Feet NCSL August 2016 Federal Grants How do they work Why does it matter Most spending is spoken for Grants play a minor role in federal spending but a large and growing role ID: 649609
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What’s on Our Radar, from 30,000 to 3,000 Feet
NCSL, August 2016Slide2
Federal Grants
How do they work?
Why does it matter?Slide3
Most spending is spoken forSlide4
Grants play a minor role in federal spending…Slide5
…but a large and growing role in state budgetsSlide6
Health dominatesSlide7
10 largest grants = 79% of totalSlide8
The big story in federal aidSlide9
Winners in the last five yearsSlide10
Losers in the last five yearsSlide11
FY 2015 grants per capita varied widelySlide12
What influences results?Slide13
A Federal Update
What’s
on our radar?Slide14
FY 2017
Appropriations
Length of CR
How states will fare
Discretionary increase:
2% House
1.3% Senate
Program eliminations, cuts
New programsSlide15
Appropriations progressSlide16
Reforms, reauthorizations
Opioids
Child Welfare
TANF
Big increase likely, but how big?
Will new programs get funded?
Senate action?
Funding gains and losses
Extended?
Reformed?Slide17
Hot Topics
Zika
Part B
Clawback
FY 2016 funding?
Offsets?
New block grant?
22%
projected for dual-
eligibles
(CY 2017)
Congressional fix?
$1.1B
projected (CY 2017)Slide18
Clawback payments are risingSlide19
Part D costs are driving themSlide20
What’s on our radar for next year?
Budget
Debt Limit
Programs
Other
BCA changes
President’s budget
Budget process reforms
Deficit reduction
March 15
Chaos?
CHIP
Health expirations
DSH cuts effective
Anti-poverty overhaul
Tax reformSlide21
End-Game Speculation
Lame duck session
FY 2017 appropriations
Long- or short-term CR?
Omnibus or minibuses?
Time is running short
Election-year shenanigansSlide22
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