Federal Grants to State and Local Governments: A Brief History

Canada, Ben

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Budgets;    Grants-in-aid;    Federal aid programs;   

RP-ID  :  RL30705
RP-ID  :  RL30705_2003Feb19

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report discusses the history of the federal grants-in-aid system, which predates the Constitution. he grants-in-aid system assumed its current form when President Franklin D. Roosevelt initiated his New Deal programs. Since Roosevelt, the grants-in-aid system has expanded, especially in the number and dollar amount of categorical grant programs.