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  2. Federal grants in the United States - Wikipedia

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    A federal grant is an award of financial assistance from a federal agency to a recipient to carry out a public purpose of support or stimulation authorized by a law of the United States. Grants are federal assistance to individuals, benefits or entitlements. A grant is not used to acquire property or services for the federal government's direct ...

  3. Grant writing - Wikipedia

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    Grant writing is the practice of completing an application process for a financial grant, which are often provided by governments, corporations, foundations, and trusts. [1] The skill of grant writing is known as grantsmanship. [2] Grants are often written for charitable causes, research, and artistic projects. [3]

  4. Matthew Lesko - Wikipedia

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    Critics claim that Lesko is misleading in his advertisements. A 2004 report by the New York State Consumer Protection Board claimed that most of the grants mentioned in Lesko's books were actually public assistance programs that many people were not eligible for, and that Lesko misrepresented examples of people who had taken advantage of government programs.

  5. Grant (money) - Wikipedia

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    Latin grant dated 1329, written on fine parchment or vellum, with seal. A grant is a fund given by a person or organization, often a public body, charitable foundation, a specialised grant-making institution, or in some cases a business with a corporate social responsibility mission, to an individual or another entity, usually, a non-profit organisation, sometimes a business or a local ...

  6. Book review - Wikipedia

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    Books can be reviewed for printed periodicals, magazines, and newspapers, as school work, or for book websites on the Internet. A book review's length may vary from a single paragraph to a substantial essay. Such a review may evaluate the book based on personal taste. Reviewers may use the occasion of a book review for an extended essay that ...

  7. Children's and young adult literature - Wikipedia

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  8. No Child Left Behind Act - Wikipedia

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    The act created a new competitive-grant program called Reading First, funded at $1.02 billion in 2004, to help states and districts set up "scientific, research-based" reading programs for children in grades K–3 (with priority given to high-poverty areas). A smaller early-reading program sought to help states better prepare 3- to 5-year-olds ...

  9. Categorical grant - Wikipedia

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    Categorical grants, also called conditional grants, are grants issued by the United States Congress which may be spent only for narrowly defined purposes. They are the main source of federal aid to state and local governments and can be used only for specified categories of state and local spending, such as education or roads.