Sentences with phrase «aid society support»

The Children's Aid Society support of the grandparents» custody claims was also reassuring.

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But this positive definition is situated within the context of aid to support the struggle against poverty or as a response to needs not covered by society.

The day is being supported by international aid agency World Vision UK with the aim of mobilising up to half a billion Christians worldwide to pray and engage with churches, governments and society.

Perusing the index of Origins, the weekly publication of representative documents and speeches compiled by Catholic News Service, our imaginary historian will note, for example, the following initiatives undertaken at the national, diocesan and parish levels in 1994 - 95: providing alternatives to abortion; staffing adoption agencies; conducting adult education courses; addressing African American Catholics» pastoral needs; funding programs to prevent alcohol abuse; implementing a new policy on altar servers and guidelines for the Anointing of the Sick; lobbying for arms control; eliminating asbestos in public housing; supporting the activities of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (227 strong); challenging atheism in American society; establishing base communities (also known as small faith communities); providing aid to war victims in Bosnia; conducting Catholic research in bioethics; publicizing the new Catechism of the Catholic Church; battling child abuse; strengthening the relationship between church and labor unions; and deepening the structures and expressions of collegiality in the local and diocesan church.

Haldimand - Norfolk: Alzheimer Society BHNHH, REACH Haldimand Norfolk, Autism Ontario, Children's Aid Society Haldimand Norfolk, Ontario Early Years Centre Haldimand Norfolk, Haldimand Abilities Centre, Brant Haldimand Norfolk Alzheimer Society, Brain Injury Services Haldimand Norfolk, CNIB Haldimand Norfolk, Community Support Centre (CYPRESS), Haldimand Norfolk Health Unit, Big Brothers Big Sisters

Tina Luongo, attorney - in - charge of the Criminal Defense Practice at The Legal Aid Society, which has supported closing Rikers Island, applauded the reduction but warned more work still needs to be done.

The proposal was strongly supported by organizations of state and city judges as well as the Legal Aid Society and most advocacy groups at the four - hour hearing in Manhattan.

List of Supporting Organizations: • African Services Committee • Albany County Central Federation of Labor • Alliance for Positive Change • ATLI - Action Together Long Island • Brooklyn Kindergarten Society • NY Immigration Coalition • Catholic Charities • Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens • Catholic Charities of Buffalo • Catholic Charities of Chemung / Schuyler • Catholic Charities of Diocese of Albany • Catholic Charities of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse • CDRC • Center for Independence of the Disabled NY • Children Defense Fund • Chinese - American Planning Council, Inc. • Citizen Action of New York • Coalition for the Homeless • Coalition on the Continuum of Care • Community Food Advocates • Community Health Net • Community Healthcare Network • Community Resource Exchange (CRE) • Day Care Council of New York • Dewitt Reformed Church • Early Care & Learning Council • East Harlem Block Nursery, Inc. • Family Reading Partnership of Chemung Valley • Fiscal Policy Institute • Food & Water Watch • Forestdale, Inc. • FPWA • GOSO • GRAHAM WINDHAM • Greater New York Labor Religion Coalition • HCCI • Heights and Hills • Housing and Services, Inc. • Jacob A. Riis Neighborhood Settlement • Jewish Family Service • Labor - Religion Coalition of NYS • Latino Commission on AIDS • LEHSRC • Make the Road New York • MercyFirst • Met Council • Metro New York Health Care for All • Mohawk Valley CAA • NAMI • New York Association on Independent Living • New York Democratic County Committee • New York State Community Action Association • New York State Network for Youth Success • New York StateWide Senior Action Council • NYSCAA • Park Avenue Christian Church (DoC) / UCC • Partnership with Children • Met Council • Professional Staff Congress • PSC / CUNY AFT Local 2334 • ROCitizen • Schenectady Community Action Program, Inc. • SCO Family of Services • SICM — Schenectady Community Ministries • Sunnyside Community Services • Supportive Housing Network of New York, Inc • The Alliance for Positive Change • The Children's Village • The Door — A Center of Alternatives • The Radical Age Movement • UJA - Federation of New York • United Neighborhood Houses • University Settlement • Urban Pathways, Inc • Women's Center for Education & Career Advancement

«Erin Merryn's Law recognizes that children themselves need to be not only aware of the dangers that exist in our society but provided with information and support to aid in avoiding abuse, exploitation and abduction.

