Editing Block grant (section)

{{Short description|Government grant type}}
{{Use mdy dates|date = April 2019}}
{{Use American English|date = April 2019}}

A '''block grant''' is a [[grant-in-aid]] of a specified amount from a larger government to a smaller regional government body. Block grants have less oversight from the larger government and provide flexibility to each subsidiary government body in terms of designing and implementing programs.<ref name="Wherry_BlockGrants_2004" />{{rp|9}} Block grants, [[categorical grant]]s, and [[revenue sharing|general revenue sharing]] are three types of federal government grants-in-aid programs.<ref name="CRS_Dilger_20140715" /><ref group="Notes">A block grant differs from a [[categorical grant]], in that the latter has stricter and more specific provisions on the how it is to be spent.</ref>