Video & Transcript Research : 'block grants'
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MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Taxpayers, our constituents, want to have confidence that we're making investments in grant programs
- Taxpayers, our constituents, want to have confidence that we're making investments in grant programs
- in Grant in Grant programs<00:41:10.839>
and <00:41:11.839>projects <00:41:12.480>< - I'm other grants and such I'm assuming assuming assuming um<00:42:44.319>
I <00:42:44.440> - would go through the grant process, correct?
Keywords:
public television, funding, grants, arts and culture, Minnesota, Minnesota Public Radio, arts education, cultural heritage, community engagement, public radio, community radio, educational grants, community cable, public access, programming funding, civic engagement, ethnic media, public access television, Minnesota Humanities Center, funding appropriation
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
Hearings to examine the nomination of Linda McMahon, of Connecticut, to be Secretary of Education. Feb 13th, 2025 at 09:00 am
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- And finally, Pell Grants. Pell. Grants take public dollars to private schools.
- Continuation of Pell Grants, I'd actually even like to see.
- An expansion of Pell Grants, I'd like to see short-term certificates for Pell Grants for students who
- What do you feel about more flexibility of Pell Grants?
- Well, I certainly would like to see workforce Pell Grants.
Summary:
The committee meeting engaged in discussions focused primarily on educational reform, the influence of federal grants on local education systems, and the growing disparities in wealth and access to quality education. Members expressed concerns about the bureaucracy surrounding federal funding that hampers schools' ability to obtain necessary resources for improvement. Several members highlighted personal anecdotes from constituents, emphasizing the urgent need for reform to help students succeed in both K-12 and higher education environments. The meeting included public testimonies that provided insights into various community perspectives on these pressing issues.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- grants in addition to primarily legislatively named grants.
- For this audit, we reviewed all grant agreements, amendments, and then grant payments for 13 grants.
- grants or awarding grants or grants or awarding grants or administering<00:46:32.600>
these grants at a time. grants at a time.- grants.
Bills:
HF3564
Summary:
The Legacy Finance Committee met to approve the prior meeting minutes and then heard a presentation from the Office of the Legislative Auditor on its performance audit of the Department of Natural Resources’ administration of Outdoor Heritage Fund grants. OLA explained that the DNR generally complied with the criteria tested, but the audit identified two main problem areas: grant payments and grant monitoring. The audit covered 13 grants, mostly legislatively named grants awarded in fiscal year 2020, and reviewed agreements, amendments, payments, monitoring, and some site visits.
OLA reported that for three grantees, totaling about $400,000, invoices lacked enough detail to determine whether costs were allowable, and about $5,000 was paid to two grantees without sufficient supporting documentation. The auditors also said DNR lacked policies defining allowable costs and what “directly related to and necessary” means under state law. On monitoring, DNR missed required annual visits for six grants, made payments on current progress reports that were missing or not on file, and had weaknesses in closeout evaluations, including missing required elements, late completion, and two grants with no closeout evaluation at all. OLA recommended stronger documentation, clearer guidelines with the Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council, timely monitoring and closeout, obtaining progress reports before payment, and improved internal controls.
Members reacted strongly to the findings, especially the repeated failures to follow grant procedures and the risks of legislatively named grants and advance payments. Representative Heintzeman and Vice Chair Skraba questioned whether the issues reflected broader problems in state grant oversight and asked about prepayments, follow-up, and whether more legislative action was needed. OLA officials said they do not rely on self-attestation, but instead retest agencies after 2 to 3 years, and noted a new annual update-report process that will track whether agencies implement prior recommendations. Judy Randall, the Legislative Auditor, said the laws and policies already exist and emphasized that the issue is ensuring agency staff follow them; she also said most recommendations in the recent update report had been implemented. No further committee action or vote was taken on the audit during this portion of the meeting.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, there were court actions to block this in the near term, which means that housing providers through
- So, with this language, that $10 million can be used for these grants that the chair outlined in his
- So, I do support this bill and have been a co-author. used for these grants that the chair used for these
- grants that the chair outlined<00:08:24.800>
in <00:08:24.960>his <00:08:25.120>testimony - the difference of the $1 million from what was appropriated to the amount that's being used for the grants
Bills:
HF3425
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Senate Standing Committee on Health & Welfare (2-9-22)
Keywords:
KY LRC YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZp_0uCYF_g, 2026-06-21T07:17:00+00:00, 2.2.24, Data collected via generic collector engine, This video was uploaded from a backup file. The original live stream did not process or save correctly.
Meeting Start: 00:00
Roll Call: 00:06
Block Grant Status Review: 01:32
Regulations Review: 04:43
SB 87 Discussion: 07:25
SB 87 Roll Call Vote: 31:09
SJR 80 Discussion: 32:00
SJR 80 Roll Call Vote: 35:56, 958, all, 2.2.42, 2.1.47
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Workforce Development Committee Meeting - 2026-04-16
Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- the support services grant program. the support services grant program.
