Sentences with phrase «housing justice program»

A list of lawyers or paralegals affiliated with the Housing Justice Program will be provided to you at your request.

The Housing Justice Program is a program unique to the Ottawa ACORN office.

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Responding to those calls, House lawmakers proposed $ 2.3 billion in March toward funding mental health, additional training, and school safety programs at the Departments of Justice, Education and Health and Human Services.

The Farmhouse will house MAP's Growing Green program which employs 45 - 50 youth annually and trains them in urban agriculture and food justice issues.

The DCJTC will be an efficient, modern facility that provides the necessary space to expand the County's innovative restorative justice programs to better transition inmates back into the community and decrease future recidivism as well as provide the housing space required by the New York State Commission on Corrections.

«In the Senate, I want to fight for public safety and criminal justice reform, education programs, affordable housing, increased access to mental health care, economic development and opportunities, and social service reforms, especially as they affect middle class families and the working poor,» he said in a statement.

The sheriff's office last November requested a one - time $ 521,000 payment for the program, but on Wednesday when criminal justice budget talks started both the House and the Senate agreed on giving the department $ 200,000.

In another important spending bill that funds science programs that Senate appropriators have not yet taken up, the House Appropriations Committee approved July 13 the fiscal 2018 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies measure that would give NASA a $ 219 million boost above 2017 enacted levels.

• U.S. Department of Education's leadership and structure — trim programs and staffing; eliminate the Office of Civil Rights and transfer its functions to the Justice Department; restore the bully pulpit and reduce the use of regulation as the Secretary's principal lever for affecting state and local policy; and create collaborative relationship with relevant House and Senate leadership.

A variety of targeted programs housed at the Departments of Justice, Housing and Urban Development, and Agriculture can also be tapped for this purpose.

Spending on education programs at the National Science Foundation would increase by $ 72 million in fiscal 2008 under a bill approved June 11 by the Commerce, Justice, and Science Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee.

► Improved educational programs, opportunities, and outcomes for students from low - income families, students of color, students with disabilities, English Language Learners, students living in temporary housing, LGBTQ students, and students involved in the child welfare or the juvenile or criminal justice systems.

The administration would leverage Department of Justice assistance programs to carry out the training, according to the White House.

«After 18 bargaining sessions since July, LAUSD has yet to present legitimate counterproposals on key elements of our Schools LA Students Deserve campaign,» the union said in a statement, listing class sizes, due process for housed teachers, support for restorative justice programs and elimination of teacher evaluations among the issues on which progress has been elusive.

What is important is that the White House task force is using this data to drive the creation of short and long - term programs to address these issues, such as high quality early childhood education, cradle - to - college strategies, and reform of the juvenile and criminal justice systems.

The Department of Justice has «hijacked» the Federal Housing Administration home loan program in efforts to punish lenders that don't make perfect loans, Quicken Loans chief executive Bill Emerson said at a forum this week.

Director Anne Pasternak said, «Sackler is a trailblazer who has had a singular impact on the museum since joining its board in 2000 — from creating the internationally renowned Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, which houses Judy Chicago's The Dinner Party, 1974 — 1979, to initiating the Sackler Center First Awards, and creating public programs devoted to social justice.»

Los Angeles, California Gay & Lesbian Elder Housing (GLEH) Joshua Tree Highlands Artist Residency (JTHAR) City At Peace, Los Angeles Healthcare and Elder Law Programs (H.E.L.P) Jeff Griffith Center, Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Center Justice by Uniting in Creative Energy (J.U.i.C.E) The Trevor Project

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Anne Levesque, director of the French LPP says the program drew many social justice placements including legal aid and some in - house positions with unions.

• 2015 Civil Legal Needs Study Update • Northwest Justice Project • Washington Law Help • King County Bar Association • Snohomish County Legal Aid • Pierce County Legal Aid • Legal Voice • Northwest Immigrant Rights Project (NWIRP) • Seattle Community Law Center (Federal Benefits) • Unemployment Law Project • Team Child • Solid Ground Family Assistance Program • Housing Justice Project • Council on American - Islamic Relations (CAIR)

«Our participation in University House's advocacy scheme aligns well with the focus of White & Case's global pro bono program on access to justice,» said London Social Responsibility Manager Sophie Orr.

Massachusetts Wrongful Conviction Day October 2, 11:00 - 2:00 State House, The Great Hall, Boston Please join the Committee for Public Counsel Services, the CPCS Innocence Program, the New England Innocence Project, the Harvard Criminal Justice Policy Program, and the Boston College Innocence Program to find out why Wrongful Convictions happen, how they can be prevented, and how to better assist exonerees.

