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Direct linkLloyd, Chrishana M.; Carlson, Julianna; Alvira-Hammond, Marta – Child Trends, 2021
This issue brief is one in a series examining timely topics that are relevant to Black families and children in the United States. The series identifies key information and opportunities for consideration by policymakers, researchers, practitioners, philanthropists, and others interested in supporting the progress of Black families and…
Descriptors: African American Family, African American Children, Public Policy, Access to Education
Peer reviewedKearney, C. Philip – Education and Urban Society, 1990
Discusses the role of the national values of efficiency, choice, and equity in the adoption and implementation of the federal education block grant program and the negative effects on school desegregation. Urges policymakers to consider policy goals, and not just policy instruments, when considering future proposals. (FMW)
Descriptors: Block Grants, Federal Programs, Policy Formation, Public Policy
Download full textGeneral Accounting Office, Washington, DC. – 1984
This report, one of a series on block grant implementation, describes the efforts 13 states have made to involve the public in their block grant decisions, and the reaction of various state-level interest groups to those efforts. These public input opportunities were established in response to federal requirements, but also on account of the…
Descriptors: Block Grants, Citizen Participation, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Weaver, R. Kent – 2002
The 1996 welfare reform legislation replaced the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program with a new Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant. This new program has a fixed funding level that is not altered by inflation or economic cycles or caseload size. Individual states' shares are based on the amount they…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Block Grants, Child Welfare, Employment Programs
Triplett, Tom – 1995
This paper examines the federal and state constitutional and statutory issues that affect the capacity of governments to raise revenue for education and other children's services, including mandates and key legislation that limit revenues, expenditures, and borrowing. The paper is divided into three major sections: (1) legal issues affecting…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Block Grants, Constitutional Law, Court Litigation
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Finance. – 2001
This Congressional report contains the testimony and documents presented for the record of a hearing to gather input regarding the Strengthening Working Families Act of 2001, which was drafted to provide the assistance needed by former welfare recipients and other poor working parents to remain employed and advance in the labor market. The…
Descriptors: Adoption, Block Grants, Child Care, Conflict Resolution
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and the Workforce. – 2002
This Congressional report contains the testimony and documents presented for the record of the first of two hearings to gather testimony on the effects of welfare reform and the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant. The oral and written testimony focuses on TANF legislation's outcomes and impact on work and families in…
Descriptors: Block Grants, Economics, Employment Level, Employment Patterns
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and the Workforce. – 2002
This Congressional report contains the testimony and documents presented for the record at the second of two hearings on the effects of welfare reform and the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant. Other areas receiving particular attention from witnesses included the impacts of education and training on employment patterns…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Block Grants, Economics, Education Work Relationship
Levitan, Mark; Gluck, Robin – 2002
Employment, earnings, and poverty among single mothers in New York City and across the United States in the age of welfare reform were examined to identify goals and recommendations for reauthorization of legislation regulating Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). The study indicated that although job holding by single mothers has risen…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Block Grants, Change Strategies, Child Care
