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Recent Examples of block grant
Though advocates claim block grants offer states greater flexibility, the primary result would be fewer medical services and fewer Medicaid beneficiaries.
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Robert Pearl, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
Congress could fix the problems with federal homeless policy by restructuring federal homeless assistance into a block grant sent to state governments.
—Stephen Eide, National Review, 17 Dec. 2024
The largest are Medicaid block grants, but states and cities also get federal grants to help them with transportation, education, energy, and numerous other functions.
—Cory Smith, Baltimore Sun, 22 Dec. 2024
But the biggest change would be allocating K-12 education money directly to the states via block grants.
—Robert Farrington, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
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Robert Pearl, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
Congress could fix the problems with federal homeless policy by restructuring federal homeless assistance into a block grant sent to state governments.
—Stephen Eide, National Review, 17 Dec. 2024
The largest are Medicaid block grants, but states and cities also get federal grants to help them with transportation, education, energy, and numerous other functions.
—Cory Smith, Baltimore Sun, 22 Dec. 2024
But the biggest change would be allocating K-12 education money directly to the states via block grants.
—Robert Farrington, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for block grant
Noun
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On the other hand, Anthropic itself is quick to sell its LLMs as a way for other companies to help employees that might have a little trouble communicating without AI assistance.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
4 Feb. 2025
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Michael Smith and Keith Price, who is food assistance program manager in Supervisor Tiffany Henyard’s township administration, objected to nominating petitions of numerous candidates running for supervisor or trustee in April.—
Olivia Stevens,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Feb. 2025
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The issue with many state initiatives to help with homelessness is that the burden of proof to show aid is needed is onerous.—
Graham P. Johnson,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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Efforts to dismantle the agency, which provides humanitarian and development aid, are moving at a frenetic pace.—
Laura Paddison,
CNN,
7 Feb. 2025
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Leaders say the future of their work, which relies heavily on federal grants, is also unknown.—
Lauren Costantino,
Miami Herald,
10 Feb. 2025
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The deadline for the second round of grants, GAP 2, remains July 10, as originally set.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
10 Feb. 2025
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