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By sunshinecavalluzzi
On September 9, 2018
Bell Ringer: Federal Grants
"Ensuring that These Shelters and Programs are Able to Keep Their Lights On and Their Doors Open"
RE-AUTHORIZATION OF Representative Gwen Moore (D-WI) speaks in favor of the reauthorization of the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act, a federally provided formula grant supporting nearly 1600 community-based programs nationwide supporting victims of domestic violence.
Description
Federal grants are funding provided to state and local governments by the federal government toward a wide variety of public policy goals. Federal grant outlays in FY2018 are expected to total about $728 billion, about $17.4% of federal spending, and fund programs such as health care, public assistance, social services, environmental protection, community development, education, job training, and transportation. About a third of total funding for state governments, and half of their funding for heath care and public assistance, originate from federal grants. Federal grants come in three primary forms: categorical grants, provided for specific projects, block grants, provided for general purposes, and general revenue sharing grants, provided for any purpose not prohibited by federal or state law.
Bell Ringer Assignment
- Approximately how many programs are funded by Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (FVPSA) grants, according to Congresswoman Moore?
- What are some family violence prevention programs funded by federal Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (FVPSA) grants?
- Approximately how many victims of domestic violence and there children are served by Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (FVPSA) grants, according to Congresswoman Moore?
- According to Congressman Thompson, how many service providers to the National Domestic Violence Hotline are funded by Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (FVPSA) grants?
- AP Gov - Questions to Consider: Based on the descriptions provided in the videos, does FVPSA likely provide categorical grants or block grants? Justify your response! What governmental purposes of the Constitutional Preamble are served by the federal grant system? How does the federal grant system relate to federalism? Which types of grants would be more likely to be favored by each major political party and why?
Additional Resource
Participants
Vocabulary
- Block Grants
- Categorical Grants
- Economics
- Federalism
- General Revenue Sharing Grants
- Grants