American indian tribally controlled colleges and universities (part F)

The Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education awarded Stone Child College Corp (doing business as Stone Child Community College) $1.242 million on October 1, 2025, under the Higher Education Institutional Aid program (CFDA 84.031, Part F — American Indian Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities). The award runs through September 30, 2027, with performance at Box Elder, Montana.

Stone Child Community College is a 1994 Land Grant tribal college serving the Chippewa Cree Tribe on the Rocky Boy's Reservation. The college's parent organization is The Chippewa Cree Tribe of the Rocky Boy Reservation, a federally recognized tribe headquartered in Box Elder.

The Higher Education Institutional Aid program supports eligible colleges and universities in strengthening management and fiscal operations and planning, developing, or implementing activities including endowment building to strengthen academic quality. Under the Strengthening Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs) component, funds are allocated based on a statutory formula to tribal colleges and universities, including institutions qualifying under the Tribally Controlled College or University Assistance Act of 1978 or the Equity in Educational Land Grant Status Act of 1994. Stone Child Community College qualifies as an eligible applicant under the TCCU program criteria.