- , competitive workforce training grant, competitive workforce training grant, one<00:03:44.159>
- component of all the existing grant component of all the existing grant programs<00:04:10.000>
- different grants. different grants.
- codify some of these grants last year. codify some of these grants last year.
- component of all the existing grant component of all the existing grant programs<00:04:10.000>
Bills:
HF3732
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Interim Joint Committee on Natural Resources and Energy (7-18-24)
Keywords:
KY LRC YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNJty1ZiSDw, 2026-06-21T07:17:08+00:00, 2.2.24, Data collected via generic collector engine, Meeting Start 00:00:00
Attendance Roll Call 00:00:05
Committee Member Comments 00:01:10
Approval of Minutes 00:04:48
Presentation and Public Hearing on the LIHEAP Block Grant Application 00:05:15
Explanation of US EPA’s Rule on Greenhouse Gas Standards 00:24:20
Discussion of Legal Challenges to the US EPA’s Rule on Greenhouse Gas Standards 00:53:47, 958, all, 2.2.42, 2.1.47
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Hied Committee Meeting - 2025-04-21
Higher Education Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- It's a state grant.
- Line 11 is the Tribal College Supplemental Assistance Grants.
- Line 60 is the Dual Training Competency Grants Program.
- A year's worth of grants in the state grant program was just a couple million more than that.
- worth of grants.
Bills:
HF2312
Keywords:
higher education, college finance, student aid, financial aid, state grants, North Star Promise, scholarships, tuition relief, Minnesota State, University of Minnesota, Office of Higher Education, work-study, child care grants, Indian scholarships, tribal colleges, Hunger-Free Campus, student parents, pregnant students, parenting students, sexual misconduct
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 4/21/25
Higher Education Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- It's the state grant.
- The child care grants on line six grant.
- traumatic brain injury grants. traumatic brain injury grants.
- worth of grants.
- worth of grants.
Bills:
HF2312
Keywords:
higher education, college finance, student aid, financial aid, state grants, North Star Promise, scholarships, tuition relief, Minnesota State, University of Minnesota, Office of Higher Education, work-study, child care grants, Indian scholarships, tribal colleges, Hunger-Free Campus, student parents, pregnant students, parenting students, sexual misconduct
MN
Bills:
SF1832
Keywords:
economic development, small business, workforce training, grants, entrepreneurship, equity, community support, 1187, senate, all
TX
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Common Education REVISION 3: SB1410 - Link added Apr 1st, 2026 at 03:00 pm
Common Education
Keywords:
school boards, educational governance, conflict of interest, employee relations, Oklahoma statutes, SB1410, Oklahoma agriculture, Ag in the Classroom, agricultural education, K-12 curriculum, teacher incentives, rural schools, urban schools, Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry, State Department of Education, OSU Cooperative Extension Service, classroom grants, farm education, ag literacy, school outreach
NV
Nevada 2025 Regular Session
Assembly Committee on Government Affairs May 30th, 2025 at 09:00 am
Government Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- Section 9 is a grant program.
- Section 9 is a grant program.
- My question really is focused on the grant mechanism.
- , grants to organizations in the state to conduct gun violence prevention, unquote.
- This also sets a precedent for other state officials to require similar grant arrangements.
Bills:
SB156
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, grants relating to child care from Representative Lee and Representative Lesnikar that adds to a
- Um a uh grants relating to $900,000.
- Um a uh grants relating to child<00:04:06.480>
care <00:04:06.640>from <00:04:06.799> - programs and have made competitive grant programs and have made a<00:04:50.720>
adjustment <00 - so they can work as effectively grants so they can work as effectively as<00:05:01.520>
possible.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 3/24/26
Higher Education Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- <00:03:33.040>
this I want to be clear that granting this I want to be clear that granting - Grant, welcome back to the committee.
- Then we subtract the student's Pell Grant and anything left over is a state grant.
- Um the award is also state grant.
- state grant program. state grant program.
