grant-in-aid

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Recent Examples of grant-in-aid Starting in 2014, power-conference schools could provide scholarships up to the full cost of attendance beyond the traditional grant-in-aid. Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 24 Aug. 2025 That makes the laundering of regulation through subsidies, grants, contracts and state grants-in-aid a major concern. Clyde Wayne Crews Jr, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025 In lieu of the trust, the Ninth Circuit held the appropriate remedy was for NCAA rules to allow colleges to offer college athletes up to the full cost of attendance, which for athletes at many colleges meant thousands of dollars more than their grant-in-aid. Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 4 Apr. 2025 On Monday, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) directed federal agencies to stop spending money, with exceptions for entitlements, defense, and direct support for individuals, until grants-in-aid programs were aligned with the president’s agenda. Matthew Continetti, National Review, 1 Feb. 2025 The elimination of all initial grants-in-aid and recruiting activities in the sport involved in the latest major violation in question for a two-year period. Marley Malenfant, Austin American-Statesman, 6 Dec. 2024 Ending federal subsidies and grants-in-aid alone would solve many of today’s fiscal problems. Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grant-in-aid
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • Jefferson County Public Schools agreed to change several policies to keep a federal magnet school grant.
    Ray Padilla, Louisville Courier Journal, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The court will decide whether to extend McElroy’s TRO into a longer preliminary injunction, which would keep the FEMA homeland security grants available while the case proceeds.
    Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Will food aid continue under SNAP and WIC?
    Terry Moseley, USA Today, 5 Oct. 2025
  • In return, Israel would halt its offensive and withdraw from much of the territory, release hundreds of Palestinian prisoners and allow an influx of humanitarian aid and eventual reconstruction.
    Jessica Coacci, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In the Senate, Democrats are withholding support for a measure to keep the government funded at current levels unless Republicans extend subsidies that help some Americans pay for health care through the Affordable Care Act, which are set to expire at year's end, among other demands.
    Benjamin Siegel, ABC News, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Federal housing assistance programs support more than 8 million people by providing units in public housing or subsidies that help cover the cost of rentals on the private market.
    Jesse Coburn, ProPublica, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The project is being funded in part by a community development block grant of $355,500 and a grant from KABOOM!
    Lou Ponsi, Oc Register, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Earlier in the summer, disagreements emerged over the rollout of the disaster aid block grant.
    Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 18 Aug. 2025

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“Grant-in-aid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grant-in-aid. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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