Federal Government Provides for States

• Ensure a Republican form of government
• Republican government means consent to govern comes from the people
• Respect territorial boundaries
• Protect from invasion
• Restore internal order

In what ways do the states help the Feds?

• Elections
• Naturalization

Grant Programs

Learning Objective

• SWBAT describe the different types of federal grants and identify examples
• Warm-up - Why does the federal government give grants to states?

Categorical Grant

• Main source of federal aid to states
• Used for a specific purpose; often require states to match funding
• Head Start; Medicaid, Food Stamp Program
• FEMA’s Flood Mitigation Assistance Grants

Block Grant

• Sometimes referred to as special revenue sharing
• Broad funding to support an agency or system
• Funding to state through Homeland Security programs
• Less restrictive
• Other examples - Low Income Home Energy Assistance; Maternal Health

Revenue Sharing

• requires no matching funds
• can be spent on almost any government program or government action

Project Grants

• Awarded by the federal government usually to fund research projects

Federal Budget 2013

Federal Grants