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, receives and administers federal grants as prime recipient across health and human services, transportation, environmental management, justice, and infrastructure programs. The Nation operates as a grant recipient rather than a federal contractor; it does not hold federal contracts or contract vehicles. The organization is not a for-profit vendor seeking competitive work but a tribal government entity that qualifies for formula grants and set-aside funding reserved for federally recognized Indian tribes.

The Nation's grant portfolio spans 38 federal customer agencies and centers on five core program areas. The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families has awarded the most grants (24 awards) covering child welfare social services, family support, child care development, and youth programs including a $500,000 five-year Tribal Youth Program (CFDA 16.731) delivered through a subcontract with the Youth Advocate Program to provide wraparound services to at-risk youth. The Federal Transit Administration has awarded 20 grants (all CFDA 20.509, Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program) totaling more than $2.3 million in recent years to support operation and expansion of the Yavapai-Apache Nation Transit System serving the Verde Valley in central Arizona, with awards covering driver salaries and benefits, vehicle maintenance, fuel, employee training, and fleet acquisition. The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living has issued 17 awards under the Older Americans Act Title VI program covering supportive services, nutrition services, and caregiver support for Native American seniors.

Beyond health and transportation, the Nation received funding from the Department of Justice Office for Victims of Crime under the Tribal Victim Services Set-Aside Program (CFDA 16.841) for two grants ($410,246 in FY2023 and $229,973 in FY2024) to implement culturally relevant victim services; from the Bureau of Justice Assistance for a $500,000 Tribal Youth Program, a $396,720 Treatment Court Discretionary Grant for a Wellness Court post-adjudication program, and a $281,560 Adam Walsh Act Implementation Grant to expand sex offender registration and notification (SORNA) systems. The Environmental Protection Agency Region 9 awarded $185,378 under the Performance Partnership Grants program (CFDA 66.605) for tribal environmental programs including water quality monitoring, riparian restoration, youth environmental outreach, and solid waste management. The Bureau of Reclamation and Department of Energy have funded water infrastructure and grid resilience planning. The SAMHSA Center for Substance Abuse Treatment has supported the Wellbriety program and a new Healing and Recovery alcohol and substance abuse program targeting opioid and methamphetamine addiction with culturally integrated treatment models.

The Nation also receives Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) sub-awards from the Arizona Department of Economic Security as a pass-through entity for Adult, Dislocated Worker, and Youth programs; these sub-awards number 10 across 2022–2025 and support employment and training services for low-income adults, dislocated workers, and at-risk youth ages 14–24 in the local service area.

Award activity has fluctuated across the past five years (13 awards in 2022, 19 in 2023, 15 in 2024, 13 in 2025, and 5 in 2026 through late August), with 10 awards reaching ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months. The Nation holds no parent vehicles or IDIQs; it operates as a direct recipient of federal grants flowing from agencies, not as a prime contractor or subcontractor on federal contracts. All work is performed at or serving the Yavapai-Apache Nation Reservation in Camp Verde and surrounding communities in central Arizona.