· A memorializing resolution expressing support for the Legal Aid Society of Rockland County's continued control of its funding through escrow interest accounts

But ««there is broad support for the idea of oversight and review and a rigorous focus on the highest priority science with our precious research dollars,» says Johns Hopkins University epidemiologist Chris Beyrer, president of the International AIDS Society.

Turkalo stayed on, continuing her research aided by a staff of local pygmies and financial support from the Wildlife Conservation Society and other groups.

Additional support was provided by the Max Planck Society in Germany, a Grant - in - Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas and the G - COE program for the field of Chemistry from The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in Japan, and by Creative Scientific Research from The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.

The work was supported by the National Science Foundation (DMR - 1307056), the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (Grant - in - Aid for Scientific Research (B), 15H03981), the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Dynamic Alliance for Open Innovation Bridging Human, Environment and Materials) and the Center for Spintronics Research Network at Tohoku University.

This research was supported by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science through Grants - in - Aid for Scientific Research (No. 15H02074, 16H01101, 16H03958) and by the Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan (MOST 105 -2112-M-001-029-MY3).

This study was supported by a Grant - in - Aid for Research Fellow from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (15J04405).

The society provides grants and fellowships to graduate student members through Croasdale Fellowships for enrollment in phycology courses at biological stations, Hoshaw Travel Awards for travel to the annual society meeting, and Grants - In - Aid for supporting research.

Funding: This work was supported by a Grant - in - Aid for Young Scientists (B) 24770203 from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), the Tomizawa Jun - ichi & Keiko Fund of the Molecular Biology Society of Japan for Young Scientist, a Research Grant from the Ishibashi Foundation, and the program of the Joint Usage / Research Center for Developmental Medicine, Institute of Molecular Embryology and Genetics, Kumamoto University to HS along with supplemental funding by a Grant - in - Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research 25650088 from JSPS to AN, a Grant - in - Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas 25115007 from JSPS and the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) to AK, a Grant - in - Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas 22126003 from JSPS and MEXT to MK, and Howard Hughes Medical Institute to JWT, hosting MJT.

This research was supported by Grants - in - Aid from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science and the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan (No. 21224002 、 24684011 、 25108005 、 15H03646 、 15K17613 、 24540242 、 25120007).

Harvard develops a customized version of the SECURe program for grades K - 2 at Children's Aid College Prep Charter school, provides professional development and training, and offers targeted programmatic implementation and evaluation support for The Children's Aid Society.

The SECURe team at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, led by Stephanie Jones in conjunction with Robin Jacob of the University of Michigan continues to develop and support a customized version of the SECURe program specifically for use by The Children's Aid Society.

Prior to the Mayor's Office, Ay'Anna worked for The Children's Aid Society in New York City supporting first - generation students with college persistence and college access.

P.S. 15 is among the 45 schools named by the city on Monday that will pair up with one of 25 different support groups, including the Children's Aid Society, Good Shepherd Services, and Teachers College.

This evolution is aided by the development of standards related to technology integration in teacher preparation programs (International Society for Technology in Education [ISTE] 2002b; National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education [NCATE] 1997), national teacher education reports advocating technology integration (American Council of Education, 1999; National Commission on Teaching and America's Future, 1996), awards and recognition for teacher education programs demonstrating exemplary technology integration (American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, 2002; ISTE, 2002a) and federal grant initiatives that support the integration of technology in teacher education (United States Department of Education [USDOE] 2002).

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While the National Center for Community Schools at the Children's Aid Society provides assistance, as do other local and regional groups, the support of public and private funders is essential.

The military brass would rather have the soldiers going to their credit union or bank for short - term loans, military aid societies, support centers, or their families.

Over the past 12 months, TCF has supported organizations such as Best Friends Animal Society, H.E.L.P. Animals, Inc., Washington County SPCA, Humane Society of the United States, Animal Aid of Tulsa, Tulsa SPCA, Morris Animal Foundation, Forrest and Jenny's Place, Alaska Raptor Rehabilitation Center, Humane Society of Tulsa, Oklahoma Alliance for Animals, Spay Oklahoma, Inc., Animal Rescue and Kare, Developmental Wings and its partnership with a therapeutic riding center near Sallisaw, Oklahoma, and the American Therapeutic Riding Center in Sand Springs, which has a marvelous center for children, youth and adults with disabilities.

