Sentences with phrase «program funded this effort»

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That effort largely focuses on reducing Energy Department spending energy subsidies and stopping the agency from issuing any more loan guarantees — the same program that funded Solyndra.

The Washington Post reports that the Afghanistan Peace and Reintegration Program, a six - year - old effort that the U.S. and other countries have funded with about $ 200 million, has been suspended while officials reexamine its goals.

Infrastructure spending could come, just as it did by the efforts of Van Rysselberge in Oklahoma City, from passing local sales taxes to fund those programs.

In general, the roth accounts are pretty great and you'll be relieved to have a decent balance in there if tax rates ever skyrocket in an effort to close the deficit or fund some sort of unnecessary govt program.

In addition to pledging a total of $ 3 million in grant funding to recovery and relief efforts to assist pets and pet owners in need, the company's PetSmart Charities philanthropic arm coordinated deliveries of several truckloads of critically needed pet food and pet supplies as part of its Buy A Bag, Give A Meal program to communities deeply impacted by the hurricanes.

The letter continued: «Our ad reminds viewers that Kim Jong - un and his army of hackers have been stealing billions of dollars of Bitcoin and other digital currencies for the past few years, funding their rogue nuclear weapons programs and thwarting efforts by the rest of the world to sanction this behavior.»

Recent revelations of funding deficiencies at FHA and spiking delinquency rates for many of the marginal borrowers in the program could spell trouble for FHA borrowers as additional efforts are undertaken to shore up FHA's finances.

«Their generous philanthropic efforts have enabled Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children to fund cutting edge pediatric research, purchase life - saving equipment and fund pediatric programs like Child Life, where we provide therapy through medical play, visual arts, dance, music and more,» continued Nantais.

With the larger economic problems the nation faces in funding the Depression - era program, Astrue has made little headway, particularly since he took office after the collapse of President Bush's efforts to reform the system, and especially now that his six - year appointment has carried him, a Republican legacy, into a Democratic administration.

Behind the scenes — making possible the very situations in which conversation about religion can happen — are massive ecclesiastical bureaucracies, hours and hours of administrative labor, vast fund - raising efforts, complex bookkeeping schemes, training programs, and patronage and other distribution agencies, all of which play their part in maintaining religious realities.

One effort to stem this problem is the Lilly Endowment's Transition into Ministry Program, coordinated through the Fund for Theological Education.

Proposals to decentralize social welfare programs and give the states the funds necessary to conduct all sorts of customized efforts to empower the poor — crafted so that each «fits» the vast array of distinct circumstances we find in impoverished America — strike me as a sensible application of the social doctrine's principle of subsidiarity.

Don Browning, director of the Religion, Culture and Family Project at the University of Chicago Divinity School, has observed that in the 1970s and»80s most mainline Protestant denominations severely cut back their funding of family ministries programs while continuing to fund government lobbying efforts.

By funding scientific research, conservation programs and community outreach efforts, its mission is to protect the waters and its vast marine wildlife, ensuring that The Bahamas will remain a haven for a myriad of one - of - a-kind, rare and endangered species for generations to come.

It also highlights efforts to help governments and companies measure food loss and waste, such as the FLW Standard announced in June, and new funding like the Danish government's subsidy program and The Rockefeller Foundation's Yieldwise, a $ 130 million investment toward practical approaches to reducing food loss and waste in Kenya, Tanzania, Nigeria, the United States and Europe.

Additional efforts to further the mission of Simply Organic are funded by an annual grant program called the Simply Organic Giving Fund that supports training and community projects for organic farmers where our spices are grown, as well as a variety of organizations and events that study, support and promote organic agriculture.

The company builds relationships with universities to fund science advancement programs, like protein engineering, in an effort to try to move them toward commercialization.

Since the U.S. Dairy Export Council's inception in 1995, dairy farmers have primarily funded our efforts through Dairy Management Inc. and the national checkoff program.

The Crawford Fund Scholar Program forms part of our efforts to encourage young Australians to engage in international research, development and education for the benefit of developing countries and Australia.

During the two month fundraiser, The Coffee Bean ® plans to raise up to $ 50,000 to fund the Adopt the Arts program furthering their efforts to adopt schools and tapping star power of prominent actors and musicians along the way.

While my efforts to persuade the Board of Selectmen, the town manager, and the Rec Department director to allocate permits in a more equitable fashion, and to use their power to make sure that the programs using town - owned facilities met minimum standards for inclusiveness and safety, fell on deaf ears (we ended up being forced to use for our home games a dusty field the high school had essentially abandoned), I returned to a discussion of the «power of the venue permit» 10 years later in my 2006 book, Home Team Advantage: The Critical Role of Mothers in Youth Sports, where I suggested that one of the best ways for youth sports parents to improve the safety of privately - run sports programs in their communities was to lobby their elected officials to utilize that power to «reform youth sports by exercising public oversight over the use of taxpayer - funded fields, diamonds, tracks, pools, and courts, [and] deny permits to programs that fail to abide by a [youth sports] charter» covering such topics as background checks, and codes of conduct for coaches, players, and parents.

I wish all of these companies who spend a fortune on research and technology — getting grants, bills, donations and funding for such — would channel all their efforts into simply getting better food and great nutrition programs to our kids.

