County Of Glacier School District 9

County Of Glacier School District 9, doing business as Napi Elementary School and Browning Public Schools, is a U.S. local government entity and school district located in Browning, Montana, that serves a predominantly Native American student population and operates as a recipient of federal education and social-services grants rather than as a federal contractor. The district does not hold federal contracts or contract vehicles; all 63 prime awards in its recent footprint are grant awards from the Department of Education and other federal agencies, with 21 sub-grants flowing through state pass-through intermediaries.

The district's federal customer concentration is heavily skewed toward K-12 education funding. The top five funding agencies account for 89% of awards by count, led overwhelmingly by the Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (52 awards), followed by the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (8 awards), the Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs Rocky Mountain Region (7 awards), the Department of Housing and Urban Development Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development (5 awards), and the Department of Education Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (3 awards). The department of interior's bureau of Indian Affairs, despite fewer awards than USDA or HUD, anchors the top position in combined potential value at $69 thousand, reflecting formula and project-grant structures characteristic of tribal and Native education funding.

Napi Elementary School's primary revenue stream flows through Indian Education Grants to Local Educational Agencies (CFDA 84.060), a formula-grant program serving Native American students. The district has received annual awards of approximately $438,000 to $478,000 under this CFDA in fiscal years 2022 through 2026, with the most recent award of $456,574 running from July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027. A second major source is the Impact Aid program (CFDA 84.041, Title VII, Section 7003), which provides federally connected education funding to districts serving Native American populations on tribal lands. The district holds multiple overlapping Impact Aid project grants with ultimate completion dates ranging from September 2027 through September 2031, including a $11.3 million award issued October 1, 2025, designated to support special education, English language learning, school nutrition, career and technical education, and technology integration. The district also received a $445,424 Indian Education formula grant (CFDA 84.060) for July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025, and received HUD Continuum of Care program (Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program) funding in fiscal years 2023, 2024, and 2025 to support homeless youth services and transitional housing.

As a sub-recipient, Napi Elementary School receives pass-through funding from the Montana Office of Public Instruction under Title I (CFDA 84.010), IDEA Part B special education (CFDA 84.027), Title II educator development (CFDA 84.367), Title IV school safety and student wellness (CFDA 84.424), school nutrition (CFDA 10.555), fresh fruits and vegetables (CFDA 10.582), and pandemic relief (ESSER I, II, and III). Awards per year have ranged from two to nine since 2022, with 2025 marking peak activity at nine awards. Only one award reaches ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, indicating stable multi-year funding commitments extending through 2031.