block grant
noun
: an unrestricted grant made by the U.S. federal government to state and local governments to be used at their discretion to pay especially for social services that were formerly paid for through specific federal programs
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In the department’s budget request, the academic enrichment in grant is one of several to be folded into a single state undesignated block grant, to be spent however the state chooses.
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Peter Greene, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
Capping Federal Medicaid Spending in Expansion States One of the proposals under discussion would convert Medicaid funding into per-capita caps or block grants, limiting federal contributions regardless of changes in enrollment or healthcare costs.
—Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 May 2025
Baker predicts the block grants would exacerbate the achievement gaps in most states.
—Peter Greene, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
Santos asked how the district is preparing if the money remains frozen or is redirected to states as block grants, which would give Florida discretion over how (or whether) to target the same areas the grants were meant to fund.
—Miami Herald, 17 July 2025
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Peter Greene, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
Capping Federal Medicaid Spending in Expansion States One of the proposals under discussion would convert Medicaid funding into per-capita caps or block grants, limiting federal contributions regardless of changes in enrollment or healthcare costs.
—Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 May 2025
Baker predicts the block grants would exacerbate the achievement gaps in most states.
—Peter Greene, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
Santos asked how the district is preparing if the money remains frozen or is redirected to states as block grants, which would give Florida discretion over how (or whether) to target the same areas the grants were meant to fund.
—Miami Herald, 17 July 2025
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“Block grant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/block%20grant. Accessed 10 Aug. 2025.
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