Sentences with phrase «family policy project»

Fuller is a co-director of the Child - Care and Family Policy Project at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

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No, the real story is that motherhood has become a stress - laden and guilt - ridden project due to the societal veneration of stay - at - home moms, the workplace requirement that women be overachievers just to stay even with their male colleagues, economic anxiety about class standing and, above all, government and corporate refusal to devise family - friendly policies.

He has been very involved in many aspects of domestic and international agricultural policy and practice development, organizing, food labeling, standards, certification and accreditation work over the years, including: Founding Chair of the USDA / National Organic Standards Board, A founder of Domestic Fair Trade Association, National Organic Coalition, and Southern Sustainable Agriculture Working Group, Founding member of National Family Farm Coalition and National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition, Board member of the International Organic Accreditation Service, Former NGO delegate to UN Codex / FAO / WHO Food Labeling Commission and WTO, Founding partner of Agricultural Justice Project, which has developed domestic fair trade standards for North America.

«The adoption of this local labor policy insures that local working families will benefit from the temporary construction jobs produced by IDA induced projects.

«It's cellular makeup, it's child behaviors and child attributes, it's family behaviors within communities and environments within state and national level policies,» says Kristen Harrison, founder of the university's Synergistic Theory and Research on Obesity and Nutrition Group (STRONG) Kids project.

With support from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the three - year project will empower developing counties to advocate for universal access to reproductive health as a critical component in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in health through increased funding, an improved policy environment and increased visibility for family planning at the local, national and global levels.

In the early 2000s, she started a political action committee to influence education policy in Michigan, the Great Lakes Education Project (GLEP), which she and her extended family continue to support.

Other research projects by Yoshikawa include how public policies, parental employment, and transnational contexts influence very young children's development in Chinese, Mexican, Dominican, and African American families.

If school choice policies are shaped differently and coupled with strong civil rights policies, it «could give D.C. families a choice that has never been present in most of the city — strong schools, well - integrated by race and income, where students... learn skills essential to living and working... [in a] multiracial city,» the Civil Rights Project notes.

Anne Kim is the new director of the Working Families Project at the Progressive Policy Institute in Washington.

The project unites the expertise of the Public School Forum with the Massachusetts Trauma & Learning Policy Initiative at Harvard Law School and the Duke Center for Child & Family Policy, as well as other nonprofit and academic institutions.

Seeding Equity in Education through Dialogue Project Valuing and engaging family and community leadership in San Antonio and the region IDRA's SEED project strengthens and mobilizes the capacity for effective, coordinated leadership and partnership with schools to impact policyProject Valuing and engaging family and community leadership in San Antonio and the region IDRA's SEED project strengthens and mobilizes the capacity for effective, coordinated leadership and partnership with schools to impact policyproject strengthens and mobilizes the capacity for effective, coordinated leadership and partnership with schools to impact policy and...

The Stanford Law and Policy Lab and Stanford Law's Youth & Education Law Project (YELP), on behalf of the California Charter Schools Association (CCSA), released a guide today to address increasing student absences and decreasing parental participation in California's public charter schools among immigrant families in the wake of recent federal policy chPolicy Lab and Stanford Law's Youth & Education Law Project (YELP), on behalf of the California Charter Schools Association (CCSA), released a guide today to address increasing student absences and decreasing parental participation in California's public charter schools among immigrant families in the wake of recent federal policy chpolicy changes.

The Service - Learning and Linked Learning will be the basis of the YPI Valley Public Charter High School's educational focus and build on core strengths from the Bert Corona Charter School (service learning) and the San Fernando Institute for Applied Media Pilot School (project - based learning), and the strong technology resources provided by the Youth Policy Institute for families in the community.

With a focus on low - income and under - served families and schools, Project Appleseed works to improve schools, build public awareness, enable public engagement, advance policy positions and advise elected officials and other decision - makers on best practices for creating optimal educational environments.

To counter this problem, Attendance Works, a fiscally - sponsored project of the Child and Family Policy Center non-profit organization, is working as a national and state initiative that promotes better policy and practice around school attenPolicy Center non-profit organization, is working as a national and state initiative that promotes better policy and practice around school attenpolicy and practice around school attendance.

The Koch family has made exactly one gift to us in the past 20 years, of only $ 25,000 earmarked for a health care policy project.

Project Drawdown analysed more than eighty policy options and identified family planning and educating girls as among the top 10 workable solutions to combat climate change available today.

These policies and projects can help preserve and expand affordable housing in a market that offers few such options for low - income families and individuals.

With population set to grow most dramatically in the developing world, Robin emphasised the vital role that family planning and women's education can play, highlighting 2017's Project Drawdown analysis of policy responses to climate change, which concluded that family planning and girls» education were among the top ten practical solutions available today.

Flom is a founding board member of the Innocence Project and serves on the boards of Families Against Mandatory Minimums, The Drug Policy Alliance, The Legal Action Center, the NYU Prison Education Program, and VetPaw.

The project is only midway through its course, but the data collected so far have important implications for law and policy in the coming decades, as the meaning of family continues to evolve.

