Sentences with phrase «address access barriers»

In addition, the lawmakers said they want GAO to determine if school districts have plans in place to address access barriers and identify steps that the federal government can take to ensure full ADA compliance at schools.

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Published early online in CANCER, a peer - reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the findings may help policy makers address barriers to access to care and improve the use of recommended cancer screening services.

Experts also suggested addressing other barriers that impede vaccine uptake, such as ease of access and cost.

It also indicates the importance of assisting smokers with mental illness in overcoming barriers to accessing mental health care (e.g., insuring the uninsured, increasing the supply of mental health care professionals, improving linkages between primary care and mental health care) as a means to address smoking - related harm,» the authors write.

The ACO will map services to Medicaid patients» physical location and medical needs, while addressing psychosocial barriers that often limit access to high - quality care.

She is involved with and an advocate for community partnerships aimed at overcoming the barriers of access to mental health services as a means of addressing social justice issues that are prominent in our society.

This gave way to a discussion about the factors that limit educational opportunities of African American, Latino, and immigrant students, as well as the great need to find ways to address barriers to access.

Vouchers that are targeted to disadvantaged students could theoretically help address the affordability barrier, but, in general, when governments target attractive financial benefits to one part of the population, politically powerful groups will exert pressure to loosen eligibility requirements to gain their own access.

Currently, our system does not guarantee access to student supports that are critical to many students» academic success — including support staff like counselors, school social workers or nurses, targeted strategies to improve school climate and address non-academic barriers to learning, and programming like additional tutoring.

Some of her projects have included: «Improving Access to College Information and Financial Aid,» a study on the effects of simplifying the financial aid application process; «Understanding Barriers and Examining Interventions,» a series of research studies focused on college enrollment and completion for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; and «Addressing the Problem of Insufficient High School Preparation,» which focuses on state efforts to regulate college remedial programs and reforms that attempt to reduce the need for remediation.

Denied At the Door: Language Barriers Block Immigrant Parents from School Involvement This report addresses the lack of meaningful access afforded to parents with limited English proficiency to their children's schools and the school system due to language differences.

«Communities interested in addressing the barriers present in their community that are stopping residents from accessing education beyond high school can use Charting the Course to build and embed a collaborative process for improving college attainment rates,» said Brandy Johnson, Michigan College Access Network Executive Director.

According to a press release issued at the time, «The reorganization addresses Governor Dannel P. Malloy's six principles on education reform, including: (1) Enhancing families» access to high - quality early childhood; (2) Turning around Connecticut's lowest - performing schools and districts; (3) Expanding the availability of high - quality school models; (4) Removing red tape and other barriers to success; (5) Ensuring that our schools are home to the very best teachers and principals; and (6) Delivering more resources, targeted to districts with the greatest need - provided that they embrace key reforms that position our students for success.»

Our end - of - year tests include accessibility resources that address visual, auditory and physical access barriers.

As a result, our end - of - year test includes accessibility resources that address visual, auditory, and physical access barriers — allowing virtually all students to show what they know and can do without compromising the assessment construct.

For example, connect with community partners if the barrier is clothing, transportation, housing, access to health or mental health treatment; provide training to teachers and staff to address instructional barriers; review budgets to remedy shortages of staff and / or lack of materials and supplies needed to deliver effective classroom instruction or school - wide accommodations; and engage culturally - competent staff to break down communication barriers between schools and families.

The program proactively addresses situations that don't benefit from a punitive approach and instead involve owners who face barriers to providing care to their animals due to either a lack of financial resources, access to services or other circumstances, such as domestic violence, medical or mental health challenges.

The one weakness that I found in For The King was that its color palette may pose barriers for certain color blind players, but given that the game is still in early access on Steam, there is still time for IronOak Games to address this issue.

The Archives Research Travel Fund supports continued scholarly and investigative use of these materials by supporting individuals that demonstrate a compelling need to use the archives and addressing financial barriers that may prohibit onsite access to the Archives.

Implicit in Hu's work is the lack of resources and quality reproductions of the Western contemporary art that have so inspired and impacted his own work, yet which he had never actually seen or entirely comprehended — a «lost in translation» effect that goes beyond simple language barriers to subtly address the general lack of translated materials and his limited access to other art resources, both online and off.

Green banks focus their work on mature, commercially - viable clean energy technologies — like solar — rather than early - stage technologies in the R&D phase, focusing on addressing the market barriers that limit their access to capital.

Some lawyers say changing the name of the Law Society of Upper Canada is just a distraction from the real work that needs to be done in order to address barriers to access to justice.

So, if you want to discuss access to education and the flow of knowledge, that's fine, but realize that you're going to have to throw down the cards in the process and address the structural and institutional barriers that already exist.

The LCO's Framework for the Law as It Affects Persons with Disabilities, created in conjunction with the LCO Report on Disabilities, is specifically intended to assist those that create, review and implement laws, policies and initiatives in addressing barriers to access to justice experienced by persons with disabilities.

