Block grants
CLEP American Government, Chapter 6 Block grants Block grants consolidate funding for broad policy areas and usually allow states more discretion over program design. Greater flexibility may be accompanied by less national uniformity or declining real funding. Block grants group funding within a broad field such as community development or social services. States can shift […]
Categorical grants
CLEP American Government, Chapter 6 Categorical grants Categorical grants fund narrowly specified purposes and commonly include detailed eligibility, matching, reporting, or administrative conditions. They give states less discretion than block grants. Categorical design lets Congress target a defined problem and compare recipient performance under common rules. The tradeoff is administrative burden and reduced state flexibility: […]
