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- DictionaryBlock grant/ˈblôk ˌɡrant/
noun
- 1. a grant from central government which a local authority can allocate to a wide range of services.
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A block grant is a grant-in-aid of a specified amount from a larger government to a smaller regional government body. Block grants have less oversight from the larger government and provide flexibility to each subsidiary government body in terms of designing and implementing programs. Block grants, categorical grants, and general revenue sharing are three types of federal government grants-in-aid ... Wikipedia