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Federal Grants to State and Local Governments: A Brief History (CRS Report for Congress)

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Release Date Revised March 13, 2008
Report Number RL30705
Report Type Report
Authors Natalie P. Love, Government and Finance Division
Source Agency Congressional Research Service
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Summary:

This report discusses the history of the federal grants-in-aid system, which predates the Constitution. he grants-in-aid system assumed its current form when President Franklin D. Roosevelt initiated his New Deal programs. Since Roosevelt, the grants-in-aid system has expanded, especially in the number and dollar amount of categorical grant programs.