Wichita And Affiliated Tribes

Wichita And Affiliated Tribes, operating as Wichita Tribal Office, is a federally recognized tribal government headquartered in Anadarko, Oklahoma, that serves as a prime recipient of federal grants spanning behavioral health, child care, environmental protection, aging services, and tribal workforce development, with no federal contract prime awards and minimal subcontract engagement. The tribe competes exclusively in full-and-open grant programs tailored to tribal entities, receiving formula grants and project grants from HHS, EPA, Department of the Interior, and specialized tribal set-asides under programs such as the VOCA Tribal Victim Services Set-Aside and the Indian Tribal Water Resources Development program.

The Wichita Tribal Office's federal footprint is dominated by HHS grant work, with the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) and SAMHSA Center for Mental Health Services anchoring the portfolio. Recent awards include a $9.963 million Child Care and Development Block Grant (CFDA 93.575) from ACF for fiscal years 2025–2028, a $976,498 grant from SAMHSA (CFDA 93.00R) for 988 and Behavioral Health Crisis Services through September 2029, and a $5.010 million Department of Energy grant (CFDA 81.087) for solar photovoltaic installation across tribal facilities through November 2028. The tribe also receives recurring formula grants for child welfare social services, promoting safe and stable families, community services block grants, Low-Income Home Energy Assistance, and older Americans Act Title VI programs from HHS components. Environmental work includes EPA Region 6 water quality monitoring and environmental capacity-building grants, while the Department of the Interior funds language revitalization, historic preservation, and water infrastructure projects. A $1.057 million Bureau of Reclamation grant (CFDA 15.519) funded water well and distribution infrastructure in Anadarko through May 2025. The tribe holds recurring annual TERO (Tribal Employment Rights Ordinance) contracts with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, most recently a $66,000 definitive contract awarded October 1, 2025, for performance through September 30, 2026.

Award volume has declined year over year — 28 awards in 2022 to six year-to-date in 2026 — though combined obligated dollars ($206.4 million) far exceed combined potential value ($667 thousand), reflecting the nature of formula and block grants where allotments are fully obligated at award. Twenty awards reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating a recompete cycle concentrated in HHS and tribal-designated grant programs. The tribe acts as prime recipient on 99% of awards; subcontract engagement consists of a single contract sub-award under Westwind Computer Products for Strong Heart Study field center work and four grant sub-awards routed through Southern Plains Tribal Health Board Foundation and the State Department of Education for tobacco prevention and child nutrition initiatives. Place of performance spans Anadarko and Delaware, Oklahoma, with service areas extending across the ten-county Indian Health Service Lawton Service Unit in southwestern Oklahoma. The tribe does not hold seats on government-wide contract vehicles and pursues no federal contracts as a prime contractor, remaining exclusively within the tribal grant ecosystem.