“Funding and maintaining programs from Head Start to Pell Grants must be a high priority.” ProgramPrioritiesGrantsMaintainingFundingHead StartPell Grants Author:Ed Pastor
“It's traditionally not federal policy to fund state and local salaries. It's done sometimes on a temporary basis or a grant basis. But it's not often done. And the reason is clear, because the federal government can't continue in perpetuity these programs.” SometimesStatesReasonDoneGovernmentClearPolicyProgramBasesLocalsFundGrantsTemporaryFederal GovernmentSalary Author:Jim Talent
“Given the best of all possible worlds, I would make a few changes. I would place emphasis on increasing the amount of funding that goes into programs like Pell Grants, that purely and simply award funds to students who really cannot afford full tuition.” WorldGivenStudentsAmountProgramFundGrantsAwardsEmphasisFundingTuitionPell Grants Author:Charles M. Vest
“It's good to go back and look at what other states are doing. For example, Mayo Clinics and the University of Minnesota had a collaborative grant program that we modeled our program after, so we went back to talk to them about the successes of their program. It's been very successful, the state is going back to fund it again, and it's resulted in a great deal of collaboration and specifically patented technology.” LooksStatesDealsTechnologySuccessfulExampleProgramUniversityFundGrantsCollaborationMinnesotaClinic Author:Brian Thompson
“I was the Chair of the WIFF Foundation, which is the philanthropic arm of Women In Film. The foundation runs the several programs including one that provide our film finishing fund. So we help women complete their films with a grant from Netflix. It's great to be associated with award winning films like 'Freeheld' and 'Circumstance'.” HelpingRunningFilmWinningArmsCircumstancesProgramFoundationIncludingChairsFundGrantsAwardsFinishingPhilanthropicNetflixAward Winning Author:Sharon Lawrence
“The show [ StarTalk ] was born as a radio program out of a National Science Foundation grant.” ShowsBornProgramFoundationRadioGrants Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“Let's ask their parents. And will those children point to their parents and tell us you really need to enforce the law against my parents? Because they know what they were doing when they caused me to break the law. I don't think we've thought through this very well. But there's a reason why in the president's DACA programs he didn't grant his unconstitutional executive amnesty to the parents of dreamers.” ThinkingKnowsNeedsWellsChildrenReasonLawAsksParentPresidentBreakProgramReason WhyExecutivesGrantsDreamerAmnestyUnconstitutional Author:Steve King
“Sometimes I wonder how much of these debates have to do with the desire, the legitimate desire, for that history to be recognized. Because there is a psychic power to the recognition that is not satisfied with a universal program, it's not satisfied by the Affordable Care Act, or an expansion of Pell grants, or an expansion of the earned-income tax credit.” SometimesCareDesireWonderTaxesProgramUniversalCreditDebateIncomeSatisfiedRecognitionGrantsExpansionPsychicsAffordableIncome TaxSometimes I WonderAffordable Care ActPell Grants Author:Barack Obama
“In the war on drugs, state and state law enforcement agencies have been rewarded in cash by the federal government - through programs like the Edward Byrne Memorial Grant program - for the sheer numbers of people arrested for drug offenses.” PeopleHas BeensWarStatesGovernmentLawNumbersDrugProgramAgencyGrantsCashSheerOffenseFederal GovernmentLaw EnforcementEnforcementMemorialArrestedWar On Drugs Author:Michelle Alexander
“There are thousands of grant programs and every program has different requirements and deadlines.” DifferentProgramGrantsRequirementsDeadline Author:Matthew Lesko