Sentences with phrase «national support network»

Our national support network is free to join and keeps kinship carers connected, both with us and each other.

Imagine the transformative effect that a national support network can give to both established and budding local advocacy groups all across the country.

Mike Ewall is the founder and director of Energy Justice Network, a national support network for grassroots community groups fighting dirty energy and waste industry facilities such as coal power plants, ethanol plants, natural gas facilities, landfills and incinerators of every sort.

There are some wonderful resources available to help you through this difficult time, such as Sidelines National Support Network, or your local multiples club.

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Property developers are unhappy with how the National Broadband Network is being rolled out in Western Australia, complaining they are not receiving enough guidance and support from NBN Co..

Despite the fact that the company launched in the midst of a national economic crisis, it has since reeled in more than $ 45 million in funding from investors such as New York City - based General Atlantic as well as Endeavor Catalyst, an investing branch of the eponymous, global entrepreneurship support network.

Plus, being part of a national franchise offers the opportunity to tap into a large consulting network of knowledgeable business owners and corporate support staff.

Burnside, of Fairview, has plenty of support with both her local staff and a national network.

After this (and with the installation of the Workers» Party in power in Brazil), support from beyond Fortaleza, notably from the National Secretary of the Solidarity Economy in the Ministry of Labour, made possible a network of community banks in Brazil on the Banco Palmas model.

CMIT Solutions is a national network of locally owned IT franchises that serves a specific and growing market with demonstrated demand: small businesses that employ between five and 99 people, businesses big enough to need outsourced IT support but generally not big enough to have internal IT departments.

invest $ 200 million year innovation agenda significantly expand support incubators accelerators, emerging national network business innovation cluster support;

Mazin Sidahmed, co-founding editor and senior reporter at Documented, a Civil - network site covering immigration and national security issues in New York City, says Civil has provided extensive support, including a financial grant, as well as as the technology on which to build the site and assistance with design.

The company received the award for demonstrating sustained support for the local communities through its network of over 600 brokerage offices and for philanthropic innovation on a national scale.

As the national industry association for Angel investors, NACO is able to leverage the knowledge, experience and networks of its membership to support Canadian early - stage investors.

There are national networks of churches supporting adoptions.

If we measure left and right by support for or opposition to abortion and Bill Clinton, which is a reasonable measure in this case, twelve of the groups represented are very far left indeed — including Catholics for a Free Choice, Human Rights Campaign (a leading gay rights organization), People for the American Way, AIDS National Interfaith Network, and Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice.

By way of contrast, the Rev. Norman Dewire, the chief program coordinating executive for the United Methodist Church, pointed out that «the national United Methodist Church runs on five cents of each $ 1, supports 750 missionaries, 900 short - term missionaries, curriculum and worship materials, the largest network of private colleges in the United States, one hundred retirement homes, and the recruitment and training of ministers plus all communication materials.

Also encouraging is last summer's inauguration by the Division of Church and Society of the National Council of Churches of a national networking and support project for those hurt by plant closings and economic disloNational Council of Churches of a national networking and support project for those hurt by plant closings and economic dislonational networking and support project for those hurt by plant closings and economic dislocations.

Nick Rose, Secretary and National Coordinator for AFSA, is currently establishing a new body in Australia called Sustain: The Australian Food Network, which aims to do similar work to support and connect local government authorities and other food systems stakeholders across the country.

In addition, the partnership with Feeding America not only invests in the food bank network, but also allows Starbucks the opportunity to lend support to advocacy efforts around hunger relief programs at the national and local levels.

The Knowledge Centre, a network made up of experts in and outside the Commission, will support EU policymakers and national authorities by providing access -LSB-...]

Felice N Jacka has received Grant / Research support from the Brain and Behaviour Research Institute, the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), Australian Rotary Health, the Geelong Medical Research Foundation, the Ian Potter Foundation, Eli Lilly, Meat and Livestock Australia, Woolworths Limited, and The University of Melbourne and has received speakers honoraria from Sanofi - Synthelabo, Janssen Cilag, Servier, Pfizer, Health Ed, Network Nutrition, Angelini Farmaceutica, Metagenics and Eli Lilly.

