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: […]
Grants-in-aid
CLEP American Government, Chapter 6 Grants-in-aid Grants-in-aid transfer federal funds to state or local governments for public purposes. Conditions attached to funds can coordinate national goals while preserving subnational administration. A grant is both financing and governance. Formula grants distribute money according to statutory criteria; project grants are awarded competitively or for approved proposals. Matching […]