Finding the right policy for you and your family will likely come down to your unique circumstances as well as your projected long - term needs.

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Qualifications for Executive - Level Management Areas of Expertise Recruiting / Training Program Development / Management Human Resources Project Management Policy Implementation / Enforcement Career Development Behavior Modification Organizational Development Change Management Regulatory Compliance Operations Management Budget Administration Individual / Family Therapy Accomplishments: * Prioritized daily work tasks in accordance wi...

Charted and recorded information in client files.Tracked client movement on and off the unit by documenting times and destinations of clients.Checked facility for open windows, locked doors, malfunctioning smoke detectors and other safety hazards.Quickly responded to crisis situations when severe mental health and behavioral issues arose.Efficiently gathered information from families and social services agencies to inform development of treatment plans.Documented all patient information including service plans, treatment reports and progress notes.Collaborated closely with treatment team to appropriately coordinate client care services.Developed comprehensive treatment plans that focused on accurate diagnosis and behavioral treatment of problems.Consulted with psychiatrists about client medication changes, issues with medicine compliance and efficacy of medications.Organized treatment projects that focused on problem solving skills and creative thinking.Referred clients to other programs and community agencies to enhance treatment processes.Created and reviewed master treatment and discharge plans for each client.Guided clients in understanding illnesses and treatment plans.Developed appropriate policies for the identification of medically - related social and emotional needs of clients.Assisted clients in scheduling home visits and phone calls and monitored effectiveness of these activities.Evaluated patients for psychiatric services and psychotropic medications.Monitored patients prescribed psychotropic medications to assess the medications» effectiveness and side effects.Evaluated patients to determine potential need to transfer to specialized inpatient mental health facilities.Administered medication to patients presenting serious risk of danger to themselves and others.Conducted psychiatric evaluations and executed medication management for both inpatient and outpatient facilities.Led patients in individual, family, group and marital therapy sessions.Diagnosed mental health, emotional and substance abuse disorders.Recorded comprehensive patient histories and coordinated treatment plans with multi-disciplinary team members.Consulted with and developed appropriate treatment and rehabilitation plans for dually diagnosed patients.Referenced and used various therapy techniques, including psychodynamic, family systems, cognitive behavioral and lifespan integration psychotherapy.

The Ministerial Taskforce Charter outlines the government's long term agenda for Indigenous policy while at the same time focusing on the strategies to be put in place urgently to improve outcomes.23 As the Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs, stated «every dollar spent on Indigenous projects and services must contribute to improved outcomes».24 The Ministerial Taskforce Charter stresses the urgency of improving social and economic well being for Indigenous Australians focusing on housing, health, education, employment, family violence, increasing economic development, improving community safety, and law and justice.

Previously she worked on policy, communications and media projects at Domestic Violence Victoria, the peak body for family violence services in Victoria.

National Center for Children in Poverty, Project Thrive (www.nccp.org): The Public Policy Analysis and Education Center for Infants and Young Children at the National Center for Children in Poverty has as its core mission increasing knowledge and providing policy analysis that will help states build and strengthen comprehensive early childhood systems and link policies to ensure access to high - quality health care, early care and learning, and family suPolicy Analysis and Education Center for Infants and Young Children at the National Center for Children in Poverty has as its core mission increasing knowledge and providing policy analysis that will help states build and strengthen comprehensive early childhood systems and link policies to ensure access to high - quality health care, early care and learning, and family supolicy analysis that will help states build and strengthen comprehensive early childhood systems and link policies to ensure access to high - quality health care, early care and learning, and family support.

[FN13] According to the Family Violence Project of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, in 1995, 10 child custody statutes included a public policy statement concerning a parent's ability to allow the child an open, loving, and frequent relationship with the other parent.

Based on the CFA guidelines, the ACDSS project developed assessment tools and protocols and family engagement and caseworker visit policies that were implemented with a pilot team in 2008.

King County System Integration Initiative: Reform to Impact Dual Jurisdiction Youth and Families (PDF - 800 KB) Child Welfare League of America The Link: Connecting Juvenile Justice and Child Welfare, 4 (2), 2005 Outline the goals of KC - SII, the scope of the project, mobilization and planning, data collection and analysis, resource assessment and inventory, action strategy development, and implementation to improve the coordination and integration of the child welfare and juvenile justice programs and policy development in King County, WA.

The Georgia Psychotropic Medication Monitoring Project: Final Report and Recommendations (PDF - 1,900 KB) Barton Child Law and Policy Center of Emory University School of Law, Casey Family Programs, & Child Welfare Collaborative (2012) Offers lessons learned for improving practices around the use of psychotropic medication for children in foster care, including protocols for coordination among child welfare, mental health, and Medicaid agencies.

Students may participate in wide - ranging faculty research projects using diverse methodologies and dealing with issues such as clinical processes and intervention, vulnerable families, trauma and resilience, participatory research, and policy.

