Yavapai Apache Nation

Yavapai Apache Nation Grants And Contracts Division, a tribally owned division of a federally recognized Indian tribe headquartered in Camp Verde, Arizona, acts as a prime recipient of federal grants across social services, transportation, environmental management, and cultural preservation. The Nation receives awards exclusively as a grant recipient, not as a federal contractor on competitively bid service or supply contracts; 95% of its federal footprint consists of direct prime grants from federal agencies, with the remaining 5% routed through sub-recipient grants from pass-through entities.

The Nation's grant portfolio spans health and human services (child care, elder services, family support, substance abuse treatment and prevention), public transit operations and expansion, environmental protection (water quality, riparian restoration, broadband planning), justice programs (victim services, sex offender registration, tribal youth mentoring and wellness court), and cultural preservation (language documentation and instruction, museum collections care). Representative prime grants include a $109,120 formula grant from the Administration on Aging for elder nutrition and supportive services (CFDA 93.047) running through March 2029; a $295,148 formula grant from the Federal Transit Administration for continued operation of the Yavapai-Apache Transit System (CFDA 20.509) through May 2026; a $229,973 project grant from the Department of Justice Office for Victims of Crime for tribal victim services (CFDA 16.841) through December 2027; a $396,720 project grant from the Bureau of Justice Assistance for Wellness Court enhancement (CFDA 16.585) through September 2027; and a $298,376 formula grant from EPA Region 9 for environmental programs focused on water quality monitoring and riparian area management (CFDA 66.605) through September 2026. The Nation acts as a sub-recipient on workforce development sub-awards from the Arizona Department of Economic Security under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Adult, Dislocated Worker, and Youth programs, with sub-award dates spanning 2022 through October 2025.

Customer concentration reflects heavy reliance on human services and transportation grantor agencies. The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families leads by count (23 awards) followed by the Federal Transit Administration (18 awards) and the Administration for Community Living (17 awards). These three agencies account for approximately 35% of recent awards by count. The combined potential value across all 256 awards in the source data totals $8.6 million, though obligated dollars reach $86.2 million, indicating a pipeline of completed and ongoing performance. The Nation sits on a General Services Administration Basic Ordering Agreement (GS09B01855) with 52 task orders valued at $7.9 million combined potential, though the primary vehicle posture reflects formula grant access rather than competitive contracting.

Activity has been consistent: 13 awards in 2022, 19 in 2023, 15 in 2024, 12 in 2025, and 3 awarded in 2026 year-to-date. Eleven awards (representing an unspecified portion of the $8.6 million combined potential value) carry ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months and face renewal or recompete. The bulk of the Nation's federal footprint concentrates in formula grants issued annually or biennially by HHS, DOT, DOI, and DOJ to federally recognized tribes under dedicated tribal set-asides and categorical programs. The Nation does not compete for federal contracts on GWACs, schedules, or IDIQs; its engagement model is as a designated tribal recipient under federal grant programs that flow funds directly to enrolled tribes for service delivery.