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block grant

An unrestricted federal grant, as to a locality.

block grant

(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (in Britain) an annual grant made by the government to a local authority to help to pay for the public services it provides, such as health, education, and housing

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block grant - a grant of federal money to state and local governments to support social welfare programs; "block grants reduce federal responsibility for social welfare"

grant, subsidisation, subsidization - the act of providing a subsidy

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Block Grant subsidisation subsidization			Byline: Nick Kotsopoulos WORCESTER - For the first time in seven years, the city's annual federal Community Development Block Grant program allocation has gone up, albeit slightly. Grant funding rises by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA) This landmark legislation transformed the long-time cash payment entitlement program, Aid to Families with Dependent Children, into a state block grant program, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families. Economic services and related issues by Policy & Practice Reform Scotland chairman Ben Thomson said: "The Scottish parliament's almost total reliance on the block grant limits its accountability. Call for a Scottish Treasury by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)			BLM bloat bloated Bloatedness bloater bloating bloatware blob Blobber Blobber lip Blobber-lipped bloc Bloc Quebecois Blocadren Blocage Bloch Block block anaesthesia block and tackle block anesthesia Block book block booking block capital Block chain block diagram block grant block in Block Island block lava block letter block letters block of metal block off block out block party block plane block printing block release block sampling block shipment block signal block stowage loading block system block time block tin block up block vote blockade blockade runner blockade-runner blockaded			Block Error Detection and Correction Block Error Detection Code Block Error Detector/Detection Block Error Probability Block Error Rate Block Error Rate Optimal Power Control Block Error Rate Test Block Error Rate Tester Block Error Result Block Execution Management Plan Block Exemption Regulation Block Face Block Faces Block Fading Additive White Gaussian Noise Block Fading Channel Block Fast Transversal Filter Block fault block faulting Block Filtered Back-Projection block flooring Block Flow Diagram Block Formatter Block Frequency Domain Adaptive Filter block glide block grant Block Grant Implementation Team Block grants block grazing block grazing block grazing block grazing block grazing block grease Block group Block group Block Group Selector Block Group Selectors Block Groups Block Guided Scrambling block head Block Header Record Block History Buffer Block hole Block House Block Hydroxyapatite Artificial Bone block identifier block ignore character Block Image Transfer block in block in block in some place block input Block Input/Output Controller Block Input/Output Daemon block insulation

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