Block Grants Perspectives and Controversies

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Community development.

Federal aid.

Federal government.

Public health.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[United States] [publisher not identified] 2013

Summary:

Discusses issues relating to block grants, which are a form of grant-in-aid used by the Federal Government to provide State and local governments with funding to assist them in addressing broad purposes, such as community development, social services, public health, or law enforcement. Reviews six grant types, provides criteria for defining block grants, and uses that criteria to provide a list of current block grants. Examines competing perspectives concerning use of block grants versus other grant mechanisms to achieve national goals, presents brief historical overview of role of block grants in American federalism, and addresses recent changes to existing block grants and proposals to create new ones

This report is one in a series of updates. For the most recent coverage of this report series, please see 13-R4-0486c in the 2013 issue

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Microfiche version Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Block Grants

Publisher Number:

CRS-2014-GVF-0028

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