BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – United Tribes Technical College is getting just under $19 million in federal funding to lead a job training program in North Dakota and Montana.

The money is part of $500 million going to community colleges around the country to support partnerships with employers and develop job training programs.

United Tribes is in Bismarck. It will work with tribal colleges in the North Dakota community of Fort Totten and the Montana cities of Poplar and Harlem.

Officials say the proposal from United Tribes was one of 32 accepted nationwide and the only one from a tribal college.