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StartOut takes a look at the unique challenges LGBT entrepreneurs face and aims to bring the gap with its second annual mentorship program.

The Home Project is Zillow Group's signature social impact program that aims to address challenges around housing insecurity.

This budget makes a substantial investment in upgrading away from diesel: $ 220 million (over 11 years) for communities south of the 60th parallel and $ 21.4 million (over four years, starting next year) for continuing an existing northern program, and a portion of a new $ 75 million «challenge» fund aimed at solving clean tech problems through innovation.

Taught by respected and knowledgeable experts and driven by real - world challenges, Rotman Executive Programs aims to develop a community of leaders.

In addition, the coordinator will take on the challenge of running a new initiative aimed at recognizing youth sports organizations who meet a specific set of quality standards in running their programs.

A smaller number of studies have examined home visitation programs» identification of maternal depression, 9,11 and challenges related to programs» identification and response.13, 14 In recognition of the prevalence of maternal depression and home visiting programs» limited response to this issue, interventions aimed at preventing and treating maternal depression have been developed.

Our friend and once - rookie mom Kristen Chase, aka The Mominatrix, has challenged moms across the nation to participate in a 30 - day program during which we'll have one new task per day, all aimed to improve your sex life and self confidence.

In addition, many states are holding school breakfast challenges aimed at increasing awareness of, and participation in, school breakfast programs; check out the information and resources available through Ohio's «Eat Right, Be Bright» school breakfast challenge, Michigan's «Boost Breakfast» campaign, and Pennsylvania's school breakfast challenge.

New $ 10 Million Photonics Venture Challenge in Rochester - «This business competition will aim to support start - up companies that commercialize these rapidly developing technologies through a business accelerator program and a top award of $ 1 million to the most promising start - up company.»

To prevent any slippage, the report says, the federal government should reform the patent system to make litigation less common, ease financial regulations that may impose special burdens on start - up companies, and fund research programs aimed at some of the field's biggest challenges.

The toolkit aims to address these challenges and includes: 1) the importance of science communication, particularly from the NSF perspective; 2) the process for communication involving NSF - funded researchers, public information officers at institutions, NSF program directors, and NSF's Office of Legislative and Public Affairs (OLPA); 3) suggestions for effective science communication; and, 4) all of NSF's communications channels with examples and links.

AllerGen — part of the federally funded Networks of Centres of Excellence program — aims to help Canadians address the challenges of living with asthma, allergies, anaphylaxis and related immune diseases.

Although built by Boston Dynamics, the ATLAS project is unique in that multiple robotics teams around the nation can get their hands on one to test the extent of their programming skills in preparation for the DARPA Robotics Challenge, which «aims to develop semi-autonomous ground robots that can do «complex tasks in dangerous, degraded, human - engineered environments.

This initiative aims to save and change lives by offering an extraordinary program that recognizes the creative power of the inner fire of individuals daring to claim and transform the pain which has led to addiction and mental health challenges.

Marvel has announced a new program entitled «The Ant - Man Micro Tech Challenge» that aims to bring girls ages 14 through 18 into the world of science (and by extension, raise awareness of July's Ant - Man among that demo).

The survey aims to gain a global perspective on the current trends and challenges in compliance learning programs.

This article aims at highlighting the arguments in favor of an admin - centered training approach, how the current challenges of a traditional Learning Management System can be overcome by moving the shift towards an admin - driven approach of conducting training programs:

The program's aim is to teach awareness of the skills needed to form respectful relationships and more specifically to challenge gender stereotypes that can lead to gender - based violence and disrespectful attitudes to women.The Department of Education and Early Childhood Development (DEECD) states that, «Early interventions with children and young people can have a lasting effect on their relationships in the future... On the basis of current evidence, violence prevention and respectful relationships initiatives among young people can make a real difference, producing lasting change in attitudes and behaviours.»

First, the programs can be broad, aiming to incentivize policy changes in multiple areas in one fell swoop, or narrowly focused on a specific challenge facing most school systems.

But Mr. Martinez and his colleagues, to their credit, chose to take on the challenge, tapping into lessons learned from the now decade - old KIPP Through College Program aimed at matching low - income minority students with the schools where they are most likely to succeed.

Currently, the Sparsity Aid Program aims to offset the challenges faced by the smallest, most rural school districts in the state through providing $ 300 in per - pupil funding for districts with enrollments of 745 or less and a density of less than 10 pupils per square mile.

Angela Ciolfi, legal director of the JustChildren Program of Virginia's Legal Aid Justice Center, then discussed the need for schools to take safety seriously when, at the same time, it's challenging to aim for a 100 percent risk - free environment.

Programs aimed at meeting the needs of «all students» — for example whole - school reform and school - accountability initiatives — don't necessarily address the needs of black youth challenged by poverty.

The Challenge aims to educate and inspire professionals, youth, and families to advocate for out - of - school time programs.

This challenge, developed in partnership with Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources, the Child Nutrition Outreach Program at Project Bread and School Nutrition Association of Massachusetts, aims to increase school breakfast participation by 35 % in districts across the state by the end of 2014.

Created by New England Dairy & Food Council, Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources, The Child Nutrition Outreach Program at Project Bread and School Nutrition Association of Massachusetts, the Massachusetts School Breakfast Challenge (MSBC) aims to increase breakfast participation in districts across Massachusetts by 35 %.

