Sentences with phrase «adoption efforts for»

Unfortunately, that means they don't come close to covering the costs of rescue, rehabilitation and adoption efforts for the thousands of animals we care for each year.

In addition to time, donation, and education spent in schools and churches, the Colorado Springs veterinary hospital also routinely works with the Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Region, 9 Lives Rescue, and Dreampower Animal Rescue organizations in pet adoption efforts for homeless animals; as well as with the police department for training for police K - 9s, and with schools for educating children on animal welfare and veterinary careers.

Not exact matches

Google and four other companies are leading efforts to form a coalition to urge federal action for the adoption of self - driving cars.

Contributions and profits from the sale of promotional items are used to help Choose Life America, Inc. promote the sale of the real Choose Life License Plate which raises funds to support adoption efforts of Crisis Pregnancy Centers, Maternity Homes and not - for - profit adoption agencies.

It means celebrating parenthood by making America the most generous country in the developed world when it comes to maternity and paternity leave, not the least generous, and it means working together on efforts to reduce the costs of food, diapers, childcare, pediatrician visits, college tuition, adoption, and resources for special needs children.

The Joint Council on International Children's Services strongly opposes such a suspension and asks for your support in their efforts to ensure that all children retain the right to permanency through Intercountry Adoption.

Maybe you can support adoption efforts, or show concern (rather than condemnation) for prostitutes and strippers.

Research shows that a majority of global consumers, and especially Millennials, support companies that are committed to minimizing environmental impacts and that prioritize sustainable approaches to operations.2 To share more about its water initiatives, Fetzer Vineyards developed a new page on its website containing facts about agricultural water use and details about the company's water policy support. Visit fetzer.com/water for more on Fetzer Vineyards» water initiatives, including its adoption of BioFiltro's BIDA ® treatment system and its support for water conservation research and advocacy through collaborations with groups like the Beverage Industry Environmental Roundtable (BIER) and Ceres» Connect the Drops, both of which were commended for their water policy efforts at the White House Water Summit on Building a Sustainable Water Future in the United States on March 22, 2016.

Visit fetzer.com/waterfor more on Fetzer Vineyards» water initiatives, including its adoption of BioFiltro's BIDA ® treatment system and its support for water conservation research and advocacy through collaborations with groups like the Beverage Industry Environmental Roundtable (BIER) and Ceres» Connect the Drops, both of which were commended for their water policy efforts at the White House Water Summit on Building a Sustainable Water Future in the United States on March 22, 2016.

In the case of Norwalk, Connecticut, for instance, it was Diane Beltz - Jacobson, Assistant Corporation Counsel for the City, who, once a concerned mother brought the issue to the attention of governmental officials, spearheaded the effort which led to adoption of a concussion safety ordinance by the city.

Other: A White Paper on Health, Nutrition, and Physical Education produced by the Department of Education entitled, Healthy Children Ready to Learn (2005), highlights the need for local wellness policies and outlines steps the Department is taking to accelerate their adoption and implementation, including collaborative efforts, promoting a coordinated school health approach, and supporting state legislation supporting wellness policies.

For now, if you've decided to focus your efforts on open adoption, keep your eye on the ball.

Funded by the State of Washington Children's Administration, in collaboration with NWAE and private adoption agencies in Washington, SRP combines enhanced outreach with targeted search efforts in order to recruit adoptive families for these children.

Aware that today, five years after the adoption of the International Code, many Member States have made substantial efforts to implement it, but that many products unsuitable for infant feeding are nonetheless being promoted and used for this purpose; and that sustained and concerted efforts will therefore continue to be necessary to achieve full implementation of and compliance with the International Code as well as the cessation of the marketing of unsuitable products and the improper promotion of breastmilk substitutes;

Additionally, it provided for adoption incentive payments to states in an effort to increase the number of adoptions of children in foster care when compared to their base year.

In states which practice or have practiced confidential adoption, this has led to the creation of adoption reunion registries, and efforts to establish the right of adoptees to access their sealed records (for example, the American Adoption Congress, Concerned United Birthparents, and Bastard adoption, this has led to the creation of adoption reunion registries, and efforts to establish the right of adoptees to access their sealed records (for example, the American Adoption Congress, Concerned United Birthparents, and Bastard adoption reunion registries, and efforts to establish the right of adoptees to access their sealed records (for example, the American Adoption Congress, Concerned United Birthparents, and Bastard Adoption Congress, Concerned United Birthparents, and Bastard Nation).

He's led the effort for the Move NY Fair Plan in the Assembly, and will continue to push for its adoption in the Council.

The new fellows follow an initial group of 18 chosen last year who came up with ways to digitize disaster recovery efforts, make more government data available to the public for free, and eliminate duplication while speeding up the adoption of new technology by government agencies, Obama told a White House event attended by most of his Cabinet.

While Mr Miliband acknowledged the military effort is necessary in the short - term for maintaining security, he argued the adoption of wider political goals is needed to provide the Afghan government with the capabilities it needs before troop withdrawals are made possible.

«The broad adoption of POLST in California's nursing homes is possible due to a combination of state - level efforts — such as passing legislation and developing a standardized POLST form and curriculum — and the grassroots efforts of local POLST coalitions who educate providers and consumers in cities and counties throughout the state,» said Judy Thomas, study co-author and CEO of the Coalition for Compassionate Care of California, the organization that runs the POLST program in California.

