Sentences with phrase «for rural families»

She is currently testing a RCT of the Computer - Based HIV Prevention Program for Rural Africans, Pathways to African American's Success (PAAS, 5R01 - MH 63043) to determine the efficacy and viability of a technology - driven, interactive family - based preventive intervention as a delivery modality for rural families.
We've already seen a great video about how solar can be a life - saver for rural families.
The program provides a path to homeownership for rural families that truly have no other way to make affordable homeownership a reality.
Today, 28 states and the District of Columbia (D.C.) operate 54 private - school - choice programs, which include not only government - issued vouchers but also tax - credit scholarships, education savings accounts (ESAs), and town - tuitioning programs for rural families.
For rural families where the next - closest junior high is 30 or 40 miles away, choice doesn't make a lot of sense.

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The festival in turn funds the Red Ants Pants Foundation, which gives grants to develop leadership roles for women and to support rural communities and working family farms and ranches.
Separate LICOs are established for different sized family units and for rural and different sized urban areas.
Low - and moderate - income families who live in rural areas can apply for a USDA - guaranteed home loan as long as they meet income and credit history requirements.
Passage of this bill will be a big win for Main Street in rural America and the small financial institutions that help our families, farmers, and small businesses thrive.»
Family farms, restaurants, other food businesses and the rural economy will suffer under federal tax proposals for small businesses,
On the spending side of the ledger, the priorities have been agriculture support (after two weak monsoons), rural development spending, infrastructure investments and a massive structural shift to direct benefit transfers deposited in the bank accounts of beneficiaries — made possible by the extraordinary biometric identity card program (Aadhaar) covering 950 million people, and the impressive financial inclusion initiative which has opened over 200 million new bank accounts for impoverished families.
«On behalf of the New Democrat caucus, and as the spokesperson for rural and northern health, I celebrate the deal recently made and promise that New Democrats will continue to advocate for smart investments in health services that benefit women and their families
«Tested, and ready today, to earn back the confidence of families, of millennials, and moms and dads, of urban and rural Canadians, and of small business leaders, and seniors, who want government to be an empowering force for good,» he said.
Ministers cast about for responses to displaced farm families, to the deepening misery of the rural and urban poor, to the epidemic use of drugs in every strata of society, to half a million homeless children; they seek techniques for church growth, approaches to spiritual nurture and meaningful worship.
His family secretly sheltered Gersten in rural Poland for two years during World War II.
So they might be in Port - au - Prince, and then they might have family in a rural community so they go out there for a little bit, and then they try to come back.
I recall some twenty - three years ago when, as a young seminarian serving a congregation of tenant farm families in rural Virginia, one of my duties was to teach a class for high school students each Sunday morning.
Mother Mary McKillop founded schools for settler families in 19th century Australia and New Zealand... it wasn't just the heat and hardships in rural New South Wales, it was problems with the Bishop, muddles over funding, complications about the status of her Order...
The company's commitment to quality traces back to her family's restaurant at the Tabard Inn, one of the oldest hotels in Washington, D.C.. For years, the Cohen family has operated a farm in rural Virginia where it grew fresh produce for the restauraFor years, the Cohen family has operated a farm in rural Virginia where it grew fresh produce for the restaurafor the restaurant.
A major cotton grower from Narrabri in north - west NSW has paid more than $ 9 million to acquire Blackwood Park, a historic rural holding near Deniliquin, from the Landale family which has owned it for over 150 years.
«This year's World Food Day theme is about family farming, and their significant role in achieving food security, sustainable livelihoods and rural development,» said Cris Panerio, regional coordinator for MASIPAG - Luzon.
Bringing together all the key players in Canada's organic industry to ensure excellent standards and regulations that stimulate the growth of Canada's organic sector, which is good for the environment, the consumer, family farms and rural communities.
Most organic farms are family owned and rely on more rural labour for managing pests, diseases and weeds.
The genesis of Beloved was the passion for sustainable rural communities of a member of the Omani Royal family, and the cradle of the brand grew in Nizwa — the ancient capital of Oman and an important crossroad on the fabled spice route.
The Gaskin family have sold Strathvean an 888 hectare rural holding in the NSW Riverina for about $ 4million
«What I've tried to do is create a sustainable organic farming model that is good for the earth, the soil, the animals, and the people working on these farms, and helps revitalize rural communities,» said Albert Straus, CEO and founder of Straus Family Creamery.
Some have been with Winesong for years, while others are new to the family, but all contribute to helping to raise essential funds for our rural Hospital.
It seems a rural escape by a lake or river is the quintessential city slicker's dream, but a cottage vacation every summer is simply not doable for most families.
It is far more than you will find in other seats, making it perfect for families that live in rural areas that might not get as much support on their roads.
The legislation focuses investments in programs that support U.S. agriculture, boost rural communities, maintain food and drug safety, and provide nutrition for children, families, and seniors.
