Sentences with phrase «community based initiatives»

Michelle led CFPC's evaluation activities for national, state and community based initiatives and programs utilizing qualitative and quantitative data for outcome identification, quality improvement and systems impact.

I know in Frome and Somerset they've shown significant gains from these community based initiatives.

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The lead plaintiff in that case, Jacqueline Halbig, was a director of the White House Office of Faith Based and Community Initiatives under George W. Bush.

A new SEC initiative that will pave the way for individual investors to participate in crowdfunding — Internet - based fundraising for young companies — may also expose investors to potential frauds, according to Randy Shain, founder of BackTrack Reports and an expert in investigative due diligence for the investment community.

BHP supports communities by sponsoring initiatives like «Mining Minds» — an educational program based in South Australia.

Family and Community Support Services (FCSS) supports community needs and development through cost - effective and locally - based iniCommunity Support Services (FCSS) supports community needs and development through cost - effective and locally - based inicommunity needs and development through cost - effective and locally - based initiatives.

Kuo and DiIulio are the former deputy director and director (respectively) of the White House Office of Faith - Based and Community Initiatives.

I can't name a specific church, but I know the White House Office of Faith - Based and Community Initiatives has given public funds to many churches.

American secularists have thrown up their hands in frustration over his supersizing of George W. Bush's Office of Faith - based and Community Initiatives.

Neither John DiIulio, who now heads the White House Office of Faith - Based and Community Initiatives, nor Stephen Goldsmith, the former Indianapolis mayor who will lead the Corporation for National Service, has ever argued for total privatization of community development and social services, though both strongly advocate a new mix of public and private in which congregations figure more proCommunity Initiatives, nor Stephen Goldsmith, the former Indianapolis mayor who will lead the Corporation for National Service, has ever argued for total privatization of community development and social services, though both strongly advocate a new mix of public and private in which congregations figure more procommunity development and social services, though both strongly advocate a new mix of public and private in which congregations figure more prominently.

Earlier this week, Obama announced that he would increase funds for the office of Faith - Based and Community Initiatives.

Perusing the index of Origins, the weekly publication of representative documents and speeches compiled by Catholic News Service, our imaginary historian will note, for example, the following initiatives undertaken at the national, diocesan and parish levels in 1994 - 95: providing alternatives to abortion; staffing adoption agencies; conducting adult education courses; addressing African American Catholics» pastoral needs; funding programs to prevent alcohol abuse; implementing a new policy on altar servers and guidelines for the Anointing of the Sick; lobbying for arms control; eliminating asbestos in public housing; supporting the activities of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (227 strong); challenging atheism in American society; establishing base communities (also known as small faith communities); providing aid to war victims in Bosnia; conducting Catholic research in bioethics; publicizing the new Catechism of the Catholic Church; battling child abuse; strengthening the relationship between church and labor unions; and deepening the structures and expressions of collegiality in the local and diocesan church.

Kalahari Pepper Co. is an official corporate sponsor of Save the Rhino International, a nonprofit organization dedicated to growing the rhino population through community - based initiatives.

(NEW YORK)-- The Alliance for a Healthier Generation and America's beverage companies announced today that New York City will now be part of a community - based initiative to help reduce beverage calories consumed by 20 percent per person by 2025 in neighborhoods where there has been less interest in or access to lower - calorie and smaller - portion beverages.

Award winners are selected based on their initiative, leadership and involvement in projects that embody the spirit of genuine partnership and benefit the overall community.

We aim to lead by example with community harmony through initiatives that facilitate effective parenting, counselling, teaching and community development based on the principles of mutual respect, cooperation, encouragement and social interest.

The ACF Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE) awarded the TEI contract to provide technical assistance, leadership, and support to promote excellence in community - based research and evaluation of MIECHV initiatives that serve American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) children and families through the Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting program.

Community - based parent support programs differ from traditional human services parenting programs in both form and function1 For the purposes of this review, parent support programs are defined as community - based initiatives designed to promote the flow of resources and supports to parents that strengthen functioning and enhance the growth and development of young Community - based parent support programs differ from traditional human services parenting programs in both form and function1 For the purposes of this review, parent support programs are defined as community - based initiatives designed to promote the flow of resources and supports to parents that strengthen functioning and enhance the growth and development of young community - based initiatives designed to promote the flow of resources and supports to parents that strengthen functioning and enhance the growth and development of young children.

Healthy Texas Babies The Healthy Texas Babies initiative was developed using evidence - based interventions to help Texas communities decrease infant mortality.

Although professional lactation support can improve the duration of overall breast feeding, its effect in improving exclusive breast feeding is unclear.11 18 22 Thus far, studies that report improvement of rates of exclusive breastfeeding have involved mainly community based peer counselling strategies.23 24 25 Even then, a randomised trial in the UK recently cast doubt on the efficacy of this approach.26 There are current recommendations from NICE for the UK - wide implementation of the baby friendly initiative.4 5 6 The 2006 NICE costing report on routine postnatal care of women and their babies estimates that efforts to improve rates of breast feeding will result in substantial cost savings for the NHS.6

UNICEF has facilitated partnerships with all stakeholders including the State Government, State Nutrition Mission, the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS), Public Health Department, BPNI (Breastfeeding Promotion Network of India), NGOs, Community Based Organisations (CBOs) and several academic institutions, for this major initiative.

If that's the case, I'd be interested to see if these gains hold in a non-issue based, but still low information election (i.e. a ballot initiative alongside a local community advising or even aldermanic election).

