Ysleta Del SUR Pueblo

Ysleta Del SUR Pueblo, a federally recognized Native American tribal government headquartered in El Paso, Texas, is a prime recipient of federal grants spanning transportation infrastructure, child care and family services, employment and training, library services, historic preservation, environmental capacity-building, and public health programs. The Pueblo operates as a tribal government entity and does not hold federal contracts as a prime contractor; it participates in the federal grant landscape exclusively as a recipient, with 96% of its 187 federal awards structured as prime grants and 4% as sub-awards from state and federal grantees.

The Pueblo's grant footprint concentrates in social services and infrastructure. The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families leads by award count with 62 awards across child care and development, child welfare social services, and family support programs — child care and development block grants (CFDA 93.575, CFDA 93.596) and promoting safe and stable families grants (CFDA 93.556) represent recurring formula and block grant vehicles running multi-year terms through 2028. The Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration ranks second with 19 awards, all project and formula grants under the Highway Planning and Construction program (CFDA 20.205) and Tribal Transportation Program (CFDA 20.289) supporting road construction, bridge improvements, and transportation planning; recent awards include a $1.579 million project grant (November 2025) and a $2.610 million project grant (January 2025) for FY 2025 transportation program funding under the FHWA Office of Tribal Transportation Program Agreement. The Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration funds employment and training services through the Native American Employment and Training program (CFDA 17.265), with three active grants totaling approximately $2.146 million across a July 2024 grant ($717,158), an April 2025 grant ($718,847), and a July 2025 grant ($710,795) to provide career services, occupational training, and follow-up support to unemployed and underemployed American Indian individuals.

The Pueblo also receives grants from the Institute of Museum and Library Services for Native American library services basics (CFDA 45.312) supporting library materials acquisition, programming, and staff training; the Corporation for National and Community Service for AmeriCorps State and National programming (CFDA 94.006) including a $178,545 award (August 2025) for the AmeriCorps Native Nations program; the National Park Service for historic preservation fund grants supporting tribal historic preservation office work under the National Historic Preservation Act (CFDA 15.904); the EPA Region 6 for environmental capacity-building assistance; the Federal Emergency Management Agency for homeland security grant program awards (CFDA 97.067); the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for diabetes prevention and management programming (cooperative agreement, January 2023 through December 2027); and the Department of the Interior Office of Self Governance for tribal self-governance compacts (CFDA 15.022) providing block grant funding for broad program administration.

Recent activity shows modest volatility — 11 awards in 2022, 16 in 2023, 14 in 2024, 12 in 2025, and 1 recorded for 2026 through mid-July. Fourteen awards face ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months, representing recompete opportunity for child care, employment and training, transportation, and historic preservation programming. The Pueblo acts as a sub-recipient in four Operation Stonegarden law enforcement border-security sub-awards (June 2022, June 2023, April 2024, April 2025) and two substance abuse prevention and treatment sub-awards (September 2023) from the Texas Health and Human Services Commission. The Pueblo's grant portfolio reflects its role as a tribal government administering federal social services, infrastructure, employment, cultural, and public safety programs directly for its El Paso community with little to no subrecipient activity; it does not compete for federal contracts or hold seats on IDIQs, GWACs, or schedules.