Nurse - midwives also work for rural outreach centers, health maintenance organizations, health departments, birthing centers, the military, family planning centers, Indian reservations and public health services.
«The desire for a low - intervention birth in a familiar environment surrounded by family and friends, lack of transportation in rural areas, and cost factors could all factor in.»
Pebble toys are our small contribution to supporting families in rural Bangladesh, to removing the need for economic migration to the cities and to providing women with flexible working opportunities which are close to their homes.
«While Nate McMurray was busy at his Grand Island Town Hall Campaign Headquarters currying favor with the Democrat establishment and figuring out how to sell the Cuomo / Pelosi agenda to NY - 27 voters, Chris Collins was spending his time delivering historic tax cuts for working families in his district, expanding access to broadband in rural communities, defending our Lake Ontario Shoreline and protecting our Second Amendment rights,» Piligra said.
As a volunteer for the Rural Outreach Center («ROC»), Susan is a part of the SWAT team and works with ROC social workers who make initial connections with families in need of assistance and then train volunteers, like Susan, to provide follow up.
Teachout is a Catherine wheel of ideas — in the course of the day we talked about anti-trust, fracking, the desperate need for broadband in rural communities, the way Big Ag gobbles up subsidies meant for family farmers, and the «chickenization» of production that puts all the economic risk and environmental damage on farmers as firms like Tyson keep squeezing the market.
«The Mobile and Manufactured Home Replacement Program helps to address a critical shortfall in the availability of safe, affordable housing for low - income families in rural areas of New York State,» said Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz, Chair of the Assembly's Housing Committee.
As the hon. Member for Somerton and Frome said, fuel poverty occurs across the country, in urban areas as well as rural, and affects the young, the old, single people and families.
Senate Housing Committee Chairperson Senator Betty Little said: «The Mobile and Manufactured Home Replacement Program will help address a shortfall in the availability of safe, affordable housing for low - income families in the North Country and other rural areas of New York State.
Deborah Rassi and her family from Staten Island, N.Y., have been in the small, rural town of New Milford, Conn., for three days.
Pre-Campaign Community Service / Activism: Worked extensively with Family of Woodstock, Rip Van Winkle Council of Boy Scouts of America, establishing Ulster County Habitat for Humanity, Ralph Darmstadt Homeless Shelter, Ulster County Board of Health and Ulster County Human Rights Commission, Caring Hands Soup Kitchen Board Member, Midtown Rising Board Member, Teacher at Woodbourne Prison, part of Rising Hope Program Platform At a Glance Economy: Supports farming subsidies, job creation through infrastructure investments in rural broadband and sustainable technology, in favor of strong unions Healthcare: Medicare for All Women's Rights: Pro-choice, supports fully funding Planned Parenthood, birth control to be paid for employer, supports equal pay for equal work Racial Justice: Will work to prevent discrimination of all kind Immigration: Supports comprehensive immigration reform that includes path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants Foreign Policy: Supports increased pressure on North Korea but not military intervention Environment: Supports measures to stall climate change and create green jobs LGBTQ: Supports anti-discrimination of all people Gun Control: Will not take NRA money, supports common sense gun control and against Faso's vote to allow the mentally disabled to obtain firearms
There will be a time for campaigning, but right now my only concerns are helping our rural and small city schools, providing tax relief for middle - class families and businesses, and helping our small businesses to grow and create jobs.»
Metzger said that she understands firsthand the challenges faced by families in rural communities, and that she is done waiting around for state senators to do their jobs.
«There isn't a lot of granular information on poverty and slums in the cities we're working in,» says Brian English, country director of slum upgrading, urbanization and climate change initiatives in India for CHF, which was founded in 1952 as the Foundation for Cooperative Housing to provide affordable homes for low - income families in rural and urban America.
You see, at the end of last year, while vacationing with my family at an undisclosed rural location, I found myself reclining by a fireplace with a book titled Electronics for Dummies by Gordon McComb and Earl Boysen.
There are already other ob — gyn residency programs in rural areas, Hartenbach says, and there are rural tracks in family medicine for doctors in other specialties.
Prior to that time, trash was dumped in unstructured landfills — Jambeck has vivid memories of growing up in rural Minnesota, dropping her family's garbage off at a small dump and watching bears wander through furniture, tires and debris as they looked for food.
So my question is, after decades of rural out migration and farm consolidation, what can we do, what can you do, to provide opportunities and invest in a new generation of family farms for the country?»
Many of the people returned to Port - au - Prince because they felt as if there was no life for them in the impoverished rural regions of Haiti, and they no longer wanted to be a burden on their already poor family members, he says.
Hmmm... although almost all of those choices look yummy to me (I'm as much of a cheese freak as Wallace and Gromit, but I'll pass on the lamb chops I think), if I were to serve most of the dishes to my rural midwestern family for a special occasion, I think they would all starve.
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