11.10 Grants in Aid

•Students Will Be Able To:

oIdentify the role of federal grants in the implementation of public policy.

oCompare the different types of federal grants and how they affect public policies. 

•Vocabulary:

oCross-cutting, Crossover Sanctions, Fiscal Federalism, Grant-in-Aid, Categorical Grant, Formula Grant, Non-Discrimination Clause, Project Grant, Block Grant, Mandate, Matching Funds, Unfunded Mandate 

Quick Review!

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of public policy?

• requirement for pizza shops to also serve salad

• access to healthcare for all citizens provided by the government

• the ability to have birthday parties wherever you want

Multiple Choice

A policy agenda is____________

• an order of events for a piece of public policy

• the impacts that public policy has in a community

• a list of issues that a political party is trying to address

Match

Match the following

• A theory that states that the power to influence public policy is divided among groups of people

• A theory that states the power to influence public policy is based on wealth.

• Interest groups use this to influence public policy

pluralism

elitism

lobbying

• pluralism

• elitism

• lobbying

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What is the role of grants when implementing public policy? (Choose the 2 correct answers)

• to provide federal funding that supports programs and services throughout the country

• to align national, state, and local government policies

• to allow the national government complete control over local government policies

• to give states free money to use in any way they desire

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The Minimum Legal Drinking Age: History, Effectiveness, and Ongoing Debate - PMC Lock

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Social Services Block Grant Program (SSBG) | The Administration for Children and FamiliesLock

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​Essential Questions- How do federal grants help implement public policies?

Fiscal federalism is how the federal government spends money to fund programs.

Grants are how the federal government provides financial assistance for a specific program or project.

There are two types of federal grants: categorical and block.

Each type of grant has conditions that state and local governments must follow to retain funding.

Mandates and unfunded mandates are how the federal government establishes regulations that the other levels of government must follow without funding.

What's Coming Up- We will learn about how the federal government has expanded its powers