The initiative is based on a model that helps motivate the children to stay in school and inspire them to take on responsibility in the community and the classroom.

Borough President Gale Brewer has pledged to fund four community - based initiatives to improve relations between the police and young people in the communities they serve and protect in Manhattan.

He proposed the CORe initiative to better align State support with local needs while supporting successful community - based efforts, allowing the State to better allocate resources to make measurable and sustained progress in improving high - need communities.

The citizen - based Steering Committee of the Oneida County Sewer District Sanitary Sewer Overflow Abatement Project has reached a significant milestone in the 15 - community initiative, Oneida County Executive Anthony J. Picente, Jr. announced today.

The initiative is part of Capital South Campus Center's ongoing mission to bring career - based additional educational opportunities to the Albany community.

The initiative supports local clinics, Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), community based organizations and community health centers to provide primary care, and mental health services for uninsured immigrants.

Both Diaz and Torres are allocating funds for two new LGBT initiatives — the development of an LGBT - friendly senior housing facility spearheaded by SAGE, Services and Advocacy for GLBT Seniors, and a medical facility that the Callen - Lorde Community Health Center will establish in partnership with Boom!Health, a Bronx - based agency that provides a broad range of health, social, and legal services.

Since the 2013 - 2014 NHL season, the Buffalo Sabres have worked with the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library System on a community - wide Winter Reading program, an incentive - based initiative that promotes youth literacy through reading goals and prizes.

He says he took what had been relationships based on ad hoc initiatives and replaced them with «a systematic approach» to supporting Italian researchers and promoting exchanges with the Australian scientific community.

The brochure - based empowerment intervention was developed by Phyllis Sharps, PhD, RN, FAAN, associate dean for community programs and initiatives at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing (JHSON), with researchers from the University of Virginia.

While building a community and giving teachers a venue where they can share ideas is among the important goals of the yearly Noyce Summit, this year's event also advanced a $ 3.7 million AAAS initiative, funded by NSF, to help stimulate research and foster evidence - based innovations in the preparation of STEM teachers for high - need schools.

The authors include in their paper a set of recommended resources to assist healthcare providers, and examples of culturally tailored, community - based public health initiatives that have been effective in improving diabetes outcomes among African - Americans, who represent a critical population for effective and culturally appropriate diabetes healthcare because they are disproportionately burdened by type 2 diabetes in the United States.

In addition to Amgen's work to improve cancer patient treatment through science - based innovation, CRI will also recognize the company's commitment to the broader scientific and patient communities, both through its support of CRI's Cancer Immunotherapy Month education and awareness initiative, and for its support of the CRI - CIMT - EATI - AACR International Cancer Immunotherapy Conference, a joint program of four cancer research organizations that convenes world - leading scientists to discuss the latest in cancer immunology and immunotherapy research.

Other ACO initiatives include the Emergency Department navigator program, recovery coaches for substance abuse, home - based outpatient care, and the Community Health Worker Collaborative.

Description — MiNDS is a neuroscience - focused, graduate - student run community outreach initiative based at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

Committed to providing timely and accurate information to support community - based initiatives, our work has focused on mines and mills affecting low - income and indigenous communities in the U.S., and around the globe.

Dr. Hyman also works with fellow leaders in his field to help people and communities thrive — with Rick Warren, Dr. Mehmet Oz, and Dr. Daniel Amen, he created The Daniel Plan, a faith - based initiative that helped The Saddleback Church collectively lose 250,000 pounds.

They build long - term opportunities in Africa by supporting manufacturers, community - based initiatives, and partnering with local artists and artisans.

The privately funded Achieving the Dream initiative, which started in 2004 as an effort to apply evidence - based reforms to more than 200 community colleges in 35 states, has disappointed.

The report examines school - based initiatives, youth employment programs, GED - preparation efforts, and state and local policies that have had a positive effect on helping dropouts return to school in 12 communities.

It's the reason I support African Initiatives, a small international development charity based in Bristol, which brings education, hope and human rights to remote rural communities — the kind of communities in which a girl is often seen as an extra mouth to feed until she is married off in exchange for cattle.»

An increasing number of schools and programs are embracing this notion by promoting project - based learning and community - centered initiatives.

During the past year, Bonnie Mackintosh has been conducting classroom - level observations and child assessments in community - based preschool programs throughout Boston's Circle of Promise and East Boston neighborhoods as part of an initiative to improve access to high - quality early childhood care and educational programs.

The Rural School and Community Trust, which emerged from the Annenberg initiative, defines place - based education as learning grounded in «the unique history, environment, culture, economy, literature, and art of a particular place.»

(Washington, D.C., June 5, 2013) Kerry Kennedy, president of the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights (RFK Center), announced the launch of a groundbreaking new initiative of the RFK Center, RFK Project SEATBELT: a comprehensive set of evidence - based tools, developed in partnership with the Making Caring Common Project at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, to help schools, parents, and communities prevent bullying before it starts.

Previously, Ms. Roman, 43, was the chief of staff for the center for faith - based and community initiatives at the U.S. Department of Education.

Duhon has directed higher - education service - learning programs, taught at the high school and college levels, and led and collaborated on several community, social justice, and faith - based initiatives in New York and Cleveland.

The Ecology Consultancy, a leading UK based ecological consultancy, have recently launched an initiative of School Ecology Workshops to assist the construction industry in engaging with local communities and aiding them in their corporate social responsibility activities.