Becoming a member of the Humane Society of Lewisville means you are making a commitment to help support our group and aid in the rescue and treatment of abandoned dogs and cats in our community.

Washington: Northwest Spay & Neuter Center: Tacoma (spay / neuter assistance for owned pets and feral cats) Concern for Animals: Thurston, Mason and Lewis Counties (spay / neuter, pet food and veterinary care assistance) Forget Me Not Animal Shelter: Republic (spay / neuter assistance) Humane Society for Seattle / King County: Bellevue (low - income senior citizen's pet food assistance, discounted spay / neuter and microchipping, pet project assistance for individuals disabled by AIDS) Humane Society for Southwest Washington: Clark County / Vancouver (low - cost vaccinations, free & Low - cost microchipping, pet food assistance, low - cost spay / neuter, emergency boarding, low - cost euthanasia / cremation services, pet loss support groups) Olympic Mountain Pet Pals: Jefferson County (spay / neuter assistance for low - income pet owners, TNR for community cats) PAWS of Bainbridge Island: Bainbridge Island and North Kitsap (spay / neuter, vaccination, pet food, veterinary care assistance; additional services for seniors) Seattle Humane Society: Seattle (services for low - income, disabled, and senior pet owners: spay / neuter, vaccination, pet food, veterinary care assistance) Progressive Animal Welfare Society: Lynnwood (spay / neuter assistance, microchip and vaccination assistance, behavior helpline) Spokane Valley Regional Animal Protection Service: Spokane Valley (spay / neuter assistance) Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine Good Samaritan Fund (veterinary care assistance) Whatcom Humane Society: Bellingham (pet food, spay / neuter assistance) Whidbey Animals» Improvement Foundation (WAIF): Whidbey Island (spay / neuter assistance for owned cats and ferals, crisis care assistance, pet food banks, and temporary foster care)