The International Chamber of Shipping did not comment for this story, but in its 2013 annual report, it said it was «concerned that efforts by certain governments (and environmentalist NGOs) to treat the Arctic as if it is fundamentally different to any other sea area in which special dangers might apply may have the unwelcome effect of delaying the code's adoption.»

The National Institutes of Health have announced that it will launch an effort to remove barriers from the adoption of genome editing for treating patients.

In one instance, a third - grade student, who has been enrolled in the school's gifted program for several years, has studied the subject of dogs, including how to assist in adoption efforts at shelters.

From a policy standpoint, the adoption of SEL standards, funding for teacher professional development, and the incorporation of school climate into measures of accountability are all potential levers (among many) to support empowerment efforts.

Further, the quick succession of state adoptions that occurred leading up to the August 2010 RTTT deadline gave the appearance that states were merely adopting the Standards in effort to be competitive for RTTT funds.

Another possible explanation for the extent to which network membership conditions state adoption may be the realization among participants that the coordination of effort and pooling of resources may potentially result in improved and less expensive content standards and assessment systems.

«We returned the prior grant because it required adoption of the TAP model, which was not a model fully embraced by our teachers, and which we ultimately found was not consistent with our vision of teacher - effectiveness efforts,» said Tony Tagliavia, a media manager for the 80,000 - student Milwaukee school system.

2) school systems redirecting their efforts to making the student the center of the learning process and committing to a purposeful / systemic focus on culturally responsive pedagogy for all professional development until it becomes a part of the school culture reflective in classroom environments, teacher practices, and curriculum adoptions / design.

Washington County Public Schools (WCPS) is «building a community that inspires curiosity, creativity, and achievement,» as evidenced by significant curriculum renewal efforts, including the adoption of a 1:1 technology standard for all students in grades 3 — 12.

Those efforts led to a new set of guidelines for the adoption and implementation of district - level evaluation systems.

So they opted for a stealth adoption, powerfully abetted by the federal government, with whispered reassurances that their ambitious effort really was just technocratic tinkering and wasn't that significant after all.

Hachette argued that the landscape for e-book sales had changed positively since the adoption of the agency model in 2010, writing, «Two years ago, Amazon effectively had a monopoly on the sale of eBooks and eReaders, and was selling products below cost in an effort to exclude competitors.

And, to build momentum for digital ink adoption, the DSC is building a community of developers that can be accessed by DSC members to support go - to - market efforts for new products or to validate new concepts.

Conceivably, this adoption of DRM - free content will mean greater access for indie authors in the future to submit their works for e-book lending libraries, but despite the effort and interest in bringing more content to the libraries OverDrive is keeping a tight control over the quality of works in its catalog.

Well, first of all the initial efforts were way ahead of time (similar with the tablet efforts), and second, with some notable exceptions (XBOX 360 comes into my mind) Microsoft seems incapable to take a product from the lab stages to the market adoption for anything else than software.

First up, for the cook on your Christmas list, the Pet Adoption League is selling Table Scraps: Cookbook for People to raise money for its ongoing rescue efforts.

The goal is to develop an outreach program to: build partnerships with area veterinary practices, provide resources for pet owners, and encourage veterinary visits from the onset of every adoption, all in an effort to guarantee that every pet is a healthy pet.

«The support of VIP Petcare and the ASPCA — for our second annual Clear the Shelters nationwide pet adoption campaign — is sure to encourage another successful year for this incredible effort,» said Bruce Kallner, Senior Vice President of Strategic Sales and Marketing, NBCUniversal Owned Television Stations.

The Tortorella Foundation supports many efforts by underwriting unique programs that promote adoptions, emergency care for abused or abandoned animals, rescue and transport from high - kill shelters and the construction of animal housing and play yards to assist rescues caring for homeless dogs and cats.

The apparent success of the Adoption Pact made San Francisco the most often emulated model for community efforts to reduce shelter killing nationwide.

Fundraising efforts for the adoption center are already underway.

A group effort on the Lower East Side rescued many kittens for adoption and spayed or neutered 15 adult feral cats before returning them to their colony.

The Florida Keys SPCA foster program is a cooperative effort on the part of our shelter and generous volunteers, for the purpose of providing specialized care to animals that are not yet quite prepared for the adoption process or shelter environment.

As President, my most recent efforts were dedicated to coordinating a massive adoption event at Alachua County Animal Services through our club, where we successfully found homes for 138 animals.

Petco will also present the Mayor's Alliance for NYC's Animals with a donation of a new van to assist with local adoption efforts.

All of these greyhounds would have been euthanized if not for the amazing efforts of literally thousands of people across the United States that give both their time and money to house, feed, spay / neuter, address the medical needs of these dogs and prepare them for adoption.

In an effort to reduce the number of unwanted cats and dogs in Seminole County, the animal control board has proposed changes to the county's pet sterilization and adoption policies.Commissioners last week approved the first of the changes, a uniform $ 35 adoption fee for cats and dogs adopted from the animal control shelter at Five Points on U.S. Highway 17 - 92 in Sanford.

We are dedicated to making every effort possible to present healthy, friendly cats and kittens for adoption, and to promote spaying and neutering!

In an effort to spur older cat adoptions, the shelter never charges adoption fees for cats over 5 years old.

In a like - minded effort, Friends for Life in Houston will hold a «mega adoption» event on December 9, with activities, adoption specials, and more, as part of its Home After Harvey campaign.