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Recent Examples of block grant
This could mean instituting a per-capita cap on funding or reducing the federal matching rate and possibly replacing it with a funding system with block grants in which states would be either given a capped yearly lump sum of money or an annual upper limit on federal payments per Medicaid enrollee.
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Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes.com, 12 Apr. 2025
Project 2025 proposes rolling federal Title I and special-education funding into block grants, which states can administer without extensive federal oversight.
—Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 13 Feb. 2025
Lamont in early February proposed a $472 million block grant next fiscal year for the CSCU system, and $485 million for 2026-27.
—Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 26 Mar. 2025
Located between two Waukegan Housing Authority projects near downtown with a large percentage of low-income seniors, the city of Waukegan awarded a $60,000 block grant to the Waukegan Park District to improve Besley Park.
—Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 18 Mar. 2025
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Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes.com, 12 Apr. 2025
Project 2025 proposes rolling federal Title I and special-education funding into block grants, which states can administer without extensive federal oversight.
—Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 13 Feb. 2025
Lamont in early February proposed a $472 million block grant next fiscal year for the CSCU system, and $485 million for 2026-27.
—Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 26 Mar. 2025
Located between two Waukegan Housing Authority projects near downtown with a large percentage of low-income seniors, the city of Waukegan awarded a $60,000 block grant to the Waukegan Park District to improve Besley Park.
—Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 18 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for block grant
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Individual states may have additional requirements, so contact your state’s driver’s licensing agency online or in person for additional information or assistance.—
Amaris Encinas,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2025
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Figures from a new report show that more people were prosecuted around Europe in 2024 for rendering assistance to irregular migrants than in previous years.—
Frey Lindsay,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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Beckham, ahead of his May 2 birthday, highlighted his work with humanitarian aid organization UNICEF to help raise awareness earlier this year.—
Jay Stahl,
USA Today,
3 May 2025
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Already, federal rental aid falls far short of need.—
Jennifer Ludden,
NPR,
2 May 2025
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David Walt, a professor at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Womens’ Hospital who develops diagnostics, was told April 14, the same day as the Harvard announcement, that his federal grant worth $300,000 a year was immediately terminated.—
Karen Weintraub,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2025
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Which of these was in her bag? 7 of 11 What did Harvard do this week after Trump froze $2 billion in existing grants? 8 of 11 The executive producer of which news program resigned, citing encroachments on his journalistic independence?—
New York Times,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2025
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“Block grant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/block%20grant. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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