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Recent Examples of block grant
States would have to set up their own recovery programs and to coordinate with each federal agency if they were given block grants in lieu of FEMA involvement.
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Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 9 July 2025
Trump also wants to consolidate federal housing aid, which includes programs such as Housing Choice Vouchers and public housing, into block grants — or finite amounts of money that states would administer.
—Tribune News Service, Twin Cities, 23 June 2025
Capping Federal Medicaid Spending in Expansion States One of the proposals under discussion would convert Medicaid funding into per-capita caps or block grants, limiting federal contributions regardless of changes in enrollment or healthcare costs.
—Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 May 2025
Baker predicts the block grants would exacerbate the achievement gaps in most states.
—Peter Greene, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
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Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 9 July 2025
Trump also wants to consolidate federal housing aid, which includes programs such as Housing Choice Vouchers and public housing, into block grants — or finite amounts of money that states would administer.
—Tribune News Service, Twin Cities, 23 June 2025
Capping Federal Medicaid Spending in Expansion States One of the proposals under discussion would convert Medicaid funding into per-capita caps or block grants, limiting federal contributions regardless of changes in enrollment or healthcare costs.
—Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 May 2025
Baker predicts the block grants would exacerbate the achievement gaps in most states.
—Peter Greene, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for block grant
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For the last 45 years, the CRC has assisted people facing hunger, homelessness and trauma, offering services like the shelter, a food pantry, counseling, housing assistance and more.—
Karen Billing,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Sep. 2025
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Launched in October 2024 as a pilot effort, the H2O initiative provides transitional housing assistance, move-in support, home modifications and case management to help individuals with serious mental illness stay in stable housing and on treatment plans.—
Joan Meiners,
AZCentral.com,
29 Sep. 2025
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Inside, the couple meet a mismatch of eccentric characters, like biker Eddie (Meat Loaf), butler Riff-Rat (O'Brien) and doting aid Columbia (Nell Campbell).—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
27 Sep. 2025
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For its upcoming budget, officials plan to use federal pandemic aid to help fill the gap, MCTS Chief Administrative Officer Sandra Kellner said previously.—
Rory Linnane,
jsonline.com,
27 Sep. 2025
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Some state legislatures have passed grant programs meant to help schools foot the bill for those upgrades, including in Texas and Florida, where mass shootings at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas in 2018 and Robb Elementary School in 2022 rattled the country.—
Tonya Simpson,
ABC News,
24 Sep. 2025
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The flexible barrier was purchased with a $194,000 grant in 2019 from the State Division of Emergency Management that Vizcaya matched with $115,140.—
Ashley Miznazi,
Miami Herald,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Block grant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/block%20grant. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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