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Pa. block grant program uncertain
Harrisburg :: PA :: USA | 14 days ago
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The future of a controversial pilot program that combines seven different types of human services funding into one block grant to counties is unclear after a Senate committee voted Tuesday to expand the program, while a House committee voted to
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Pa. House panel to discuss block grant distribution
Harrisburg :: PA :: USA | 16 days ago
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Does a pilot program give county officials needed flexibility in how they spend dwindling human services dollars? Or does it pit the state's most vulnerable populations -- the homeless, the disabled, those with mental health issues or drug addiction -
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NJ homeowners hit by Sandy can apply for grants
Trenton :: NJ :: USA | 26 days ago
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N.J. (AP) New Jersey is now accepting applications from homeowners seeking grants to rebuild homes damaged by Superstorm Sandy. The grants are part of $1.8 billion in the first round of federal aid sent to New Jersey to deal with costs not covered by
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$1.77 Billion Sandy Aid Incoming
New York City :: NY :: USA | 1 month ago
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Sandy Aid for New York City, $1.77 billion, was approved last week and is officially on its way. The money is part of a $16 billion package that President Obama signed into law on Jan. 29 for repairs and restoration of areas affected by Hurricane
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren called on to protect ‘block grants'
Boston :: MA :: USA | 3 months ago
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Local female entrepreneurs are hoping their economic tales and experiences will prod U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren and her Capitol Hill colleagues to save crucial community development block grant funding from the U.S. budgetary chopping block. Small
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Future of Medicaid and food stamps at stake
New York City :: NY :: USA | 3 months ago
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That's how much the federal government spends on the nation's two largest safety net programs, Medicaid and food stamps. Medicaid provided health coverage to more than 70 million people -- about one in five Americans -- for at least one month in 2011.
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Los Angeles County Trades on Its Federal Grants
New York City :: NY :: USA | 4 months ago
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One Region Sees a Brisk Trade in Federal Development Grants Published: February 16, 2013 Last year, Malibu, Calif., was one of several thousand communities across the country that received federal grants intended to improve the lot of low- and
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Corbett pushes budget plan before business leaders
Harrisburg :: PA :: USA | 4 months ago
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Pa. (AP) Gov. Tom Corbett is defending his proposal to finance a school block grant program with a one-time, billion-dollar windfall from his politically explosive plan to privatize the sale of wine and liquor in Pennsylvania. Corbett touted the
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Katrina quarrels a key lesson on Sandy aid
Baton Rouge :: LA :: USA | 5 months ago
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What's at stake is the priorities for rebuilding, said Reilly Morse, the policy director at the Mississippi Center for Justice, a civil rights organization that provided legal assistance to Hurricane Katrina victims...The aftermath of Katrina along
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Changes proposed to block grant funding procedures
Tulsa :: OK :: USA | 5 months ago
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The proposed changes are a response to the $700,000 fine the city received from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for not spending funds in a timely fashion. City councilors were told Thursday that the city has had to repay about $
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