Sentences with phrase «allow federal block grants»

Ryan also said Republicans were working on changes that would allow federal block grants to states for Medicaid and permit states to impose a work requirement for able - bodied Medicaid recipients.

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At 10 a.m., the Division of Community Services holds a public hearing to allow interested members of the public to provide comments on the Department of State's proposed revisions to the NYS Community Services Block Grant Application and Plan for federal fiscal years 2016 and 2017, 123 William St., Manhattan; 99 Washington Ave., Albany and 65 Court St., Buffalo.

A federal appeals court on Tuesday granted a «stay» that allows human embryonic stem cell (hESC) research to continue during an appeal of a 23 August district court preliminary injunction blocking it.

The current move toward block grants by state and federal agencies is a welcome one, as it has the potential to allow districts sufficient flexibility to pursue their strategic goals and to reallocate money as needed.

They also agreed to a scaled - back block - grant proposal that would have allowed 7 states and 25 school districts to sign a performance contract with the federal government that would free them of most federal education regulations in exchange for a promise to improve student performance.

Allow groups to recapture the federal HOME block grant funds paid back to them by assisted households, rather than remit the funds to the state or local HOME agency