Community facility grants - native american tribes

The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded Navajo Technical University $251,959 on September 23, 2025, under the Community Facilities Loans and Grants program (CFDA 10.766) to develop an essential community facility in Crownpoint, New Mexico. The award period runs through September 23, 2027. Navajo Technical University, a tribally owned 1994 Land Grant College and the only ABET-accredited tribal college in the nation, serves over 2,000 students across five campuses and integrates Navajo Traditional Knowledge with Western scientific approaches across STEM curriculum development, advanced manufacturing research, and workforce development initiatives. The Community Facilities program provides affordable funding to nonprofits, public bodies, and federally recognized tribes to develop essential community facilities in rural areas that provide orderly community development, excluding private or commercial undertakings. Priority is given to projects enhancing public safety and health care facilities.