The program, one of the urban reform initiatives funded through the Annenberg Challenge, included standards - driven curriculum and assessment, a performance accountability system, decentralization of decision - making, and professional development aimed at strengthening leadership and improving classroom practice.

Championship weekend for Corvette Racing, Chevrolet at Petit Le Mans Gavin third in GT Le Mans in No. 4 Chevrolet Corvette C7.R Westbrook takes overall pole in Prototype - championship leading VisitFlorida.com Racing Corvette DP Chevrolet aims to claim another Prototype Engine Manufacturer Championship BRASELTON, Ga. — Corvette Racing and the Corvette Daytona Prototype program each posted solid efforts in challenging conditions Friday at Road Atlanta ahead of Petit Le Mans.

Amazon Coins will be introduced in the United States in May in a move aimed at inspiring the creation of more fun, hip or functional programs for its challenge to iPads and rival tablets powered by Android software.

Just like the need to monitor parity in the early days, new programs aimed to challenge the status quo and increase professionalism have started.

Among other things the FHFA seems to run the also grammar - challenged Home Affordable Refinance Program, better known as HARP, which aims to help underwater homeowners refinance their mortgages.

The companies have joined forces to launch the Pet Shape Up Challenge, a Dog and Cat Weight Loss Program, which aims to help pet owners manage their pets» weight and encourage healthy lifestyles for pets.

«At PetSmart Charities, we understand that access to veterinary care can be a challenge, so we've allocated funding for local intake diversion programs to help subsidize health and wellness clinics aimed at keeping pets and people together,» said Sima Thakkar, regional relationship manager at PetSmart Charities.

It's never smarter or more intuitive, and only manages to become more of a challenge because enemies either become able to withstand massive amounts of punishment (like the juggernaut suited enemies) or they simply use a specialized version of an auto - aim program to try and headshot you from what would otherwise be impossible for a normal player to achieve.

Datumsoria: The Return of the Real is an outcome of «Art & Tech @,» a program initiated at Chronus Art Center and conceived by ZHANG Ga, which aims, through resuscitating the valuable legacy of experiments in art and technology from the mid-20th century, to come to terms with the challenges of a technologically constructed timespace: a new reality that has altogether changed the rules of the game in work and play, in politics and economics, and in artistic imagination and cultural sensibility.

In June 2015, Bloomberg Philanthropies selected the City of Los Angeles as one of four cities to receive up to $ 1 million as part of the Public Art Challenge, a program aimed at supporting temporary public art projects that celebrate creativity, enhance urban identity, encourage public - private partnerships, and drive economic development.

The CIR program aims to facilitate events and exhibitions that activate the local community while encouraging artists and curators to challenge themselves and viewers.

Officials of another nine states, including New York, have challenged that assertion, while pointing out that the program has yielded more than $ 700 million for participating states, most of it spent on programs aimed at reducing energy consumption and investing in renewable energy.

We're delighted to announce the launch of the first course in the new AIA +2030 Online Series, an educational program aimed at providing American Institute of Architects (AIA) members and other design professionals with the high - performance building knowledge necessary to meet the 2030 Challenge targets.

In Oregon the Encore Fellow program operates under the auspices of Social Venture Partners Portland, a non-profit that aims to build powerful relationships to tackle our community's social challenges.

The Microsoft Accelerator is an immersive three - to six - month program aimed at helping entrepreneurs get through the challenges of building a company, finding customers and scaling to global markets -LSB-...] this demo day in Seattle is for companies specifically leveraging machine learning.

Sharing Ideas, Shaping Policy.Its extensive research program aims to provide its members with high - level analysis and forecasts of the challenges on the global and EU policy Frequency about 2 posts per week.

Ultimately, this study aims to evaluate a culturally and contextually appropriate program that will support children, families and teachers who are impacted by FASD, and other psychosocial factors, in a way that can contribute to overcoming some of the challenges of remote service delivery.

A smaller number of studies have examined home visitation programs» identification of maternal depression, 9,11 and challenges related to programs» identification and response.13, 14 In recognition of the prevalence of maternal depression and home visiting programs» limited response to this issue, interventions aimed at preventing and treating maternal depression have been developed.

The aim of the Aussie Optimism Program is to promote mental health, and prevent depression and anxiety in children and to assist them in meeting the challenges and stresses of life, e.g., stressful life events, peer pressure, the move to high school and the changes associated with adolescence.

Optimistic Kids is a 10 session group program that aims to build resilience in students so that they have the skills and tools they need to successfully navigate challenges in life.

Dameyon's session aimed to challenge a «constant barrage of negative images contributing to assumptions and stereotypes» that Indigenous men face, with most programs for them focused on changing their «negative» behaviours.

A sample of 42 students of Social Sciences, randomly assigned to either the intervention (N = 20) or the control group (N = 22) group where the first group participated in a psycho - educational training program aiming to train them to be more self - compassionate in challenging situations whilst the control group received no training.

The Race to the Top Early Learning Challenge (RTT - ELC) grant is a federal program which aims to improve the quality of early learning and development and close the achievement gap for children with high needs.

Technical assistance to tribal grantees is delivered through a relationship - based approach aimed at meeting grantees wherever they are in program development and supporting them in addressing challenges, improving performance and enhancing their home visiting program delivery.