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Download full textCohen, Marie; Greenberg, Mark H. – 2000
This publication describes how and when it is permissible to use Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) funds for youth-related activities and services. It provides illustrations of how TANF funds are being spent on youth. The TANF block grant replaces Aid to Families with Dependent Children. The funds that states spend in order to draw…
Descriptors: Block Grants, Federal Aid, Program Descriptions, Resource Allocation
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. Office of Program Evaluation and Research. – 1990
Chapter 2 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act (ECIA) of 1981 consolidated 29 federally funded categorical programs into an education block grant available to all state education agencies and, through them, to school districts. Chapter 2's legislative purpose was to transfer authority and responsibility to state and local education…
Descriptors: Block Grants, Elementary Secondary Education, Expenditures, Federal Aid
Zedlewski, Sheila; Giannarelli, Linda – 1997
The welfare initiative signed into law in August 1996 replaces Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) with Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF). The federal responsibility to match state expenditures on cash assistance to low-income families with children has become a fixed block grant to states with requirements that focus on a…
Descriptors: Block Grants, Change, Employment, Federal Legislation
California State Legislative Analyst's Office, Sacramento. – 1993
Categorical education programs provide state funding to schools and local education agencies for the purchase of specific types of local services, such as transportation, subsidized meals, and supplemental instruction. California has at least 57 separate categorical programs. This document provides an overview of California's experience with…
Descriptors: Block Grants, Categorical Aid, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedOrland, 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
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1983
Section 1 of this booklet presents a chart listing the 53 participating centers in the Local Cooperative Teacher Education Center (LCTEC) program, which is funded by the Texas Education Agency in conjunction with federal block grant money. The centers were developed to improve the quality of field experience programs for student teaching through…
Descriptors: Block Grants, College School Cooperation, Cooperating Teachers, Educational Objectives
