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The Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) provides federal funding for Community Action Agencies (CAAs) and other programs that seek to address poverty at the community level. Like other block grants, CSBG funds are allocated to the states and other jurisdictions (including tribes, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and ...
The largest of MCHB's programs is administration of the Title V Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Block Grant Program, [8] the nation's oldest federal-state partnership. A total of 59 States and jurisdictions receive Title V Maternal and Child Health Block Grant funding. In fiscal year 2009, State Title V programs served over 39 million individuals.
Funding was first authorized under the CCDBG Act of 1990, which was enacted under the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990. [4]Since CCDBG’s inception, much has been learned about the role of early learning and development on the success of a child, and CCDBG has become an important tool not just for helping families work, but also for helping them ensure their children get a strong ...
A block grant in the United States is a grant-in-aid of a specified amount from the federal government of the United States to individual states and local governments to help support various broad purpose programs, such as law enforcement, social services, public health, and community development. [2]
The bill would revise the Act to allow a joint interagency office, designated by the governor, to serve as the lead agency for a state desiring to receive a community services programs child care and development block grant. [3] The bill would increase from two to three years the period that must be covered by a state child care and development ...
A federal judge is fining Texas $100,000 per day for routinely neglecting to adequately investigate allegations of abuse and neglect raised by children in the state’s struggling foster care system.
The United States Senate Health Subcommittee on Education and the American Family is one of the three subcommittees within the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions. It was previously named the Subcommittee on Children and Families. Jurisdiction The Subcommittee has jurisdiction over a wide range of issues including Head Start, child care and child support such as the Child ...
Abbott sent letters to the leaders of the U.S. House and Senate and entire Texas congressional delegation requesting the federal government reimburse Texas for more than $11.1 billion spent on ...