Sentences with phrase «on block grants»

A more recent legislative effort, the 2001 No Child Left Behind Act, relied chiefly on block grants backed up by a detailed set of mandates and goals for teacher quality, curriculum, and student performance.

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Block grants would give states a set amount of money to cover people on the Medicaid program and provide flexibility in spending decisions.

Speaking on NBC's Meet the Press, Republican Senator Susan Collins of Maine worried the bill would harm older Americans, and shift Medicaid costs to states — something critics say a block - grant approach would only make worse.

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.

Based on an impressive database of intensive interviews with executives, it turns out that big failures and small egos are among the building blocks of great leadership,» notes Grant of this one, again due out March 6.

Similar kinds of cases are under way in other parts of the country, including a case on appeal in Chicago after a federal judge issued a nationwide injunction barring the government from blocking grant money typically used to help local police combat violent crime and help victims.

Some universities are hailing possible new flexibilities, but Dr Yovich says one issue for Murdoch concerns previous block grants now becoming allocations for specific programs, some calculated on the number of students in each.

A person briefed on the situation, who asked not to be identified because of the political sensitivity of the issue, said on Monday that the company had received additional requests from the Russian government to block other pages promoting the rally and that so far it had not granted them.

His work there — allegedly a study on cyberbullying — was funded by a block grant provided by the Russian government.

Mr. Trump has already wielded the power the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States grants him to block foreign transactions.

In Cleveland, two shelters for battered women have been staffed by Catholic nuns and professional social workers; support has come from churches, private donations, block grants and a special surcharge on Ohio marriage licenses.

In this particular instance it is not very difficult to imagine scenarios in the not - too - distant future in which there might occur resurgences of socialist policies and ideals: the failure of neo-capitalist regimes in developing societies and / or the formerly Communist countries in Europe to achieve economic take - off; the insight granted to sundry dictators and despots that, while socialism invariably immiserates the masses, it is a very good recipe for enriching those who claim to hold power as the vanguard of the masses; the «creeping socialism» (still an aptly descriptive term) brought on by massive government intervention in the economy in the name of some societal good, e.g., there could be an environmentalist road to socialism, or a feminist one, or one constructed (perhaps inadvertently) with some other building blocks of politically managed regulations and entitlements; or, last but not least, the actual restoration of socialism, by coup or by voting, in a number of countries, beginning with Russia.

«Well, we got ta block somebody, and we got ta move the ball more than an inch, or we don't have a chance,» an angry Grants Pass head coach Tom Blanchard spit at the reporter on his way to the halftime locker room.

On page 1,967 of the 2,232 - page bill — immediately following a section about the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act and the National Criminal History Background Check and Criminal History Review Program — there is an addendum to a 1939 labor law that specifically carves out an exemption for minor league baseball.

The Thunder got possession on the jump ball, but Denver's Mason Plumlee blocked Grant's layup.

But, aware that he may have no option but to grant Cech a transfer in January, Mourinho blocked Fulham's attempts to re-sign his third - choice goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer on loan.

However, they too are on the verge of sacking their manager, with Avram Grant told to win at least one of his next three fixtures else his head will be next on the chopping block.

Block grants are a favorite tool of conservatives to shrink the role of the federal government and reduce the size of social programs, but as the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities well articulated in a statement hastily released yesterday, block grants in the particular context of school food are very likely to put children's health and wellbeing at Block grants are a favorite tool of conservatives to shrink the role of the federal government and reduce the size of social programs, but as the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities well articulated in a statement hastily released yesterday, block grants in the particular context of school food are very likely to put children's health and wellbeing at block grants in the particular context of school food are very likely to put children's health and wellbeing at risk:

Just one day before the scheduled markup of the House Education and the Workforce Committee «s «Improving Child Nutrition and Education Act of 2016» (an Orwellian name if there ever was one, given how the bill would gut child nutrition), Congressman Todd Rokita (IN - R), chair of the subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education, introduced a substitute amendment which, among other things, proposes a three - state block grant pilot for school breakfasts and lunches.

Acting on behalf of the Illinois Department of Professional Regulation, representatives of the Illinois attorney general's office last week were granted the restraining order against Yvonne Cryns, 49, of the 5700 block of Hillcrest...

SNA of SC Past President Joins Roundtable Discussion with Secretary Perdue SNA Introduces Block Grant Calculator Unpaid Meal Charge Talking Points SNA Receives Comment Back from USDA on Data Collection

Former SNA President Dorothy Caldwell, who has been on the front lines of child nutrition for 37 years, said she is worried SNA leadership has been «naive» in its approach, allowing the National School Lunch Program to be unnecessarily politicized as it was during Newt Gingrich's effort to block the grant program during the Clinton administration, when she was a USDA official.

