The difference between the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program and the urban renewal program is that the CDBG program ________
a. gave government officials a larger role in developing urban renewal projects
b. gave local officials lesser flexibility in how federal funds are used
c. shifted emphasis from providing direct assistance to low-income residents to focus on economic development
d. taxed businesses located in areas with high unemployment or poverty at a lower rate than other areas of a city
Answer: c
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a. quota sampling. b. cluster sampling. c. simple random sampling d. accidental sampling. e. systematic sampling.
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a.) Hispanic. b.) black. c.) women. d.) white.
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A. latent function of education. B. goal of the interactionist approach to education. C. manifest function of education. D. dysfunction of education.