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Communities Rely on Federal Grants


Communities Rely on Federal Grants, But May Have Challenges ...

Communities may also have challenges navigating the wide range of federal grant programs that span across many federal agencies. Some of the ...

Federal Grants to State and Local Governments | U.S. GAO

The federal government awards hundreds of billions of dollars in grants to state and local governments each year. These grants help finance a broad range of ...

At Risk: Federal Grants to State and Local Governments

The grants support health care, public education, housing, community development, child care, job training, transportation, and clean water, among other ...

Federal Funding Guide for Towns and Townships

♢ Community Facilities Grants. Description: The ... while at the same time, also reducing reliance on federal funding if an actual disaster were to occur.

Federal Grants to State and Local Governments - CRS Reports

• greater reliance on state and local governments promotes a sense of state and local community responsibility and self-reliance;. • state and local ...

Building Community Capacity for Federal Funds: How Municipalities ...

Most community-based organizations lack the resources associated with managing grant funding, including the programmatic and fiscal requirements ...

Local Governments with More Staff and Bigger Budgets Are More ...

In a new analysis of the relationship between local capacity and the likelihood a community wins competitive grants, we find that grants are ...

Demystifying Federal Funding for Healthy Communities - RPA

Reality: This depends. A large portion of federal dollars are distributed based on predetermined formulas, which are calculated based on a ...

Improving Access to Federal Grants for Underserved Communities

A. Page 10. National Council of Nonprofits Grants Reform Statement. Page 10 of 10 solution to this challenge is for governments to rely on and ...

Federalism and Federal Grants | Citizens Against Government Waste

State reliance on and use of federal funds creates a system of dependency and increases the opportunity for waste, fraud, and abuse of government programs. When ...

Is Federal Funding the Right Fit for My Organization?

Is the scale of my project or activity a good fit for Federal grant funding? Consider the full range of potential funding resources from Federal ...

Federal Grants to State and Local Governments: A Historical ...

• greater reliance on state and local governments promotes a sense of state and local community responsibility and self-reliance;. • state and local ...

Policy Basics: Federal Aid to State and Local Governments

They support health care, public education, housing, community development, child care, job training, transportation, and clean water, among ...

Elevating the Role of Community Based Organizations in Federal ...

Through our interviews we found that CBOs face a lot of barriers when searching for federal dollars. Federal grant applications are complex, ...

How local governments can overcome federal grant roadblocks

It's critical that local governments access all available federal grant funds they're eligible for to meet community needs.

Why rural communities struggle to bring in much-needed federal ...

Behind the scenes, federal agencies in charge of divvying up infrastructure funding are defining grant guidelines and making spending plans. “ ...

Helping Those in Need: An Overview of the Federal Grants Process

Grants handed out by an agency of the Federal government (also known as 'discretionary' grants) - for instance, a homeless assistance grant given out by the ...

What types of federal grants are made to state and local ...

The federal government distributes grants to states and localities for many purposes. Some grants are delivered directly to these governments, but others are “ ...

Match requirements prevent rural and low-capacity communities ...

Many federal grant programs require communities to provide a local match, creating barriers for rural and underserved places.

Federal Funding Sources for Community Schools

Community schools can incorporate elements of a variety of federal programs with approximately $366 billion in available funding to provide ...