Sheep Dog Impact Assistance

Sheep Dog Impact Assistance is a veteran-owned, service-disabled veteran-owned nonprofit organization headquartered in Rogers, Arkansas, that has established itself as a specialized provider of recreational, counseling, and adaptive sports services to the Department of Veterans Affairs and its clinical networks. The organization focuses on delivering outdoor adventure programs, staff development retreats, and therapeutic recreational services designed to support both veterans with disabilities and VA personnel wellness initiatives across multiple regions.

Through federal contract awards, Sheep Dog Impact Assistance has provided comprehensive recreational retreat and counseling services primarily to the Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration. The organization has executed multiple firm fixed-price blanket purchase agreement calls and delivery orders with Veterans Integrated Service Network 15 and Veterans Integrated Service Network 10, with contract values ranging from $163,362 to $529,725. These contracts have supported the "RCS District 3 Megabus Retreats" program, which delivers outdoor recreation and counseling services to VA Regional Clinical Service District 3 staff in Arkansas and Missouri as part of the VA Readjustment Counseling Service initiatives. The contracts have included specific performance locations in St. Louis, Missouri, and various Arkansas facilities, with completion dates spanning from September 2022 through September 2025. All contract awards were issued without set-aside designations, indicating the organization competed in open competition processes. No subcontractors or sub-awards were identified in the contract performance records.

Sheep Dog Impact Assistance has received federal grant funding through the Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Under Secretary for Health under the VA Grants for Adaptive Sports Programs for Disabled Veterans and Disabled Members of the Armed Forces program (CFDA 64.034). The organization has been awarded two project grants totaling $360,708 to plan, develop, manage, and implement adaptive sports activities and outdoor adventure programs for veterans and service members with disabilities, including those with physical disabilities, traumatic brain injuries, and mental health conditions. The first grant, valued at $230,280, covered the period from October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2023 and supported the "SDIA Outdoor Adventure Programs" initiative. A more recent grant award of $130,428, covering September 30, 2025 through September 30, 2026, was designated for adaptive sports activities conducted in partnership with Providence St. Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center's adaptive sports program for veterans in Spokane. Both grants authorized funding for outdoor adventure program instruction, participation and competition, training and technical assistance, equipment provision, and customized program development.

Sheep Dog Impact Assistance holds two federal contract indefinite delivery vehicles awarded by Veterans Integrated Service Network 15. The primary vehicle is a single-award blanket purchase agreement valued at $5,000,000 with an ultimate completion date of May 31, 2028, established on June 1, 2023, which provides retreat services for Regional Clinical Service District 3 staff. Under this BPA, the organization has executed multiple task orders, including orders valued at $565,884 and subsequent calls totaling over $1.1 million for the "RCS District 3 Megabus Retreats" program delivering services through May 2028. The second vehicle is a multiple-award indefinite delivery contract valued at $166,666 with a completion date of September 30, 2022 that was utilized for "Recreational Counseling Services." Both vehicles were awarded without set-aside designations and have been used by Veterans Integrated Service Network 15 to provide flexible contracting mechanisms for ongoing staff development and clinical support initiatives.