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Paris, Benjamin; Hall, Jamie – Heritage Foundation, 2023
Many welfare programs give greater benefits to unmarried individuals than to a married couple of otherwise identical income. The resulting marriage penalty discourages marriage and rewards single parenthood. Combined marriage penalties across federal and state welfare programs can reach tens of thousands of dollars per year for a given family. One…
Descriptors: Welfare Services, Barriers, Preschool Education, Federal Aid
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Caruso, Emily; Schunko, Christoph; Corbera, Esteve; Ruiz Mallén, Isabel; Vogl, Christian R.; Martin, Gary; Arrázola, Susana; Bandeira, Fábio Pedro; Calvo Boyero, Diana; Camacho Benavides, Claudia; Cardoso, Thiago Mota; Chan-Dzul, Albert; Conde, Esther; del Campo García, Carlos; Huanca, Tomás; Sampaio, José Augusto Laranjeiras; Oliveros Lopez, Sara; Porter-Bolland, Luciana; Ruiz Betancourt, Olga – Journal of Research Practice, 2016
This article explores the relationship between institutional funding for research and community-based or co-enquiry research practice. It examines the implementation of co-enquiry research in the COMBIOSERVE project, which was funded by the European Commission's Seventh Framework Programme for research and innovation, between the years 2012 and…
Descriptors: Financial Support, Research, Community Involvement, Inquiry
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Julien Lafortune; Laura Hill; Niu Gao; Joseph Herrera; Emmanuel Prunty; Darriya Starr; Bruce Fuller; Julian Betts; Karna Malaviya; Jonathan Isler – Grantee Submission, 2023
To address lingering pressures in the aftermath of the pandemic, California public schools received record funding, largely bolstered by nearly $60 billion in federal and state one-time stimulus funds. This report takes a comprehensive look at the allocation and uses of these federal and state educational recovery funds in California.
Descriptors: Expenditures, State Aid, Federal Aid, Pandemics
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Thornton, Zoë Mercedes; Friedel, Janice Nahra – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2016
Performance-based funding (PBF) models intend to increase efficiency and productivity of the institution, thereby influencing organizational change. This change may be structural, programmatic, or procedural, and it may affect institutional practice and/or policy. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to understand the organizational…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, State Policy, Rural Schools, Small Schools
Zinth, Jennifer – Education Commission of the States, 2015
Research shows that students who dually enroll are more likely to finish high school and succeed in postsecondary education than their peers with a similar grade point average (GPA), test scores, demographics, etc. Yet in many states, students and parents are largely--if not entirely--responsible for covering dual enrollment course costs, placing…
Descriptors: Dual Enrollment, State Aid, Educational Finance, Funding Formulas
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Lloyd, David; Joseph, Larry – Early Childhood Research & Practice, 2013
The Early Childhood Block Grant (ECBG) distributes state funding for preschool and birth-to-three programs in Illinois. The authors conducted a case study in Evanston, a city in north Cook County, Illinois, interviewing community representatives and analyzing ECBG program data to discern how ECBG funds are used to provide early childhood services.…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Case Studies, Community Support, Interviews
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Ayasse, Robert Henry; Stone, Susan I. – Children & Schools, 2015
The authors present a case history of the growth and development of school social work services between 2000 and 2012 in the San Francisco Unified School District. Responding to a gap in the literature describing growth of school social work services in local educational contexts, this case history reveals, consistent with prior research, that…
Descriptors: Social Work, Social Services, Urban Schools, School Districts
Midgley, Andrew Michael – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This research examined the funding request process whereby higher education institutions seek financial support from state government. The study tested whether a model based on state goals and priorities for higher education could distinguish a funded request from an unfunded request. The research was qualitative and followed a comparative case…
Descriptors: Higher Education, State Government, Financial Support, Funding Formulas
Lyddon, Jan W. – 1986
The literature on funding formulas for higher education is reviewed, and the historical roots of state higher education funding relationships is traced, including three 20th century budget reform movements that were the antecedents of formulas. Attention is directed to conditions that will affect funding of higher education and formula responses…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Case Studies, Economic Factors, Educational Change
Alberta Learning, Edmonton. Special Education Branch. – 2002
This guide is intended to assist school authorities in Alberta (Canada) to complete required Student Review Forms for students with severe disabilities. A Special Needs Profile form to determine eligibility for Severe Disabilities funding precedes information specific severe disability categories. These categories are: severe mental disability;…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Blindness, Case Studies, Deafness