The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded Blackfeet Community College $265,220 on September 30, 2025, under the Community Facilities Loans and Grants program (CFDA 10.766) to develop an essential community facility project in Browning, Montana.
The Community Facilities Loans and Grants program provides affordable funding to develop essential community facilities in rural areas that provide essential services to support orderly community development and do not constitute private, commercial, or business undertakings. Priority for funding is given to projects that enhance public safety such as fire, police, rescue, and ambulance services, and projects for health care facilities.
Blackfeet Community College, a federally recognized tribal college and 1994 Land Grant Institution, is the recipient. Performance of work will occur in Browning, Montana, with an ultimate completion date of September 30, 2027. The assistance type is a project grant. The obligated amount is $265,220.