Tulalip Tribes Of Washington

Tulalip Tribes Of Washington Grants & Self-Governance Division, a federally recognized tribal government headquartered in Tulalip, Washington, acts as a prime recipient of federal grants and as a federal contractor, delivering tribal social services, environmental protection, criminal justice system support, and broadband infrastructure across a 22,000-acre reservation serving over 5,000 tribal members representing the Snohomish, Snoqualmie, Skagit, Suiattle, Samish, and Stillaguamish tribes. The entity operates with no set-aside designation in its federal contracting footprint; its work flows through unrestricted federal grant and direct contracting vehicles.

The Tulalip Tribes' federal footprint anchors in grant work rather than federal contracts. The Division holds 494 prime awards and 77 sub-awards across 571 total federal transactions spanning 59 customer agencies, with the largest concentration in social services grant programming. The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families dominates by award count (82 awards), covering child welfare services (CWSS), child care development (CCDF and CCDD block grants), child support enforcement, and nutrition incentive programs. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission holds 32 awards, all low-dollar tribal employment rights ordinance (TERO) contracts ($32,000 to $33,649 annually), with the most recent dated October 1, 2025. The Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs and Indian Education accounts for 40 awards. The Environmental Protection Agency Region 10 places 30 awards anchored in air quality monitoring, brownfield remediation, climate action planning, and indoor air quality initiatives under Clean Air Act Section 103 and Section 105 programs. The Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration funds 29 awards focused on habitat restoration and fish barrier removal in the Snohomish and Stillaguamish River basins supporting salmon recovery. A $31.47 million Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program grant from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (CFDA 11.029), awarded March 1, 2025, funds construction of 43.58 miles of fiber-to-the-premises infrastructure through the tribally owned Salish Networks, a competitive local exchange carrier, to serve 669 unserved households on the reservation through February 28, 2029.

The Tulalip Tribes hold notable recent awards in justice, child welfare, and environmental domains. The Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded $899,546 (October 1, 2025) for the Mental Wellness Alternatives Program addressing co-occurring mental illness and substance use in the tribal justice system through September 30, 2030. The same agency awarded $421,578 (October 1, 2025) under the VOCA Tribal Victim Services Set-Aside Program (CFDA 16.841) to support child advocacy center staff, forensic equipment, and cultural healing supplies through September 30, 2028. The Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women provided $500,000 (October 1, 2024) under the Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies program (CFDA 16.590) to expand the Tulalip Police Department's capacity to investigate domestic violence and sexual assault through September 30, 2027. The Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services awarded $175,000 (October 1, 2025) under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program to reshape public perception of the Tulalip Police Department through professional media and cultural outreach through September 30, 2027. The Environmental Protection Agency awarded $215,408 (January 1, 2027) under the Air Pollution Control Program Support grant (CFDA 66.001) for air quality monitoring and PurpleAir sensor network management through December 31, 2028. The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living awarded $157,530 (April 1, 2026) under the Special Programs for the Aging, Title VI, Part A program (CFDA 93.047) and the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Child Care awarded $3,964,505.22 (October 1, 2025) under the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CFDA 93.575).

The Tulalip Tribes hold a sub-recipient footprint rooted in state pass-through funding and specialized tribal implementation roles. The tribe receives grant sub-awards from the Washington State Health Care Authority for behavioral health services, culturally responsive mobile crisis teams, and sovereign nation service-level agreements for American Indian/Alaska Native mental health services. The tribe acts as sub-recipient under the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission for ESA-listed salmonid recovery and habitat restoration consistent with treaty fishing rights. The University of Washington issued a sub-award for collaborative intergenerational learning and decision-making on changing lands and waters. The Recreation & Conservation Office places multiple sub-awards for fish barrier removal projects (floodplain reconnection, culvert replacement), estuary restoration, and Snohomish Basin salmon habitat acquisition aligned with the Snohomish River Basin Salmon Conservation Plan. The Superintendent of Public Instruction sub-awards funds for child nutrition programs reimbursement. The tribe also receives sub-awards from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Puget Sound Partnership, and Philanthropy Northwest for environmental justice and community resilience projects.

Activity has remained steady with 42 awards in 2023, 45 in 2024, and 31 in 2025, with a total of 571 awards representing combined potential value of $1 million against combined dollars obligated of $470.2 million—indicating the majority of value flows through obligated funds rather than ceiling values, typical of formula and block grant structures. Twenty-four awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and will face recompete or renewal. The top PSC categories reflect the grant-driven portfolio: Support—Professional Legal (36 awards) covers tribal TERO services; Social—Direct Aid to Tribal Governments (34 awards) anchors social services programming; and Medical—Managed Healthcare (12 awards) covers health-related grants. The Tulalip Tribes operate Tulalip Casino Inc. and Salish Networks Inc., a tribally owned, minority-owned small disadvantaged business and Indian small business economic enterprise providing broadband and competitive local exchange carrier services.