Sokaogan Chippewa Community

Sokaogan Chippewa Community, doing business as The Chippewa Tribal Hall, is a federally recognized Indian tribe headquartered in Crandon, Wisconsin that receives federal grants as a prime recipient to support tribal government operations, health services, social services, and economic development on the Mole Lake Reservation. The Sokaogan Chippewa Community does not compete for federal contracts; it operates exclusively as a federal grant recipient, with 82% of its recent awards as a prime recipient and 18% as a sub-recipient under state and tribal grant pass-throughs.

The tribe's federal footprint centers on health, human services, and community development grants. The top customer agencies by award count are the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families (34 awards), HHS Public Health Service (24 awards), the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (21 awards), and HHS Administration for Community Living (20 awards), collectively representing 40% of the award portfolio. The largest recent prime grants include a $607,152 block grant from the Office of Child Support Enforcement (CFDA 93.563) for tribal child support services (award date October 1, 2025, completion March 31, 2026); a $252,592 project grant from the Bureau of Indian Affairs under the Tribal Energy Development Capacity program (CFDA 15.148) to develop strategic energy planning and assess a Tribal Utility Authority (award date May 2, 2025, completion May 1, 2027); a $254,413 project grant from the Department of Justice Office for Victims of Crime under the Tribal Victim Services Set-Aside Program (CFDA 16.841) for victim services (award date January 1, 2025, completion December 31, 2027); and a $249,321 project grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services Program (CFDA 45.308) to establish a tribal archive and museum with professional archival facilities and a hired tribal archivist (award date October 1, 2025, completion September 30, 2027).

Award activity has grown year over year, from 15 awards in 2022 to 39 in 2024, though recent activity has moderated to 5 awards in 2026 to date. Eighteen awards are completing within the next twenty-four months and will face recompete. The tribe's grant portfolio spans formula grants for ongoing programs (child care development, older Americans nutrition services, family assistance), project grants for discrete initiatives (tribal energy capacity, victim services, archival and museum development, health clinic expansion), and cooperative agreements for environmental and health management programs. The tribe also receives sub-award funding from the State of Wisconsin Departments of Health Services and Children and Families for state-pass-through programs in areas including child welfare services, substance abuse treatment, mental health services, and domestic violence prevention, with prime grantees including the Wisconsin Department of Health Services and Wisconsin Department of Children and Families. The tribe's subsidiary Sokaogon Chippewa Housing Department is named alongside the parent in the corporate structure. The tribe's grant work targets tribal members and the surrounding community within Forest County and the Mole Lake Reservation in north-central Wisconsin, with the Sokaogan Chippewa Health Clinic named as the implementing entity on multiple HHS health and behavioral-health grants.