Sentences with phrase «aid agency for»

You can contact a community legal centre or Legal Aid agency for free legal advice.
Q: How is an MLP different than if a doctor, nurse, or social worker refers a patient to a civil legal aid agency for help with a legal problem?
While court proceedings can be expensive, it is reassuring for clients to know that Legal Aid funding is available for these most severe cases, and Moore Blatch hold a contract with the Legal Aid Agency for this type of work.
a. ECS = 1.65 to 3.2 C b. Emissions rates, e.g. RCP4.5, 6, 8.5 c. Damage function =??? (This is the most critical of all, but I don't understand the input parameters or how how to vary them to give justifiable range of impacts) d. Appropriate discount rates, e.g. = 3 %, 5 %, 7 %, 10 % (i.e., up to what has been widely used by aid agencies for investment decisions for infrastructure projects over the past half century or so — e.g. 10 % and 12 % by World Bank for energy projects).
a. ECS = 1.65 to 3.2 C b. Emissions rates, e.g. RCP4.5, 6, 8.5 c. Damage function d. Discount rate (up to what has been widely used by aid agencies for investment decisions for infrastructure projects over the past half century or so — e.g. 10 % and 12 % by World Bank for energy projects).
Such low discount rates as are used for justifying mitigation policies are not used by government and aid agencies for making choices between funding Health, Education, infrastructure etc..
If nothing else, the ABA Standing Committee on Pro Bono & Public Service offers a host of resources for attorneys including events, training, publications, and links to local legal aid agencies for attorneys interested in helping out in their state.