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Kinship Care and Communication: Family Portraits Project «Helping Teens to Tell Their Stories» (PDF - 803 KB) Dunifon & DiSciullo (2011) Cornell University Department of Policy Analysis and Management Discusses a project that developed strategies to support the development of positive communication and strengthen family dynamics to promote open communication between grandparents and teens in kinship placeFamily Portraits Project «Helping Teens to Tell Their Stories» (PDF - 803 KB) Dunifon & DiSciullo (2011) Cornell University Department of Policy Analysis and Management Discusses a project that developed strategies to support the development of positive communication and strengthen family dynamics to promote open communication between grandparents and teens in kinship placProject «Helping Teens to Tell Their Stories» (PDF - 803 KB) Dunifon & DiSciullo (2011) Cornell University Department of Policy Analysis and Management Discusses a project that developed strategies to support the development of positive communication and strengthen family dynamics to promote open communication between grandparents and teens in kinship placproject that developed strategies to support the development of positive communication and strengthen family dynamics to promote open communication between grandparents and teens in kinship placefamily dynamics to promote open communication between grandparents and teens in kinship placements.

Arizona IV - E Waiver Expedited Reunification Demonstration Final Evaluation Report: April 1, 2006 to December 31, 2008 Center for Applied Behavioral Health Policy, Arizona State University (2009) View Abstract and Document Describes the outcomes of a project in Phoenix, Mesa, and Tempe, AZ, that provided in - home and aftercare services to families of children placed in foster care to expedite reunification.

Florida CoP team members include: Allison Parish, FL MIECHV Senior Manager and team lead; Dr. Mimi Graham, Director, FSU Center for Prevention & Early Intervention Policy; Lily Wells, Director, Project LAUNCH, Florida Department of Children & Families; Lisa Negrini, COO of the Family Study Center at USF, St. Petersburg and President of FAIMH; and, Kim Porter, Program Consultant for Early Steps, IDEA Part C, at the Florida Department of Health.

Prior to her policy work, Ms. Johnson spent five years assisting low - income families in early care and education and child development programs, including staff leadership in child care, early intervention, and preschool special education / inclusive child care projects.

A project led by Mathematica Policy Research (MPR) in collaboration with MDRC and three other subcontractors, the Building Strong Families (BSF) project was a large - scale demonstration of marriage and relationship education for low - income, romantically involved, unmarried couples who were expecting or who had recently had a child together.

20130530 NYSPEP Spring Institute with Mary McKay on Family Engagement Dr. Mary McKay, Professor and Director at McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy and Research at NYU - and Panelists - Vito Borrello, President of EPIC - Every Person Influences Children; Erika Brunelle, Family Engagement Specialist for Center for the Development of Human Services - SUNY Research Foundation; and Patty Persell, Director of NYS Head Start Collaboration Project via NYS Council on Children and Family Services.

Confirmed speakers include: Melanie Bronfin, project director, Louisiana Home Visiting Campaign; public policy analyst, Tulane University; Cynthia Suire, program manager, Louisiana Nurse - Family Partnership; Soledad Martinez, early childhood program manager, New Mexico Children, Youth and Families Department; Annjenette Torres, state early childhood coordinator, state of New Mexico.

ZERO TO THREE Alliance for Strong Families and Communities American Academy of Pediatrics American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) Child Care Aware of America Children's Defense Fund Children's Dental Health Project Children's Leadership Council Easter Seals Every Child Matters Family Spirit Family Values @ Work First Focus Campaign for Children Labor Project for Working Families Make it Work Mom - mentum MomsRising National LGBTQ Task Force Action Fund National WIC Association Nurse - Family Partnership Parents as Teachers Partnership for America's Children Prevent Child Abuse America / Healthy Families America Restaurant Opportunities Centers United Service Employees International Union (SEIU) UltraViolet Education Fund USAction 9to5, National Association of Working Women

Letters are from: (1) Dr. Adrienne Barnett, Lecturer in Law, Director of Undergraduate Admissions, Brunel Law School; (2) Pamela Brown, Esq., Director, Bi-National Project on Family Violence, Legal Services Corporation and Joan Meier, Esq., Founder and Legal Director, Domestic Violence Legal Empowerment and Appeals Project (DV LEAP); (3) Carol S. Bruch, Distinguished Professor Emerita, University of California Davis School of Law» (4) Jacquelyn Graham (Abbott), the taking (protective) parent in Abbott v. Abbott, in which the United States Supreme Court held that a ne exeat order establishes rights of custody; (5) Paula Lucas, Founder and Executive Director, Americans Overseas Domestic Violence Crisis Center; (6) Lynn Hecht Schafran, Esq., Director, National Judicial Education Program, Legal Momentum; (7) Sudha Shetty, Esq., Assistant Dean for International Partnerships, Director, Hague DV Project, Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California Berkeley and Jeffrey L. Edleson, Ph.D., Dean and Harry & Riva Specht Chair in Publicly Supported Social Services, School of Social Welfare, University of California Berkeley; and (8) Merle H. Weiner, Esq., Philip H. Knight Professor of Law, University of Oregon School of Law.