Sentences with phrase «agency capacity for»

Building Agency Capacity for Family Involvement in Child Welfare (PDF - 553 KB) Action Brief National Technical Assistance and Evaluation Center for Systems of Care, 2011 Draws from evaluation findings to present action steps and strategies for preparing a child welfare agency and its staff to engage families effectively.

Not exact matches

The ability of Italian banks to access markets for funding «has become more difficult and expensive» in 2016 due to the country's political instability and a slower reform implementation, according to credit ratings agency Fitch, adding that such capacity could deteriorate further.

Here then is a second and less obvious explanation for America's capacity to generate a civil religion — the opportunity and inclination of its government agencies to use religious symbols.

Does agency and creative freedom not have something to do with final causality, with the capacity for self - creation?

AFAS provides assistance for capacity - building for overseas quarantine agencies (or equivalent), in respect to monitoring and registering fumigation providers, and also assists fumigators in maintaining a high standard of methyl bromide fumigation performance and compliance with Australian requirements.

This registration option is for ANY youth sports professionals including staff from park and recreation agencies, community - based organizations, military installations and private companies who work with children in any capacity and includes:

Cuomo, citing a list of disruptions commuters will face when Amtrak cuts capacity at Penn Station to make track repairs, said «Amtrak must pay» for the preparations other agencies are making to cope.

Malliotakis» plan calls for action in several categories, including expanded legal efforts to compel hospitalization via use of «Kendra's Law,» review expiring orders of protection, scrutinize mentally ill inmates before release, expand mental health courts and psychiatric capacity of hospitals, support relevant non-profit agencies and greatly expand the number of supportive housing units.

Reporting by a various agencies on Thursday, indicates Biden is looking at a mixture of «universal» background checks, additional research on the causes of gun violence and a similar ban on high capacity magazines as proposed for New York.

New York's Public Officers Law bans former government officials from appearing before the state agencies where they worked for two years in a paid capacity, and also says state employees can not ever practice, appear before or ever even «communicate» with those agencies on matters over which they were «directly concerned» during their state employment, or which were under their «active consideration.»

That government should establish a One - Stop - Shop for investments, electronic templates to simplify business processes, streamline the activities of the Ghana Export Promotion Council (GEPC), Ghana Investment Promotion Council (GIPC) and Free Zones Board, and strengthen the capacity of the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) and other statistical reporting agencies to deliver reliable and timely economic and social statistics for planning, research and development.

Five thousand new staff at our borders, new agencies for customs and immigration, new IT systems (and all the government procurement problems that entails) as well as the road capacity to deal with parked lorries on the way to Dover and the Channel Tunnel.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, citing a list of disruptions commuters will face when Amtrak cuts capacity at Penn Station to make track repairs, said «Amtrak must pay» for the preparations other agencies are making to cope.

He also raised the issue of the need for more coordination between agencies and others to ensure proper oversight of hotels and motels used where formal shelters don't exist or are over capacity.

«Our enthusiasm for hosting the DNC is matched only by our capacity to execute large, world - class events such as Super Bowl XLVIII, leveraging the expertise of our city agencies, workforce and private sector,» the major said in the letter, which was first reported by The New York Times.

o Scheduling request can only be rejected for cause (e.g. agency overseen by a different committee, scheduling conflict, exceeds monthly meeting staffing capacity).

Towards this end, states governments have been given a 21 days ultimatum to disarm vigilantees and neighbourhood watch group, hunters and watch - night men or any group or association under any capacity or guise other than statutory security agencies recognized and gazetted by the Federal Government of Nigeria to bear firearms of specified category; who are currently possessing and using prohibited / illegal firearms such as Pump action gun and the likes for whatsoever purpose.

«Nearly all agencies have stable workforce levels, with modest attrition reductions expected for the Office of Mental Health -LRB--353) and the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities -LRB--253) as streamlining of institutional capacity continues,» the budget narrative states.

At the same time, a peaceful world can never be achieved if too many regions remain impoverished, which is why the State Department, often through its Agency for International Development, has worked to bolster the science and engineering capacity of developing nations.

Governments in the developing world are also now pooling their resources into sovereign insurance funds that make payouts for climate adaptation programs, said Fatima Kassam of the African Risk Capacity Insurance Co., a specialized agency of the African Union.

In part, this reflects under - preparedness: we need the capacity to respond more robustly to potential pandemics than we have done so far (see «Global agency needed for battling infectious diseases «-RRB-.

Institutional change focuses on building understanding about, capacity for and support of public engagement within the various institutions researchers are affiliated with, including universities, government agencies, professional societies and private industry.

Regulatory agencies should build their capacity to rapidly determine the type of risk - analysis approaches most appropriate for new products entering the regulatory system.

But amid this governmental turmoil, another, longer - term development is under way that will affect the lives of everyone in the U.S. and take its toll on others around the world — the loss of critical expertise and capacity in the science agencies of the federal government, including the Environmental Protection Agency, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, among many others.

Although approximately 150,000 unique chemicals are registered with the European Chemicals Agency, most are tested only for acute toxicity and carcinogenic capacity.

More than 40 percent of China's arable land is suffering from degradation, official news agency Xinhua said, reducing its capacity to produce food for the world's biggest population.

On April 28, the Foundation hosted, «Social Innovation Boot Camp: Building Entrepreneurship and Innovation Capacity to Help Sustain Services in Today's Human Service Sector,» for grantees and other disability - focused non-profit agencies.