A good example of this is through our sponsorship of the Getting to Zero Summit, to support desexing and responsible pet ownership along with the National Desexing Network and the Animal Welfare League of Queensland.

Throughout the years, the ACF has provided me with great networking opportunities and resources in the culinary industry, not to mention the support they have personally give me while competing for the Global Chef title when I was on the National Culinary Olympic team.

The annual National Pancake Day fundraiser invites guests to enjoy a free short stack of IHOP's famous buttermilk pancakes from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. with the hope that they consider making a voluntary contribution to support the Children's Miracle Network Hospital in their area.

This event does not replace the two National Network Meetings each year for practitioners involved in working with domestic violence / abuse, either with programmes for «perpetrators» or with support services for victims.

The National Parents Network offers help and support for parents who have lost their children to adoption.

Post your support for National Diaper Bank Network on social media platforms using the hashtag #DiaperNeed.

The first is that there should be financial support for the National Infant Feeding Network, which I understand had its funding cut in 2014.

The Lunch Box is proud to support Root 4 Kids, a program created by Annie's in partnership with the National Farm to School Network that asks parents and schools to help one million kids dig and plant veggies through harvest 2011.

Breastfeeding Promotion Network of India (BPNI) was founded on 3rd December, 1991 atWardha, Maharashtra.BPNI is a registered, independent, nonprofit, national organization; working towards protecting, promoting and supporting breastfeeding and appropriate complementary feeding of infants & young children.BPNI acts on the targets of Innocenti Declarations, Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes, and the Global Strategy for Infant and Young Child Feeding (WHO 2002).

As the founding sponsor of the National Diaper Bank Network since 2011, Huggies through its No Baby Unhugged program has provided ongoing support for the organization and has donated more than 200 million diapers and baby wipes, including critical donations during times of crisis, to those in diaper need.

The Diaper Bank supports the efforts of the National Diaper Bank Network (NDBN) by increasing awareness within our state and community; by informing elected officials; by obtaining Diaper Need Awareness Week proclamations for an annually determined week in the month of September; by hosting diaper drives; and by promoting opportunities for supporters and advocates to talk and help raise diapers, and dollars in support of diaper need.

* Day 1 Monday, February 22, 2016 4:00 PM -5:00 PM Registration & Networking 5:00 PM — 6:00 PM Welcome Reception & Opening Remarks Kevin de Leon, President pro Tem, California State Senate Debra McMannis, Director of Early Education & Support Division, California Department of Education (invited) Karen Stapf Walters, Executive Director, California State Board of Education (invited) 6:00 PM — 7:00 PM Keynote Address & Dinner Dr. Patricia K. Kuhl, Co-Director, Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences * Day 2 Tuesday February 23, 2016 8:00 AM — 9:00 AM Registration, Continental Breakfast, & Networking 9:00 AM — 9:15 AM Opening Remarks John Kim, Executive Director, Advancement Project Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California Tom Torlakson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, California Department of Education 9:15 AM — 10:00 AM Morning Keynote David B. Grusky, Executive Director, Stanford's Center on Poverty & Inequality 10:00 AM — 11:00 AM Educating California's Young Children: The Recent Developments in Transitional Kindergarten & Expanded Transitional Kindergarten (Panel Discussion) Deborah Kong, Executive Director, Early Edge California Heather Quick, Principal Research Scientist, American Institutes for Research Dean Tagawa, Administrator for Early Education, Los Angeles Unified School District Moderator: Erin Gabel, Deputy Director, First 5 California (Invited) 11:00 AM — 12:00 PM «Political Will & Prioritizing ECE» (Panel Discussion) Eric Heins, President, California Teachers Association Senator Hannah - Beth Jackson, Chair of the Women's Legislative Committee, California State Senate David Kirp, James D. Marver Professor of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley Assemblyman Kevin McCarty, Chairman of Subcommittee No. 2 of Education Finance, California State Assembly Moderator: Kim Pattillo Brownson, Managing Director, Policy & Advocacy, Advancement Project 12:00 PM — 12:45 PM Lunch 12:45 PM — 1:45 PM Lunch Keynote - «How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character» Paul Tough, New York Times Magazine Writer, Author 1:45 PM — 1:55 PM Break 2:00 PM — 3:05 PM Elevating ECE Through Meaningful Community Partnerships (Panel Discussion) Sandra Guiterrez, National Director, Abriendo Purtas / Opening Doors Mary Ignatius, Statewide Organize of Parent Voices, California Child Care Resource & Referral Network Jacquelyn McCroskey, John Mile Professor of Child Welfare, University of Southern California School of Social Work Jolene Smith, Chief Executive Officer, First 5 Santa Clara County Moderator: Rafael González, Director of Best Start, First 5 LA 3:05 PM — 3:20 PM Closing Remarks Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California * Agenda Subject to Change