I'm not sure a poll of federal taxpayers and parents would find the time and effort spent by these employees on the journal article — which I personally viewed purely as a form of reputational damage control — to be a worthy use of these funds when other aspects of our meal program are in clear need of improvement.

There are a variety of ways you can support our efforts to protect the nature of Massachusetts.Whether it is through gifts to the Fund for Nature, an Honorary or Memorial Gift, joining our Leadership Friends Program, supporting our camps, giving a gift of land, or becoming a member, however you choose to support Mass Audubon it will make a difference.

In addition, if the district is determined to be the owner of the lake, the district may be eligible for grant funds through the federal Conservation 2000 program, which could be used to assist in lake cleanup efforts, she added.

The fund, a joint effort of UNICEF and the WePROTECT Global Alliance Board, will implement programs with the aim of continuing to build capacity to fight child sexual exploitation online.

If you say there isn't enough money to do this, how about reallocating funds from other programs / funds / efforts that are currently doing nothing for our country.

None of this is possible without funding; funds are needed to cover start - up and implementation costs such as equipment, program promotion, outreach efforts to parents and the community, among others.

A comprehensive sensor program requires extensive effort and funding without many immediate returns.

If only we could better fund the program so it doesn't take extraordinary effort and unusual levels of dedication to ensure better meals for all kids.

Yesterday I wrote an impassioned post about efforts by House Republicans to gut the funding for several pieces of legislation that I personally value, including the new school food regulations, the new food safety law and the new voluntary guidelines for marketing junk food to children, along with funding for food assistance programs like WIC.

Now, just as she has successfully implemented national nutritional standards for all federally funded lunch programs, she could see her efforts dissolve.

The program reworks how school breakfast is delivered by offering it to all students at no charge and moving it from the cafeteria to the classroom in an effort to improve participation in the federally - funded School Breakfast Program and boost learning and program reworks how school breakfast is delivered by offering it to all students at no charge and moving it from the cafeteria to the classroom in an effort to improve participation in the federally - funded School Breakfast Program and boost learning and Program and boost learning and health.

In addition to Annual Fund fundraising, ambassadors will be encouraging other SNA members in their state to apply for available scholarships, use resources provided for Breakfast in the Classroom and other Foundation programs, join in research efforts to develop best practices, and nominate individuals for the annual School Nutrition Hero awards.

He commended the efforts but remained adamant that such a program should be funded by the state, given that it oversees all things MTA, and not the city.

As part of this year's program, $ 40,000 of the MCAP funding has been allocated for the «Fresh Taste Manhattan Initiative,» an effort to promote healthy eating and food preparation at local supermarkets.

The funding for programs that would divert at - risk youth from gang life is in addition to $ 16 million that had previously been announced for anti-gang efforts on Long Island as part of the 2018 - 19 state budget.

At 2:15 p.m., Schumer launches effort to protect funding for the Northeast Center for Occupational Health and Safety's farm safety programs, White's Farm Supply, 8207 State Route 26, Lowville.

Don't expect cuts to the federal program that funded the cleanup of the Buffalo River, sturgeon restoration in the Niagara River, beach forecasting programs on Lake Erie and Lake Ontario and other research and rehabilitation efforts in the Great Lakes, Rep. Chris Collins said.

It was announced on Wednesday that Felder secured some $ 200,000 in discretionary funds for «education access» programs for Agudath Israel, the lobbying force that helped fight state efforts to impose instructional standards on yeshivas... What secular education young boys receive typically ends at the equivalent of about seventh grade, with only minimal English and reading studied after that.

He appeared to be energetically continuing his efforts at funding his pre-K program by obtaining state approval of an income tax surcharge on high earners, despite Governor Cuomo's public rejection.

A program that works to help high - risk pregnancies, Go Buffalo Mom, has received a $ 468,000 federal grant to fund that effort.

The governor shot down Mr. de Blasio's efforts to enact an income tax to fund his pre-K program; they clashed over how to handle Ebola; the governor shut down the subway after giving the mayor just a few minutes notice.

Schneiderman's campaign today will release his second TV ad, which has a dual focus — his crime - fighting efforts, and his program to use cash from civil forfeiture funds to help purchase bulletproof vests for cops around the state.

Dubbed «The Hunger Games» for the competition - like effort that pits regions against each other for funding, the program is run through Cuomo's economic development agency.

According to Mr. Adongo, efforts by the government to spend within the annual budget has seen the slashing of funds meant for several developmental programs.

«The Council no longer has to spend most of its efforts trying to fund programs and services,» the Council's new Finance Chair Julissa Ferreras remarked.

HCR Commissioner RuthAnne Visnauskas said, «We are proud to combine our expertise and resources via low income housing tax credits, Housing Trust Fund and HOME program, as part of a coordinated effort with our State and private sector partners to make Walnut Avenue Homes possible.

The wide - ranging discussion covers the funding for Planned Parenthood, poverty in Syracuse, Katko's effort to be moderate and bi-partisan, his campaign support from the Republican Party's Patriot Program, and the Republican presidential field.

Democrat Kevin Kim has raised more than three times the amount of money than Republican Dan Halloran in the race to replace City Councilman Tony Avella (D - Bayside), but Halloran's participation in the city's matching funds program has multiplied his fund - raising efforts by six times since September's Democratic primary, according to city campaign finance records.