Recipient of federal assistance · ELTON, LA

COUSHATTA TRIBE OF LOUISIANA

COUSHATTA TRIBE OF LOUISIANA received $15.6M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 55 actions, −29% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $117.4M. Its largest awarding agency was Federal Highway Administration ($12.4M).

Assistance · FY2026
$15.6M
New awards
9
Actions
55
Since FY2021
$117.4M
UEI
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Location
ELTON, LA
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Federal grants & assistance received

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 51.1MFY2021
  2. 5.5MFY2022
  3. 4.3MFY2023
  4. 19MFY2024
  5. 22MFY2025
  6. 15.6MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$13.1M84%
  2. Direct payments$2.4M16%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 20.289 · Tribal Transportation Program (TTP)$12.1M78%
  2. 93.441 · Indian Self-Determination$1.4M9.2%
  3. 15.030 · Indian Law Enforcement$342.3K2.2%
  4. 66.926 · Indian Environmental General Assistance Program (GAP)$270K1.7%
  5. 15.034 · Agriculture on Indian Lands$255.4K1.6%
  6. 20.939 · Safe Streets and Roads for All$250K1.6%
  7. 93.575 · Child Care and Development Block Grant$143.5K0.9%
  8. 93.444 · Tribal Self-Governance Program: Planning and Negotiation Cooperative Agreement$142.2K0.9%

Awarding agencies

  1. Federal Highway Administration$12.4M80%
    Department of Transportation
  2. Indian Health Service$1.7M11%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  3. Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education$1M6.5%
    Department of the Interior
  4. Environmental Protection Agency$270K1.7%
  5. Administration for Children and Families$165.1K1.1%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  6. Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing$125.8K0.8%
    Department of Housing and Urban Development
  7. National Park Service$89.8K0.6%
    Department of the Interior

Largest awards

  1. PROJECT TITLE: COUSHATTA TRIBE OF LOUISIANA TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM FUNDING FY 2026 :::: PROJECT DESCRIPTION: ALL TRANSPORTATION FUNDING…$7M
    20.289 · Tribal Transportation Program (TTP)· Federal Highway Administration· Project grant· Nov 18, 2025 – Nov 18, 2025· 693JJ22640000Y17LLA3113026
  2. 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY THE COUSHATTA TRIBE OF LOUISIANA (HEREAFTER REFERRED TO AS TRIBE OR CTLA) IS A FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED INDIAN TRIBE WITH…$4.9M
    11.029 · Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program· National Telecommunications and Information Administration· Project grant· Jan 10, 2025 – Jul 17, 2026· NT25TBCX029G0078
  3. PROJECT TITLE: COUSHATTA TRIBE OF LOUISIANA TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM FUNDING FY 2026 :::: PROJECT DESCRIPTION: ALL TRANSPORTATION FUNDING…$4.8M
    20.289 · Tribal Transportation Program (TTP)· Federal Highway Administration· Project grant· Jul 13, 2026 – Jul 13, 2026· 693JJ22640000Y17MLA3113026
  4. ALCOHOL / SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROGRAM$4.3M
    93.441 · Indian Self-Determination· Indian Health Service· Direct payment for specified use· Dec 28, 2023 – Aug 21, 2026· 28520230002
  5. INDIAN LAW ENFORCEMENT$2.9M
    15.030 · Indian Law Enforcement· Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education· Direct payment for specified use· Oct 27, 2020 – May 8, 2026· A19AV00593
  6. A19AV00383$2.2M
    15.034 · Agriculture on Indian Lands· Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education· Direct payment for specified use· Oct 27, 2020 – May 8, 2026· A19AV00383

Subawards

Matched by Unique Entity ID: the first-tier subawards this organization reported as a prime recipient, and those primes reported paying it.

As a prime: who it pays · FY2026

No subawards reported as a prime in FY2026.

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $3.6M (2 subawards)

2 primes

  1. ADMINISTRATION, LOUISIANA DIVISION OF$3.5M99%
    BATON ROUGE, LA · 1 subaward
  2. THE INSTITUTE FOR INDIAN DEVELOPMENT INC$30K0.8%
    HOUMA, LA · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $469.9K received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $3.6M received

Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.

Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.