The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe University $265,220 on September 25, 2025, under the Community Facilities Loans and Grants program (CFDA 10.766), a Project Grant to develop an essential community facility project serving a rural Native American population. The award funds work performed in Hayward, Wisconsin, with a performance period extending through September 25, 2027. The Community Facilities Loans and Grants program provides affordable funding to nonprofits, public bodies, and federally recognized tribes to develop essential community facilities in rural areas, with priority given to projects enhancing public safety or delivering health care services. The source does not describe the specific facility or community services to be developed through this award.