California: The ACME Foundation: Clearlake (veterinary care assistance for senior and disabled pet owners) Actors and Others for Animals: Greater Los Angeles area (pet food, spay / neuter assistance, assistance for necessary veterinary medical care) Animal Assistance League of Orange County: Orange County (pet food, transportation and veterinary care assistance) Animal Health Foundation: Los Angeles and Orange Counties (veterinary care assistance) AnimalSave: Green Valley (pet food, spay / neuter assistance) Animal Welfare Assistance Group: Monterey County (veterinary care assistance, spay / neuter; pet food and supplies for seniors, disabled veterans, owners of service dogs and others; pet care resources and referrals) Bad Rap: San Francisco (pit bull - specific assistance for finding rental housing and insurance) California Department of Social Services Assistance Dog Special Allowance (ADSA) Program: Statewide (provides monthly stipend to eligible persons who use a guide, signal, or service dog) Cat People: Bakersfield (cat food / litter, spay / neuter assistance, vaccination assistance) 661-327-4706 Cats in Need (of Human Care): Southern California, multiple locations (spay / neuter assistance) The Chester Foundation: Sacramento region (veterinary care assistance) FACE Foundation: San Diego (grant assistance for pets in need of emergency or critical care) FixNation: Los Angeles (spay / neuter assistance for cats) Friends of Long Beach Animals: Long Beach (spay / neuter assistance) Haven Humane Society: Redding (low - cost spay / neuter, pet food assistance, emergency veterinary grants for residents receiving Medi - Cal or Medicare) Clinic: 530-241-1658; Shelter: 530-241-1653 Helen Woodward Animal Center: Rancho Santa Fe (pet food) Helen Woodward Animal Center Animeals program: San Diego County (free pet food for the dogs and cats of elderly or disabled people) Humane Society of San Bernardino Valley: San Bernardino (low - cost spay / neuter) Humane Society of Truckee - Tahoe: Truckee, Sierra County, Eastern Placer County or Eastern Nevada County (pet food pantry and low cost / free spay & neuter programs for Pit Bulls, Chihuahuas, and those that qualify) Keep Your Pet: Sacramento (behavior assistance, veterinary care assistance, services for seniors) LA Animal Services: Los Angeles (spay / neuter, vaccination and microchip assistance) Marin Humane Society: Novato (pet care assistance to low - income seniors, persons living with HIV / AIDS and those receiving hospice services; please see website for complete list of services) Mercy Crusade's Spay and Neuter Clinic: Oxnard (spay / neuter and vaccination assistance) Mojave Desert Animal Rescue: Western Mojave Desert (pet food & supplies and veterinary assistance for homeless, unemployed, disabled, and senior pet guardians) Mountains» Humane Society: Lake Arrowhead (pet food, spay / neuter assistance) Napa Humane: Napa (spay / neuter assistance) Ohlone Humane Society Special Assistance Program: Fremont, Union City, and Newark (veterinary care assistance, pet food, spay / neuter assistance) Orange County SPCA Animal Rescue Fund: Orange County (assistance for veterinary care including spay / neuter) Palo Alto Humane Society: Palo Alto (spay / neuter assistance, assistance for emergency veterinary care) PALS: Pets Are Loving Support (veterinary care assistance programs for senior, disabled or ill pet owners) Pasadena Humane Society: Pasadena (spay / neuter assistance) PAWS / LA: Hollywood (pet food and supplies, veterinary medical care assistance, grooming, spay / neuter, veterinary care assistance programs for senior, disabled or ill pet owners, and other services) PAWS San Francisco: veterinary care assistance programs for senior, disabled or ill pet owners Peninsula CatWorks: veterinary care assistance for cats only Pet Assistance Foundation: Multiple Locations, Southern California (spay / neuter assistance for dogs, cats, and rabbits) Pet Orphans of Southern California: Van Nuys (veterinary care assistance) The Pet Rescue Center's Pet Pantry: Orange County (pet food, litter, and flea treatments for unemployed, senior, or disabled pet owners) Pets Are Wonderful Support: San Diego (pet food / litter, pet supplies, veterinary assistance, animal transport, temporary foster program, veterinary care assistance programs for senior, disabled or ill pet owners) Placer SPCA SOS Program: Placer County (rental deposits, temporary boarding, pet food and veterinary care assistance) Rescuing Unwanted Furry Friends (RUFF): Laguna Beach (pet food) Riverside County Department of Animal Services: Riverside (spay / neuter assistance) Sacramento SPCA: Sacramento (pet food, spay / neuter assistance) The Sam Simon Foundation: Los Angeles (free surgery for non-orthopedic procedures; free spay / neuter operations, including vaccinations, flea control, deworming, nail trims, and antibiotics) Sammie's Friends: Grass Valley (veterinary care assistance) San Francisco SPCA Animal Hospital: veterinary care assistance programs for senior, disabled or ill pet owners, spay / neuter assistance Santa Cruz SPCA: Santa Cruz (pet food, spay / neuter assistance) Santa Maria Valley Humane Society: Santa Maria (spay / neuter assistance, microchips, pet food bank) SEAACA: Downey (veterinary medical care assistance, spay / neuter, vaccination assistance) Sequoia Humane Society: Eureka (spay / neuter assistance) SHARE Marin Humane Society: veterinary care assistance programs for senior, disabled or ill pet owners Spay Neuter Animal Network (SPAN): Ventura (spay / neuter assistance) SPCA for Monterey County: Monterey (pet food, spay / neuter and vaccination assistance) Tony La Russa's Animal Rescue Foundation: Walnut Creek (pet food, spay / neuter assistance, emergency veterinary assistance) VET SOS: San Francisco (free veterinary care and supplies for pets of the homeless) Voice for the Animals Foundation: Santa Monica (veterinary care assistance)

Acadiana Animal Aid was awarded a grant by Junior League of Lafayette to support its «I Read to Animals» program, modeled after the original successful program by Best Friends Animal Society.

The charities supported by the bundle include the the Human Rights Campaign, Watsi, the San Francisco AIDS Foundation, the American Red Cross, and the American Cancer Society.

«-LSB-...] precludes the taking into account of other elements potentially representative of the actual degree of attachment of the applicant for the financial aid with the society or with the labour market of the Member State concerned, such as the fact that one of the parents, who continues to support the student, is a frontier worker who has stable employment in that Member State and has already worked there for a significant period of time.

Because two of the three legal aid sources are predominately supported by lawyers, decision makers should consider the potential impact on access to justice if lawyers were to dramatically reduce their time / financial support of pro bono services and legal aid programs, which is likely as competition increases and the social contract under which lawyers and society have operated Vis a Vis the state sponsored monopoly continues to unwind.

