September 2023) and $143.7 thousand for the MRG RM 205.8 Santa Ana monitoring project on tribal water resources.

The Pueblo acts as prime recipient on 274 of 281 recent awards (98%) and serves as sub-recipient on seven grants, primarily family listening programs in partnership with the University of New Mexico and wildlife habitat restoration projects under the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. Federal customer concentration is broad across 44 agencies, with EPA Region 6, the Federal Transit Administration, and the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families accounting for 38% of award count. Nineteen awards carrying combined potential value are scheduled for ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months and will face recompete in that window. Award activity has remained stable at 13–18 new federal grants annually over the past five years, with the combined potential value across all recent awards totaling approximately $1 million, though obligated federal spending has reached $57.9 million across the full award portfolio.