Not exact matches

Vancouver has asked the British Columbia provincial government for more money for refugee aid agencies, said city spokesman Jag Sandhu, and the province has promised C$ 6 million a year over three years.
Diplomacy and foreign aid would face a 37 percent cut that would be felt across the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development.
More than 60,000 people have registered for disaster aid from the Federal Emergency Management Agency after widespread flooding hit the state, according to Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards» office.
The Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) will provide an aid package of C$ 150,000 to India for relief efforts in the aftermath of the cyclone that devastated India's eastern shores, Minister for International Cooperation, Maria Minna, announced yesterday.
International aid agencies quickly distribute payments in - field for victims with unparalleled tracking and reporting...
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has yet to authorize full reconstruction aid for Puerto Rico to repair its power grid and other infrastructure — assistance given to the US Virgin Islands two weeks after Maria and to Texas 10 days after Hurricane Harvey.
I would like to acknowledge what is a long list: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the Small Business Administration (SBA), the Office of the New York Attorney General, the New York State Department of Financial Services, the New York Legal Assistance Group, Staten Island Legal Services, the Legal Aid Society, MFY Legal Services, various bar associations, New York City Department of Small Business Services, Center for New York City Neighborhoods, Neighborhood Housing Services of Staten Island and the Northfield Local Community Development Corporation.
The request, expected to be swiftly approved by Congress, would add $ 7.4 billion to rapidly dwindling Federal Emergency Management Agency disaster aid coffers and $ 450 million to finance disaster loans for small businesses.
FEMA said Wednesday that the agency's aid work for Puerto Rico has not changed since it began aiding the island and that joint assessments were being conducted regularly regarding response and recovery efforts.
For the first time in five years, a UN relief agency for refugees is airlifting aid into the Somali capitFor the first time in five years, a UN relief agency for refugees is airlifting aid into the Somali capitfor refugees is airlifting aid into the Somali capital.
For example, I've a dear friend — atheist — who works for the UN aid agenFor example, I've a dear friend — atheist — who works for the UN aid agenfor the UN aid agency.
Yes, there's nothing more principled than a candidate like Ron Paul who wants to further cut taxes for the rich, get rid of subsidies for student loans, get rid of the department of education and the environmental protection agency, and end aid to starving countries in Africa, just to name a few.
Anyone who suspects that he or she may have AIDS, as well as persons with AIDS and their families, may be referred to these agencies for a wide range of assistance.
Due to some very serious illness and I don't mean HIV / AIDS I am having to go on disability but they want me to have a payee 11 years since a conviction, Makes you want to Go to the streets and do it for yourself, also if you have no transportation how do you suppose the people get to the agencies to get help even a van ministry requires funds?
His argument for «building constituencies for change» is a plea to move beyond the intervention mode that passes for «international cooperation,» beyond the patronizing practices of private aid agencies driven by business competition rather than by civil constituencies and emancipatory agendas shared with others.
In an essay for the Chronicle of Higher Education — my industry's trade journal — Penn's Peter Conn argues that the regional accrediting agencies, which hold the keys to federal student aid, should under no circumstances give religious colleges and universities their imprimatur.
Help doesn't come from aid agencies either, many of which, including the U.S. government and the World Bank, have long banned allocations for criminal justice.
As Julius Nyerere, president of Tanzania, pointed out in a speech at the recent World Conference on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development, held in Rome, the officials of multilateral and some national aid agencies are turning to a «basic needs» approach — i.e., shifting to rural development as the major focus for aid.
The documents reveal how the National Security Agency leaked intelligence information, directed covert operations within Nicaragua to influence U.S. public opinion, and developed other elaborate programs for the diplomacy office to help the Reagan administration persuade Congress to renew contra aid.
Marian Karvonen, a worker with the Christian relief agency Tearfund U.K., writes a column for Reject Apathy about the Church coming to Pakistan's aid during this crisis of intense flooding.
Its sister UK and Irish aid charity Catholic Agency For Overseas Development (CAFOD), has revealed one of its employees accused of sexual misconduct when he worked for Oxfam in Haiti has been dismissed from his current roFor Overseas Development (CAFOD), has revealed one of its employees accused of sexual misconduct when he worked for Oxfam in Haiti has been dismissed from his current rofor Oxfam in Haiti has been dismissed from his current role.
Despite these inefficiencies, various U.S. interests that benefit from the program — agricultural interests, transportation companies and aid agencies — continue to provide strong political support for it.
Giovanna Reda, Head of Humanitarian Programmes for Asia, Middle East and Latin America at aid agency CAFOD, said:
U.S. food aid programs are managed by the Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID); each has its own mandate, agenda and rules.
With bombs pounding mostly military targets in Baghdad 15 hours a day, and a humanitarian disaster looming in the rest of the country, Iraqi Christians and international relief agency officials fear that bottled - up aid may be too little, too late for thousands.
Donor governments and agencies are continuously making decisions which country to assist, how much and what for, because aid needs are much larger than available aid.
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.
Today the State is closing down the state primary schools for the poor, and they are not interested in aiding private agencies to conduct such schools, because they see it as a costly exercise in social welfare which reduces money for investment in hi - tech development aimed at economic growth.
Four Christian humanitarian aid charities are among a coalition of leading UK aid agencies which has announced a joint fundraising appeal for victims of violent conflict in Myanmar.
What's coming is an administration in which the U.S. Agency for International Development, which dispenses billions of dollars of foreign aid, will continue to condition that aid on recipient nations» bowing to the LGBT agenda — thus making enemies for America in traditional societies and cultures that will learn to equate «democracy» with libertine bullying.
The US Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is under pressure to change its policies to better provide aid for places of...
Responding to reports that staff who left Oxfam in Haiti later joined other aid agencies, without their knowledge of the incidents, Christian Aid: «We are committed to living out our values of respect and dignity for all, and we will investigate any claims about any individuals involved in the Haiti incident to ascertain the facts, should they relate to Christian Aid and should we receive further information.&raqaid agencies, without their knowledge of the incidents, Christian Aid: «We are committed to living out our values of respect and dignity for all, and we will investigate any claims about any individuals involved in the Haiti incident to ascertain the facts, should they relate to Christian Aid and should we receive further information.&raqAid: «We are committed to living out our values of respect and dignity for all, and we will investigate any claims about any individuals involved in the Haiti incident to ascertain the facts, should they relate to Christian Aid and should we receive further information.&raqAid and should we receive further information.»
The Toolkit is an invaluable aid not only for an agency, but — since it is so easy to follow — for each worker within it.
less than or equal to lamivudine Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Antiretroviral therapy, usually means 1 - 2 drugs, used in early studies Antiretroviral zidovudine (also known as ZDV) Breastfeeding Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative Breastfeeding and HIV International Transmission Study Combined antiretroviral therapy Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Deoxyribonucleic Acid Exclusive Breastfeeding Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay Food and Agrigulture Organization Fixed dose combination ART, e.g., lamividine, stavudine, and nevirapine Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy, 3 or more drugs for more effective treatment used in later studies Human Immunodeficiency virus International Atomic Energy Agency Infant feeding Infant and young child feeding Lopinavir cubic millimetre Mother - to - Child Transmission of HIV Non-governmental organization Nevirapine Polymerase Chain Reaction People Living with HIV Prevention of Mother - to - Child Transmission Replacement Feeding Ritonavir Ribonucleic acid, one of the three major macromolecules (along with DNA and proteins) that are essential for all known forms of life single dose NVP United Nations Agencies Joint United Nations Programme on HIV / AIDS United Nations Population Fund United Nations Commissioner for Refugees United Nations Children's Fund U.S. Agency for International Development World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action United Nations World Food Programme World Health Assembly WHO 2010 Guidelines on HIV and infant feeding World Health Organization Zidovudine (same drug as AZT)
There are different ways to place a child for adoption: through a Children's Aid Society, through a private adoption agency, or through a professional licensed to do private adoptions.
«There are different ways to [surrender] a place a child for adoption: through a Children's Aid Society, through a private adoption agency, or through a professional, licensed to do private adoptions.»
AGENCIES SERVING BULGARIA All God's Children International Portland, OR Americans for International Aid and Adoption (AIAA) Troy, MI European Adoption Consultants, Inc..
Boys and Girls Aid (BGAid)-- Boys and Girls Aid is the lead agency of the Special Needs Adoption Coalition (SNAC), and offers foster care adoption services for families.
A crass Facebook exchange among three lawyers of the Administration for Children's Services, the city's child welfare agency, and one from the Legal Aid Society, which represents many children and parents in court proceedings, is under scrutiny.
«There must be wider and fuller access for the UN and international aid agencies to civilians in the «no fire zone», during the screening process, and in the IDP camps.»
«8,000 who signed up at an HIV / AIDS workshop funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).»
And medical sources and aid agencies have claimed that more than 50 civilians have died and at least 15 children have been killed in the largest Israeli offensive in Gaza for decades.
The GOC also commended the VC for not closing the University as doing that will have scored a cheap point to the perpetrators of the act while calling the university community to provide security agencies with relevant information that will aid them in the stemming the tide of suicide bomb attacks.
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