Federal Grants to State and Local Governments: Overview and Characteristics

[摘要] Each fiscal year, Congress appropriates funds for grants to state and localgovernments to further national goals and assist state and local government operations.Examples of goals include attaining minimum national standards and improvingprogram effectiveness. The federal government provides grants for numeroussubstantive purposes, such as crime prevention, community development, andtransportation. In FY2001, grants to state and local governments totaled $317 billion. Grants can be classified by the substantive purposes they address. This report,however, reviews the fundamental characteristics by which they can also be classified.Examples of grant characteristics include range of eligible activities, objectives, awardprocess, and administrative requirements.

[发布日期] 2002-11-27 [发布机构] Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

[关键词] Budgets;Grants-in-aid;Federal aid programs