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Direct linkBlanck, Evelyn J.; Foley, Gilbert M.; Costa, Gerard – ZERO TO THREE, 2022
In this article, the authors describe a 3-year initiative in New York state, led by the New York Center for Child Development (NYCCD), through which more than 2,500 mental health clinicians were trained in the DC:0-5. Funding was provided through the creative use of the Preschool Development, Birth to Five federally funded Block Grant, and…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Program Effectiveness, Allied Health Personnel, Professional Development
Aizawa, Toshiaki – Education Economics, 2019
Indonesia launched the large-scale community-based block grant programme, the PNPM Generasi, in 2007 with the intention to improve the health and education of children. This study estimates the impacts of the PNPM Generasi on school resources, classroom environments, and school management. While the PNPM Generasi increased community and parental…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Block Grants, Educational Resources, Classroom Environment
Haxhi, Jessica; Yamashita-Iverson, Kazumi – Learning Languages, 2009
Maloney Interdistrict Magnet School (MIMS) is the only elementary school in Waterbury that has a world language program and is one of only two elementary Japanese programs in Connecticut. In the past 15 years, more than 1500 students have participated in its Japanese Language and Culture (JLC) Program in grades Prekindergarten through 5th. The JLC…
Descriptors: Magnet Schools, Grades (Scholastic), Japanese, Block Grants
Peer reviewedSkaff, Laura F. – Evaluation and Program Planning: An International Journal, 1983
The Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1981 provided for the consolidation of federal human service programs into block grants. A set of common issues has been proposed to provide a framework for evaluating the effects of block grant programs. These issues included funding, authority, administration, efficiency, effectiveness, and accountability. (DWH)
Descriptors: Accountability, Block Grants, Evaluation Criteria, Information Needs
Hastings, Anne H. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1982
Evaluates the performance of federal block grants in health, law enforcement, peoplepower training, community development, and Social Security programs, to help forecast the effects of such grants in education. Finds that block grants did not improve local control, accountability, citizen participation, efficiency, targeting of funds, or program…
Descriptors: Accountability, Block Grants, Citizen Participation, Elementary Secondary Education
Marinelli, Joseph J. – School Business Affairs, 1985
Findings from four studies reveal that: administrators enjoy the deregulation of Chapter 2 but are concerned about audits and evaluation; a wide variety of fund distribution formulas exists; expenditures were heavy for computers; and private school participation has increased. (MLF)
Descriptors: Block Grants, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Programs, Federal State Relationship
Adams, James H. – Journal of Vocational Education Research, 2002
With the enactment of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (P.L. 104-193) of 1996, also known as the Welfare-to-Work Act, Aid to Families with Dependent Children was abolished and replaced with Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF). A new system of block grants to states for TANF was created, changing the…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Family Programs, Block Grants, Welfare Services
Peer reviewedMandel, David R. – Education and Urban Society, 1983
Draws on case studies from eight states to examine the initial operation of federal block grants. Finds that Chapter 2 worked better in its first year than its critics had predicted and that local education agencies frequently used their "united" money in innovative ways to meet local educational needs. (GC)
Descriptors: Block Grants, Educational Needs, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid
Peer reviewedHatch, Orrin G. – Evaluation and Program Planning: An International Journal, 1982
To maximize freedom from personal and political conflicts of interest, decentralized mechanisms of federal program evaluations are needed. Block grants mean that state legislatures and governors will become more responsible for oversight of funds. Three proposals are presented for helping the states deal with these increased evaluation…
Descriptors: Block Grants, Budgeting, Federal Programs, Federal State Relationship
