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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Though advocates claim block grants offer states greater flexibility, the primary result would be fewer medical services and fewer Medicaid beneficiaries. —

Robert Pearl, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025 Congress could fix the problems with federal homeless policy by restructuring federal homeless assistance into a block grant sent to state governments. —

Stephen Eide, National Review, 17 Dec. 2024 The largest are Medicaid block grants, but states and cities also get federal grants to help them with transportation, education, energy, and numerous other functions. —

Cory Smith, Baltimore Sun, 22 Dec. 2024 But the biggest change would be allocating K-12 education money directly to the states via block grants. —

Robert Farrington, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for block grant