SNA said it supports the Senate agreement on school nutrition standards, and opposes the House bill, H.R. 5003, the Improving Child Nutrition and Education Act of 2016, which would restrict school eligibility for CEP and institute a block grant pilot that would cut funds for school meal programs.

Under the block grant, there would be limits on how much money is available.

House Republicans initiated the block - grant proposals under the Personal Responsibility Act to return control of the schools and curriculum to the local level, cut costs and reduce federal bureaucracy, said Kristin Woltemuth, a legislative assistant to Rep. Harris Fawell (R., Naperville) a member of the House Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities.

So yesterday the SNA went to Capitol Hill for a «national day of action» to protest the block grant proposal, and it was joined by a number of prominent congressional Democrats, the Food Research & Action Center, the Center for Science in the Public Interest, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and other advocacy groups.

Block grants school nutrition programs in three states, a dangerous idea that will put further strain on state and local school districts» budgets and jeopardize children's access to quality, healthy school meals no matter where they live.

What's more, New York also stands to lose a big chunk of its federal Medicaid funding if Congress ever manages to get a deal on repeal and replacement of Obamacare, with the most recent proposal — Cassidy - Graham — calling for block granting those funds, in a move that would hurt New York more than any other state, Cuomo said.

These areas heavily rely on federal funding of the arts, considering about 79 percent of National Endowment for the Arts block - grant funds go to rural communities and low - income areas, according to The Washington Post.

Democrats, who had railed against the impact of the legislation on a state like New York, which could have seen a gradual reduction in Medicaid spending with a block grant system, were cautious in their responses.

Governor Cuomo also called on Congress to stop the so - called Graham - Cassidy bill, Congress's latest attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act.The bill uses block grants and per capita spending caps to dramatically cut Medicaid funding for New York.

U.S. District Judge Loretta Preska granted a 10 - day temporary order blocking NYC's ban on the use of public schools for worship services.

A former insurance executive, Gregorius enjoys delving into the details of capped Medicaid expenses and cost - sharing plans, the possible effects of federal block grants versus needs payments, and ensuring that people make decisions based on real information, and not just emotions or campaign promises.

Reed, a Corning lawmaker who represents the Southern Tier, has also disagreed with Trump from time to time, on funding for the Great Lakes, Community Development Block Grants, the Appalachian Regional Commission and other issues.

The state could lose even more if a proposal is enacted to place caps on Medicaid spending and make it more a block grant program that would likely reduce federal health care spending to the state, he said.

Plaid Cymru, Conservative and Liberal Democrat politicians demanded this funding be made available solely from central government in addition to the block grant already paid to the Welsh Assembly by the UK Treasury, and the chief reporter for Wales on Sunday newspaper Martin Shipton stood as a single - issue candidate demanding «Match Funding now».

Trump's plan to replace the Affordable Care Act will propose giving each state a fixed amount of federal money in the form of a block grant to provide health care to low - income people on Medicaid, Conway said.

«With unanimous support of the Erie County Legislature, my resolution calls on Governor Cuomo to fully fund all the provisions of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act and to continue his investment in our county's youth.»

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The revised bill gives states the option to impose work requirements on Medicaid recipients and pays states block grants for Medicaid, rather than using a cap system that would be more favorable to New York.

[31] One measure proposed by Young was to make grants and subsidies available to minimize «some of the disadvantages of living on estates containing tower blocks.»

Includes updated tables on TANF block grant spending.

And we'll probably have block grants of Medicaid back into the states... Nobody is going to be dying on the streets with a President Trump.»

Off - topic questions included the mayor's proposed budget and the potential cost of open labor contracts, a timeline for settling the open labor contracts, the Build it Back program, the administration's «comprehensive review» of the city's Sandy recovery efforts, release of Bishop Findlayter's arrest report, the mayor's September promise to visit a carriage horse stable before acting on his pledge to ban carriage horses and the administration's community development block grant application.

The financial strain of block - granting Medicaid, which has been favored by U.S. Rep. Tom Price, Trump's choice to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, and Speaker Paul Ryan, will have an impact on an already tight budget, Cuomo said.

New York was among the states that participated in the expansion of Medicaid, which now could be subject to block grants based on Republican - backed plans in Congress.

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and his leadership team are seriously considering voting on a bill that would scale back the federal government's role in the health care system and instead provide block grants to states.

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.

Legoland opponents, seeking to block the sale of town - owned lands for the proposed $ 500 million theme park in the Town of Goshen, won a round in court this week, with an appellate court granting a restraining order on the sale of the nine acres for the park.

And in a move sure to make the de Blasio administration happy, the Legislature rejected Gov. Cuomo's proposal to require $ 27 million in federal block grant funding be used exclusively on child care programs, a move the city says would have forced the closure of 65 senior day care centers.