Keywords:
firearms, guns, gun rights, gun control, campus safety, public college, university, postsecondary institution, higher education, visitor carry, concealed carry, open carry, campus policy, Minnesota Statutes 624.714, petty misdemeanor, parking lot carry, firearm possession, public safety, college campus, student carry
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
Organizational business meeting to consider committee rules, an original resolution authorizing expenditures by the committee during the 119th Congress, S.347, to amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 Feb 5th, 2025 at 09:30 am
Environment and Public Works Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- Despite the program's many achievements, the rigorous and complex grant application process remains a
- The legislation also modernizes the program's grant amounts to match current construction costs and project
- Our transit agencies. have zero clarity about whether monies awarded under various grant programs will
- In Massachusetts, grant money awarded under an EPA brownfields program, of all things, remains frozen
- In Mexico, monies awarded under EPA tribal grants to install heating and air conditioning and prevent
Keywords:
brownfields, brownfield cleanup, site remediation, environmental cleanup, contaminated property, redevelopment, revitalization, CERCLA, Superfund, EPA grants, state response programs, environmental justice, disadvantaged communities, small communities, local government grants, nonprofit eligibility, community engagement, Alaska Native tribes, Regional Corporations, Village Corporations
TX
Texas 89th Regular
S/C on Academic & Career-Oriented Education Apr 10th, 2025
S/C on Academic & Career-Oriented Education
Transcript Highlights:
- House Bill 1876 seeks to establish a career and technical education reporting grant program administered
- The bill would provide grants.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Concurrent House and Senate Standing Committee on State & Local Government (3-4-25) - Reupload
Keywords:
KY LRC YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7rPobN_iVk, 2026-06-21T07:17:10+00:00, 2.2.24, Data collected via generic collector engine, Start of Concurrent Meeting 00:00:02
Roll Call 00:00:20
Discussion 2025 Community Development and Block Grant Program guidelines and updates 00:02:35
Voice Vote (S) 00:12:35
Voice Vote (H) 00:13:10
Adjournment of Concurrent Meeting 00:13:44
Start of House Local Government Meeting 00:19:59
Roll Call 00:20:07
HB 194 Discussion 00:23:52
HB 194 Vote 00:29:30
HB 490 Discussion 00:31:02
Adjournment 01:06:54, 958, all, 2.2.42, 2.1.47
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations Committee on Higher Education Feb 25th, 2026
Appropriations Committee on Higher Education
Transcript Highlights:
- Seeing none, we'll take them up as a block.
- And with that, is there a motion to confirm as a block vote?
- That is their motion to confirm as a block vote. Senator Burgess moves.
- I'd like to pull Thomas Zachary Smith out of the block. Thank you.
- We will pull trustee Thomas Zachary Smith from the block.
Keywords:
missing persons, special needs, autism, search-and-rescue, Florida, voluntary program, funding, genetic counseling, education grants, state universities, faculty recruitment, student financial assistance
Summary:
The committee heard and approved two bills before moving to a long confirmation agenda. SB 1570, by Sen. Gates, would restore Project Leo, a previously sunset program that helps locate missing persons with special needs through voluntary tracking devices and coordination between CARD centers and local sheriffs; it was praised as a proven tool for families and first responders and was reported favorably. CS/SB 1376, by Sen. Burgess, would create grants to support genetic counseling education and help address Florida’s shortage of genetic counselors; testimony noted the state’s limited supply of licensed counselors and the need to expand clinical training, and the bill also passed favorably.
The committee then considered a block of reappointments to university and college boards of trustees, including institutions such as UWF, Broward College, Chipola College, FIU, Pasco-Hernando, Polk State, St. Petersburg, Valencia, FAMU, FAU, UCF, FSU, New College, UNF, USF, and others. No one requested separate votes on the reappointments, and the block was confirmed unanimously for recommendation to the next committee.
A series of new appointees then appeared and largely emphasized workforce training, nursing, military support, and local economic development at their institutions. Witnesses included appointees to Pensacola State, Polk State, St. Petersburg College, UNF, FIU, UWF, Valencia, the College of the Florida Keys, and others; several highlighted strong NCLEX pass rates, dual enrollment, and partnerships with employers or military communities. One nominee, Florida Poly reappointment Ilya Shapiro, faced pointed questioning from Sen. Bracey Davis about past comments regarding race and the Supreme Court; he said his remarks were about hiring criteria, not a specific justice, and reiterated opposition to race- or sex-based selection. The committee also briefly struggled to reach Sherry Young by phone before hearing her testimony for Chipola College, where she said she wanted to give back as an alumna and nurse practitioner. Most new appointees were recommended for confirmation in a block, while Thomas Zachary Smith of UWF was pulled for separate consideration.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- Members, we're going to take up tab one, Senate Bill 1376, on grants for genetic counseling education
- The bill would establish an education grant program to support students pursuing a career in genetics
Keywords:
genetic counseling, education grants, state universities, faculty recruitment, student financial assistance, missing persons, special needs, autism, search-and-rescue, Florida, voluntary program, funding
Summary:
The committee met with a quorum present and first considered SB 1376, which would create an education grant program to help address Florida’s shortage of genetic counselors by supporting students in genetics programs at state universities. Senator Burgess described genetic counselors’ roles in oncology, prenatal care, rare diseases, and other clinical settings, and noted Florida’s limited number of licensed counselors. The committee adopted an amendment requiring graduate programs to be accredited by the Accreditation Council for Genetic Counseling and to show sufficient clinical training capacity. Members spoke in support, and CS/SB 1376 was reported favorably by roll call vote.
After a brief recess, the committee took up SB 1570, which would revive Project Leo, a prior Florida program that helped locate missing persons with special needs who are at high risk of wandering or elopement. President Gates explained that the bill would allow participating CARD centers to work with local sheriff’s offices to provide voluntary tracking devices and included $1 million in nonrecurring funding. Senators Berman and Harrell supported the measure, citing the dangers of wandering, especially for individuals with developmental disabilities or autism, and the importance of preventing drownings and other tragedies. The bill was reported favorably by roll call vote.
No other business was raised, no senators requested to be recorded on the bills, and the committee adjourned without objection.