Dr. Goering's work at the CSNE includes studying the effects of neural technology on an individual's identity, agency (the capacity of individuals to act independently and make their own free choices) and sense of autonomy, as well as helping to create better - informed ethical guidelines and education for neural engineers.

TSY provides structure to help foster our internal sense of safety, personal agency and choice in cultivating our capacity for self - awareness and self - regulation.

You will learn about the Agency by Design framework for maker - centered learning and its three interrelated capacities: looking closely, exploring complexity, and finding opportunity.

, «where science meets art», which promotes creativity in learning by working with young people to reveal, develop and exercise their capacity for creativity and creative thinking, or the Unlimited Theatre who have also been collaborating with the UK Space Agency ahead of Tim Peake's mission to the International Space Station later this year.

SDP Fellows will be employees of the agency who support efforts to build capacity for rigorous analytics and research methods to inform management and policy decisions.

The news comes as the Department for Education and the Education Funding Agency revealed in April that one in four primary schools in the West Midlands is full or over capacity and the region is going to need another 50,000 school places by 2017.

For the most part, the labs are not building the capacity of districts and state agencies to gather evidence and measure impacts but are launching research projects that are disconnected from decisionmaking.

For instance, universities and research contractors should be asked to submit proposals for helping state agencies and school districts not just in evaluating a specific program but in building the capacity of school agencies for piloting and evaluating initiatives on an ongoing basFor instance, universities and research contractors should be asked to submit proposals for helping state agencies and school districts not just in evaluating a specific program but in building the capacity of school agencies for piloting and evaluating initiatives on an ongoing basfor helping state agencies and school districts not just in evaluating a specific program but in building the capacity of school agencies for piloting and evaluating initiatives on an ongoing basfor piloting and evaluating initiatives on an ongoing basis.

Empowering Parents So Children Succeed: A Toolkit to Support Parent Involvement in Education when their Children are in Foster Care For the past three years, Advocates for Children has been partnering with SCO Family of Services, a social services provider, to build the agency's capacity to address the education - related needs of the children they serFor the past three years, Advocates for Children has been partnering with SCO Family of Services, a social services provider, to build the agency's capacity to address the education - related needs of the children they serfor Children has been partnering with SCO Family of Services, a social services provider, to build the agency's capacity to address the education - related needs of the children they serve.

Our work is aimed not only at developing new and more targeted tools and approaches for addressing the region's priority needs, but also building the capacity of state and local education agencies to use evidence in making decisions that move us toward a more efficient, effective, and equitable education system.

The IDRA EAC - South is one of four federally - funded centers that provide technical assistance and training at the request of school districts and other responsible governmental agencies to build capacity of local educators to ensure a more equitable learning environment for all students.

The Center for American Progress (CAP) identified some of these obstacles in a November 2012 study of early - adopter states, including restructuring and staffing state education agencies; lack of capacity and the tight fiscal climate; debates concerning local control and the proper role of the state; training administrators who will be conducting new teacher evaluations; and determining how to evaluate teachers who do not teach in tested subjects or grades and therefore lack student achievement data (McGuinn, 2012).

Without citing evidence, Kane states: «For the most part, the labs are not building the capacity of districts and state agencies to gather evidence and measure impacts but are launching research projects that are disconnected from decision making.»

The Student Support and Academic Enrichment (SSAE) program is intended to increasing the capacity of local educational agencies, schools, and local communities to provide all students with access to a well - rounded education, improve school conditions for student learning, and enhance the use of technology in order to improve the academic achievement and digital literacy of all students.

Respondents suggested that the Association focus an Annual Meeting theme on best practices in international activities in teacher education, create a list of agencies and brokers who are working with EPPs on tailored programs for teacher candidates, and organize a consortium of members to increase capacity for global work.

This study also shares steps, tips, and tools for engaging in student - led conferences, which help students build the capacity to advocate for themselves by giving them agency in discussing their learning and future goals with adults.

The Academy will introduce concepts of leadership development tailored to state early education administrators designed to build SEA leadership and management capacity to advance state agency visions for early childhood education and partner with state leaders and organizations to build a more unified, equitable, and efficient state birth through third grade early childhood system.

To achieve this vision, NCSI's overarching goal is to provide technical assistance that builds State Education Agency and Lead Agency capacity to develop, implement, and evaluate their State Systemic Improvement Plan and support local programs in improving educational results and functional outcomes for children with disabilities.

But state education agencies have been steadily drained of staff for years and do not have the capacity or the authority to redesign the education systems of their states to meet the challenges posed by the fundamental changes that have taken place in the global economy over the past two decades.

To assist Texas Education Agency (TEA) staff to build capacity for these efforts, TXCC is helping them plan and coordinate stakeholder engagement meetings and develop and analyze surveys for public input.

In that capacity he designed and programmed sites for private companies, professional sports teams and government agencies.

The Mission of the NCII is to build capacity of state and local education agencies, universities, practitioners, and other stakeholders to support implementation of intensive intervention in reading, mathematics, and behavior for students with severe and persistent learning and / or behavioral needs.

Founded on the Agency by Design framework for maker - centered learning, Thinking and Learning in the Maker - Centered Classroom introduces participants to AbD's core concepts of maker empowerment and sensitivity to design, as well as the project's three core maker capacities and the thinking routines that have been designed to support them.