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'''Block grants''' are [[federal]] funds provided to states without specific limitations as to how the money should be spent. States then have a wide degree of discretion to spend on various areas such as law enforcement as they think best, subject to a limited degree of federal oversight.<ref>[http://www.urban.org/publications/310991.html]</ref> | '''Block grants''' are [[federal]] funds provided to states without specific limitations as to how the money should be spent. States then have a wide degree of discretion to spend on various areas such as law enforcement as they think best, subject to a limited degree of federal oversight.<ref>[http://www.urban.org/publications/310991.html]</ref> | ||
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Block grants are federal funds provided to states without specific limitations as to how the money should be spent. States then have a wide degree of discretion to spend on various areas such as law enforcement as they think best, subject to a limited degree of federal oversight.[1]