Collectively, lawyers are encouraged to enhance the profession through activities such as: (a) sharing knowledge and experience with colleagues and students informally in day - to - day practice as well as through contribution to professional journals and publications, support of law school projects and participation in panel discussions, legal education seminars, bar admission courses and university lectures; (b) participating in legal aid and community legal services programs or providing legal services on a pro bono basis; (c) filling elected and volunteer positions with the Society; (d) acting as directors, officers and members of local, provincial, national and international bar associations and their various committees and sections; and (e) acting as directors, officers and members of non-profit or charitable organizations.

Legal aid is a critical component of access to justice, something that the Law Society strongly supports and promotes.

In the event that the Lord Chancellor's proposals proceed, the Law Society will press the MoJ to work with the Society to develop a support package, and commission and publish, before any further cuts in legal aid rates, an impact assessment of the initial cuts and other changes on the working of the criminal justice system and defence solicitor practitioners.»

The Law Society will be studying the Government's decision and supporting evidence, including reports from KPMG and Otterburn, in detail over the coming days and looking at what further measures the Law Society can put in place to help criminal legal aid solicitors.

We will continue to support him and harmonise our work with the Law Society to enhance high level representation for legal aid practitioners in these troubled times.»

Concerns about Lord Carter's proposals to reduce the # 2bn legal aid budget and introduce price - competitive tendering will also be discussed by society members at a special general neeting on legal aid on 17 January, after Southampton solicitor, Roger Peach, rallied support for direct action.

High Court judge Mr Justice Knowles says lawyers can do more to «get behind» public legal education and improve understanding of the rule of law, while Mishcon de Reya's James Libson argues that London's biggest commercial law firms could offer more support to other parts of the profession, such as the legal aid practices defending the public on the front lines of society.

Additionally PLEA enjoys the support of the Law Society of Saskatchewan, Canadian Bar Association (Saskatchewan Branch), College of Law, Saskatchewan Legal Aid Commission, Saskatoon Public Library and public libraries and regional colleges throughout the province.

Amnesty International Canada, Jacqueline Hansen, [phone] Atira Housing, Janice Abbott, [phone] Battered Women's Support Services, Angela Marie MacDougall, [phone] BC Assembly of First Nations, Regional Chief Shane Gottfriedson, [phone] BC Civil Liberties Association, Josh Paterson, [phone] Butterflies in Spirit, Lorelei Williams, [phone] Carrier Sekani Family Services, Mary Teegee, [phone] Carrier Sekani Tribal Council, Tribal Chief Terry Teegee, [phone] Downtown Eastside Women's Centre, Alice Kendall, [phone] February 14th Women's Memorial March Committee, Evelyn Youngchief, [phone] First Nations Summit, Cheryl Casimer, [phone] First United Church, Genesa Greening, [phone] Lookout Emergency Aid Society, Shayne Williams, [phone] Michele Pineault, family member, [email protected] Neskonlith Indian Band, Kukpi7 Judy Wilson, [phone] PHS Community Services Society, Patrick Smith, [phone] Pivot Legal Society, Brenda Belak, [phone] Poverty and Human Rights Centre, Shelagh Day, [phone] RainCity Housing, Amelia Ridgway, [phone] Spirit of the Children Society, Christina Coad, [phone] Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs, Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, [phone] Vancouver Council of Women, Rosemary Mallory, [phone] Vancouver Rape Relief and Women's Shelter, Keira Smith - Tague, [phone] West Coast LEAF, Kasari Govender, [phone] ext. 212 WISH Drop - in Centre Society, Mebrat Beyene, [phone] WAVAW Rape Crisis Centre, Irene Tsepnopoulous - Elhaimer, [phone] ext 229

With support from the Law Foundation of Ontario, Legal Aid Ontario, and the Law Society of Upper Canada, we took our first steps in style.

«The Legal Aid Society strongly supports the Association's request for funding to create a much needed legal services center in Albany.

One will go toward supporting 18 AmeriCorps members who work at the Legal Aid Society of Hawaii.»

Baker, who has worked in a number of legal counsel roles for several children's aid societies, has more recently been in private practice dealing with child protection, custody, access, support, and property issues.

The Law Society marked Access to Justice Day this week (8 September) by launching a campaign to raise public awareness of the help available, persuade policymakers to make changes to the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012, and support solicitors in making their products and services more accessible.

«The Association's proposal is supported by the Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York, Empire Justice Center and the Legal Project, all of which are providers in the Capital District.»