From short term voting gigs with national brands to attending local events to working as a founding member of a new blogging network, I wouldn't be where I am today if it hadn't been for the support and networking power of my local blogging friends.

Thanks to a grant from the Department of Health, we are setting up a neonatal branch of the National Infant Feeding Network (NeoNIFN), specifically to support neonatal units to improve practice and standards of care for sick and preterm babies and their families.

It is a national network of organisations and individuals dedicated to promote mother and child health through protection, promotion, and support of breastfeeding.

An alternative would be to abandon federal support, privatize the endowments and corporation, and then seek support on a state by state level as a bunch of state organizations that are part of a national network.

♦ Ideas for making the UK's road network ready to support connected and autonomous vehicles are sought as part of a competition launched by the National Infrastructure Commission.

The ScrapTheCode folks aren't alone, but their comrades the teabaggers are running a more involved online endeavor: to support the national Tax Day Tea Party, a couple of different organizing sites are using video, social networking outreach, Twitter, a planning wiki, and email (unfortunately, someone's also turned to robocalls).

Find out more about the energy challenge and how National Grid is helping find solutions to some of the challenges we face at www.nationalgridconnecting.com The National Grid Energy Efficiency Innovation Award scheme was launched across National Grid's four gas distribution networks and provided a # 400k fund to support major innovations to tackle fuel poverty and deliver energy efficiency solutions in communities, with five agencies in total receiving awards.

The 19 - year - old twins are the co-founders, along with 62 - year - old Kentucky volunteer Bill Goins, of Hucksarmy.com, an until - recently under - the - radar national grassroots effort that is growing into a powerful component of Huckabee's support network.

Business News of Friday, 11 May 2018 Source: PHD Media PHD GH CEO, Bright Ladzekpo (right) and Jean Quarcoopome PHD Ghana, an affiliate of Omnicom Media Group's PHD Worldwide network of media agencies, is taking its longstanding partnership with Ashesi University a step further its focus on Ashesi's student talent pool through its support for the University's career fairs, student mentorship, summer internship programmes, national service placements and full time employment opportunities for its graduates.

10:00 AM New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer, the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce and US Business Leadership Network, will host a roundtable discussion on how the City can better support emerging small businesses.

Fresh from observing Liberia's general elections held on 10th October, Head of the ECOWAS Network of Electoral Commissions (ECONEC) and Chair, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of Nigeria, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, in company with INEC and ECONEC officials earlier today met with the United Nations Development Programme's (UNDP) Coordinator and Resident Representative in Cote d'Ivoire, Mr Babacar Cisse to advocate for support for the Commission Electorale Independante of Cote'd» Ivoire (CEI).

Cuomo lavished praise on Benjamin's support for the Rikers Island closure plan, echoing comments made Wednesday night at an event for the National Action Network.

The DN also dinged Schneiderman for the Rev. Al Sharpton / National Action Network «annex» remark and for jettisoning his long - held progressive policy positions to endorse Andrew Cuomo's «New New York Agenda» in order to land the gubernatorial frontrunner's support.

4:00 PM — Public Advocate Letitia James and Comptroller Scott Stringer delivers remarks at the National Action Network Press Conference in Support of Malcolm Xavier.

City Council Speaker Corey Johnson told Al Sharpton's National Action Network Saturday that he supports «full legalization» of marijuana and «in the meantime,» sending pot smokers along with a summons...

Cuomo isn't in any way totally cut off from normal Democratic areas of strength, finding support at a rally celebrating a successful unionization effort by nurses at the Albany Medical Center, and using his appearance at Al Sharpton's National Action Network convention to announce the plan to restore voting rights for parolees.