Definitions for block grant
block grant

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1. block grantnoun

   a grant of federal money to state and local governments to support social welfare programs

   "block grants reduce federal responsibility for social welfare"

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1. Block grant

   A block grant is a grant-in-aid of a specified amount from a larger government to a smaller regional government body. Block grants have less oversight from the larger government and provide flexibility to each subsidiary government body in terms of designing and implementing programs.: 9  Block grants, categorical grants, and general revenue sharing are three types of federal government grants-in-aid programs.

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1. block grant

   A block grant is a type of funding issued from a central government to a regional or local authority to be used for specific programs or initiatives. The recipient usually has wide discretion over how to use these funds within broadly defined parameters. Block grants aim to give more control over programs to state or local entities.

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1. Block grant

   In a fiscal federal form of government, a block grant is a large sum of money granted by the national government to a regional government with only general provisions as to the way it is to be spent. This can be contrasted with a categorical grant which has more strict and specific provisions on the way it is to be spent. An advantage of block grants is that they allow regional governments to experiment with different ways of spending money with the same goal in mind, though it is very difficult to compare the results of such spending and reach a conclusion. A disadvantage is that the regional governments might be able to use the money if they collected it through their own taxation systems and spend it without any restrictions from above.

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How to pronounce block grant?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of block grant in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of block grant in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of block grant in a Sentence

1. Lindsey Graham:

   Under ObamaCare, four states get 40 percent of the money : New York, California, Massachusetts, and Maryland, my block grant approach takes the money that we spend here in Washington, sends it back to the states in a more equitable fashion.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
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2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Block_Grant
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4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=block grant