| A | B |
|---|
| grants | a financial award given from Federal government to states |
| categorical grants | grants for specific purpose; states MUST use money exactly as Feds say |
| Head Start | categorical grant program for early education |
| Women, Infant, Children (WIC) | categorical grant program; nutritional welfare program |
| block grants | large financial grant to states; states have wide power to spend money |
| mandates | fed tie funding to one program based on state compliance to another; federal order on states |
| unfunded mandates | feds order on states, but no money given to comply with order |
| Clean Air Act | example of unfunded mandate |
| federal revenue sharing | states get a "share" of federal income tax; no restrictions on use; ended 1986 |
