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National Child Care Information Center, Vienna, VA. – 1998
The Child Care and Development Block Grant sought to unify what was a fragmented child care system. As part of welfare reform, welfare-connected child care programs were repealed and new child care funding was placed under the aegis of the lead state agency for the Block Grant. This report provides an overview of the strategies that each state,…
Descriptors: Block Grants, Day Care, Delivery Systems, Early Childhood Education
Levin, H. M.; Tsang, Mun C. – 1982
The impact of and justification for using federal grants to carry out national policies in education is explored in this document. The paper opens by noting that the locally-made decisions typical of our federal system of government do not always take into account such national interests as those in increasing equality of opportunity, providing…
Descriptors: Block Grants, Categorical Aid, Educational Finance, Educational Objectives
Kutner, Mark A.; Sherman, Joel D. – 1982
Federal aid programs in education and other areas first appeared as categorical grants, permitting resources to be concentrated on specific policy areas and allowing accountability on the part of grantees to be demanded. During recent years block grants and general purpose grants, permitting greater local control, have grown more popular, partly…
Descriptors: Block Grants, Categorical Aid, Delivery Systems, Educational Finance
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Levin, Henry M. – Economics of Education Review, 1985
Reviews national interests in education and considers the effectiveness of different forms of federal grants in addressing those interests. Concludes that providing equalization aid is the only appropriate purpose for block grants since such grants do not encourage state and local agencies to concern themselves with national priorities. (PGD)
Descriptors: Block Grants, Educational Objectives, Educational Policy, Equalization Aid
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Miller, Laurie – 1997
This Child Care Action Campaign (CCAC) issue brief details an audio conference convened by CCAC and the Child Care Law Center. Issues discussed include changes and implications resulting from the passage of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act. Areas covered, in a question-and-answer format, include: (1) Temporary…
Descriptors: Block Grants, Child Advocacy, Child Welfare, Day Care
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Finn, Matia – Young Children, 1981
Discusses implications of federal budget cuts on services to children and families, types of revenues which will be available, and organizational efforts to increase chances for securing public funds for child and family services. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Block Grants, Budgeting, Child Advocacy
National Inst. for Literacy, Washington, DC. – 1995
This issue brief, which is intended for individuals involved in planning and delivering adult literacy programs, examines several major characteristics of recent House and Senate bills regarding block grants, describes the new requirements of block grants and their potential effects on adult education and literacy services, and suggests actions…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Block Grants
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Hargrove, David S.; Melton, Gary B. – Journal of Rural Community Psychology, 1987
Block granting disburses mental health funds largely at the discretion of state mental health authorities, and state priorities typically focus on the most severely ill persons. Rural centers may suffer because multipurpose programs responding to a wide range of community needs are excluded from the mental health service delivery concept. (JHZ)
Descriptors: Block Grants, Community Services, Delivery Systems, Federal Legislation
Mitchell, Linda – 2001
This report describes the history, features, and basis of bulk funding in New Zealand's early childhood services. The report likens bulk funding to a "quasi voucher" system and reviews research studies and evidence of the impact of bulk funding on kindergartens and childcare centers. The review shows that limited funding has pressured…
Descriptors: Block Grants, Day Care, Day Care Centers, Early Childhood Education
Ooms, Theodora; Herendeen, Lisa – 1990
The purpose of this policy seminar, one of a series of family impact seminars, was to consider current and proposed policies of the federal government that concern child care. This document provides highlights of presentations by the seminar panelists and a background briefing report prepared before the meeting. The highlights section summarizes:…
Descriptors: Block Grants, Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Federal Aid
Kearney, C. Philip – 1988
American educational policy is based on three preeminent values: equity, efficiency, and choice. The problem is that these values are often antithetical: an emphasis on one deemphasizes the others. Coming to an acceptable balance among all three values is therefore the essence of public policymaking. Accordingly, this paper takes one of these…
Descriptors: Block Grants, Educational Objectives, Educational Policy, Educational Principles
Flynn, Margaret – 1999
The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant has great potential for funding out-of-school time and community school initiatives. While the flexibility that states have in allocating TANF funds presents significant opportunity for innovation, it also presents a dizzying array of policy options. This strategy brief presents…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Block Grants, Community Schools, Elementary Secondary Education
Farber, William O. – 1984
This field network study is an account of how three essential features of Reagan federalism affected South Dakota government and programs from 1981-1983: (1) tightening eligibility requirements for entitlement programs to reduce costs; (2) combining 57 categorical grants into 9 block grants, which broadened program goals to permit wider state…
Descriptors: Block Grants, Economic Climate, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid
Freeman, Howard E. – 1982
Given the fundamental program changes that have occurred in the nation's social programs since President Reagan took office, federal evaluation activities need to be rethought and redirected. It is critical that the utility of programs be documented, economical delivery services be developed, and redundancy of interventions be reduced to optimize…
Descriptors: Accountability, Block Grants, Educational Finance, Evaluation Needs
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Orland, Martin E.; Tillander, Staffan – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1987
The extent to which state allocation formulas under the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act Chapter Two bloc grant promotes traditional equity or redistribution objectives is examined. Factors associated with the variation among states in the redistributive nature of their Chapter Two formulas are explained. (SLD)
Descriptors: Block Grants, Compensatory Education, Educational Finance, Educationally Disadvantaged
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