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Product Identifiers
PublisherNOVA Science Publishers, Incorporated
ISBN-101613246501
ISBN-139781613246504
eBay Product ID (ePID)109150972
Product Key Features
Book TitleSelected Block Grants : Purposes, Funding and Controversies
Number of Pages168 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicPublic Finance, Economic Conditions
Publication Year2011
IllustratorYes
GenreBusiness & Economics
AuthorAnthony C. Moretti
Book SeriesGovernment Procedures and Operations Grants and Funding Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Weight17.4 Oz
Item Length7.1 in
Item Width10.2 in
Additional Product Features
LCCN2011-015627
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal336.3/9
Table Of ContentPreface; Block Grants: Perspectives & Controversies; Community Services Block Grants (CSBG): Background & Funding; Social Services Block Grant: Background & Funding; The Child Care & Development Block Grant: Background & Funding; Community Development Block Grant Funds in Disaster Relief & Recovery; Community Development Block Grants: Neighborhood Stabilization Program; Assistance to Communities Affected by Foreclosures; Entitlement Communities' & States' Methods of Distributing Funds Reflect Program Flexibility; Index.
SynopsisBlock grants are a form of grant-in-aid that the federal government uses to provide state and local governments a specified amount of funding to assist them in addressing broad purposes, such as community development, social services, public health or law enforcement. Block grants advocates view block grants as a means to increase government efficiency and program effectiveness by redistributing power and accountability through decentralisation and partial devolution of decision-making authority. This book provides an overview of the six grant types; examines competing perspectives concerning the use of block grants versus other grant mechanisms to achieve national goals; provides an historical overview of the role of block grants in American federalism; and examines recent changes to existing block grants and proposals to create new ones., Block grants are a form of grant-in-aid that the federal government uses to provide state and local governments a specified amount of funding to assist them in addressing broad purposes, such as community development, social services, public health or law enforcement. This book provides an overview of the six grant types.
LC Classification NumberHJ275.2.S45 2011