Students attend a weekly seminar addressing various aspects of community based legal practice during which they are encouraged to critically reflect on the role of lawyers and the justice system, and the barriers that many women face while trying to access justice in BC.

Starting January 1, 2016, provincially regulated organizations with 50 or more employees in Ontario must work to comply with the design for public spaces standards under the built - environment to address barriers impeding access to outdoor public spaces by persons with disabilities, but not those barriers inside buildings.

As is the case with other marginalized groups discussed under ACLRC's ACCESS TO JUSTICE TAB, initiatives to address the barriers to accessing justice faced by these New Canadians must consider and address their marginalized status and unique legal needs.

The aim of the NWT Access to Justice Committee («Committee») is to identify the barriers that impede access and to recommend firm responses to addressAccess to Justice Committee («Committee») is to identify the barriers that impede access and to recommend firm responses to addressaccess and to recommend firm responses to address them.

NJP will also accept cases involving other issues, such as transportation, discrimination in public accommodations, general barriers to accessing courts and other means of resolving disputes or matters that otherwise address systemic problems experienced by low income individuals or communities.

Amendments to the Integrated Accessibility Standards Regulation (Ontario Regulation 191/11) to address barriers impeding access to outdoor public spaces by persons with disabilities also include proposed minor technical amendments under the Integrated Accessibility Standards Regulation.

As Canada's population of newcomers continues to increase (including immigrants, temporary foreign workers, and even undocumented workers), language barriers must be addressed in order to ensure access to justice.

In another barrier - smashing exercise, in order to address access to justice issues, the proposed merger of the Society of Notaries Public of British with the Law Society of British Columbia will occur and the joint entity will create new niche providers of discrete legal services with qualifying examinations and designations.

This program aims to address barriers to access and improve satisfaction with care, quality of care, patient function, reduce caregiver burden and lower costs through a coordinated telemedicine program, including a Parkinson's Disease specialist / neurologist, a nurse specializing in Parkinson's Disease and an experienced telemedicine coordinator.

The potential availability of behind - the - counter levonorgestrel on a nation - wide basis25 is promising, if reimbursement issues are carefully considered and proactively addressed so that cost barriers do not inadvertently reduce EC access for those who can not afford to pay the full costs.

These bills seek to address barriers to higher education access and success by streamlining access to existing financial aid, enhancing assistance and support for retention and completion, and improving collaboration, outreach, and data collecting.

recognition of the critical importance of effective access to mainstream programs and services, and clear actions to identify and address barriers to access;

If Indigenous homelessness is to be addressed effectively, it must be understood in an historical and cultural context that takes account of past injustices... Without taking this historical perspective into account, and the sustained marginalised treatment of Indigenous people by the State, it is not possible to fully identify and address the barriers to Indigenous people, and women in particular, accessing appropriate services.

It has potential to address the many access and equity barriers to culturally appropriate supports and services for Indigenous peoples.

The diversity of contexts in which PHC services operate, the wide variation in uptake of the ICDP between sites, and the relevance of different contextual factors to barriers to access, mean that strategies will need to be tailored to local circumstances and address all aspects of access on both the demand and supply sides.

In order to address these barriers and increase access to Medication Management Reviews (MMRs) and HMRs for Indigenous people, Ms Swain suggested that pharmacists need more cultural training in Indigenous issues and also that there is a need for more salaried pharmacists in rural areas.

However, significant structural barriers need to be addressed before equity of access is achieved.

This Indigenous Action Plan 2014 — 2016 (the «Plan») aims to address the barriers that exist for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders when accessing the Family Court of Australia.

improve understanding of, and address the complexities and barriers experienced by, different client groups when accessing Court

Strategies: Family and community responsibility; school readiness - pre-school and nutrition; regular health checks - hearing and eyesight; student mentoring and support; identifying and addressing racism and discrimination in education systems; access - transport; good accommodation that support educational attainment i.e.: hostel accommodation; family income support linked to education so that poverty is not a barrier.

The Illinois Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics has developed some messaging tools to assist home visitors with addressing barriers, including common family concerns related to accessing their medical home:

Yet instead of addressing the needs of families, President Trump and his congressional allies plan to slash funding to these critical programs and increase barriers to accessing benefit programs.

Maternal Mental Health NOW partners with healthcare facilities in order to address these barriers and increase access to depression screening and treatment services for medically underserved pregnant and postpartum women.

The central goal is to address disadvantage by reducing the barriers that prevent Indigenous peoples from accessing mainstream government services on an equal basis.

ATSIS notes that «This relatively small and under - resourced program is unable to address the barriers Indigenous women face in accessing Indigenous Legal Aid services, nor to provide the range of legal services available through ATSILS».

Information barrier policies and procedures address the access to confidential client information of administrative support personnel who work on files for multiple licensees within the brokerage.