It builds upon the efforts of the Legal Aid Interagency Roundtable and the US Department of Justice Office for Access to Justice to demonstrate to federal agencies how civil legal aid can help meet program goals and improve delivery of services in areas such as health care, housing, and veterans» affairs.

The Housing Justice Project, which started in November, was developed by the Skagit Volunteer Lawyer Program, a partnership of the Skagit County Bar Association and Community Action of Skagit County.

Proceeds from the luncheon will help fund YWCA programs and services that improve lives of women and children in the Greater Hartford region, including child care, supportive and transitional housing, teen leadership development, racial justice awareness, economic empowerment, and financial literacy.

The organizations providing information, in addition to Refugee Connections Spokane were: Spokane County Bar Association Volunteer Lawyers Program, Catholic Charities, Northwest Justice Project, TeamChild, Northwest Fair Housing, Washington State Minority and Justice Commission, Washington State Interpreter Commission, Spokane Police Department, and the Washington Defenders Association.

Three new video interviews were posted to the NYS Court's Access to Justice Program's YouTube channel: Judge Lorraine Miller, the original proponent and author of the Housing Part Act; Judge Harriet George, former Housing Court Judge; and David Rozenholc, a former Legal Services attorney.

Five new interviews conducted in coordination with the 40th Anniversary of NYC Housing Court in 2013 have been posted on the NYS Courts Access to Justice Program's YouTube channel.

A new video celebrating the 40th anniversary of Housing Court is posted on the NYS Courts Access to Justice Program's YouTube channel.

Advocating for inclusion of civil legal aid in federal grant programs that target low - income people, building upon the efforts of the White House Legal Aid Interagency Roundtable and U.S. Department of Justice Office for Access to Justice, and growing the capacity for civil legal services programs to apply for and manage these programs

From 1978 to 2000, Mr. Bratt served with the US Department of Justice in a series of high - profile programs that involved the White House, other cabinet agencies and members of Congress.

WASHINGTON, D.C., MARCH 8, 2018 — Equal Justice Works, the nation's leading nonprofit organization committed to mobilizing the next generation of public interest attorneys, today announced the launch of the Georgia Housing Corps (GHC), a new Fellowship program addressing barriers to housing stability in rural and urban communities in GHousing Corps (GHC), a new Fellowship program addressing barriers to housing stability in rural and urban communities in Ghousing stability in rural and urban communities in Georgia.

In my Social Justice Report I draw attention to 19 examples of successful programs which use a range of approaches to address this issue: community education; healing; alcohol management; men's groups; family support and child protection; safe houses; and programs for offenders.

While the program in Western Australia mentions housing and jobs, it fails to address the broader foundation of these principles of social justice.

Territory, state and federal governments and ATSIC, with respect to their mainstream and Indigenous specific education, health, employment, housing, law and justice programs and services:

The program has seven components: an emergency shelter, non-residential program, a transitional housing program, permanent housing program, 24 - hour crisis line, a public education program and two Family Justice Centers.

The Obama administration established the federal Responsible Fatherhood Working Group to coordinate federal efforts to support responsible fatherhood programs and father engagement.15 Led by the Office of Faith - based and Neighborhood Partnerships, the Office of Public Engagement, and the Domestic Policy Council, the group consists of members from the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Education, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, Justices, Labor, and Veterans Affairs, as well as the Corporation for National and Community Service and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

They are a halfway house offering an outpatient rehab program with particular focus on women, DUI / DWI offenders and criminal justice clients at their treatment facilities.

The Ali - Curung and Lajamanu law and justice committees are involved in diversionary programs, pre-court conferencing, victim offender conferencing, community service orders, and the operation of night patrols and safe houses.

«This ruling recognizes the stark reality that housing discrimination, regardless of intent, persists for many Americans,» Dennis Parker, director of the American Civil Liberties Union's Racial Justice Program, said in a statement reacting to the decision, «This decision retains the essential protections of the Fair Housing Act, meaning the law will continue to serve as an important tool in rooting out pernicious forms of racial segregation and discrimination.housing discrimination, regardless of intent, persists for many Americans,» Dennis Parker, director of the American Civil Liberties Union's Racial Justice Program, said in a statement reacting to the decision, «This decision retains the essential protections of the Fair Housing Act, meaning the law will continue to serve as an important tool in rooting out pernicious forms of racial segregation and discrimination.Housing Act, meaning the law will continue to serve as an important tool in rooting out pernicious forms of racial segregation and discrimination.»