Sentences with phrase «create policies and programs»

The 2014 Race for Results report offered policy recommendations that included making use of racial and ethnic data to create policies and programs and increased economic inclusion for vulnerable groups.

We may generalize about younger lawyers, women, minorities, and other groups in order to create policies and programs, but efforts to increase engagement must take into account each associate's individual motivators, development needs, personal circumstances, and career goals.

This workshop will examine ways organizations can create policies and programs aimed at providing support and decreasing these risks.

Top - performing nations like Finland and Singapore have built their success on teacher development and leadership — specifically by intentionally creating policies and programs so that classroom practitioners can learn from each other and spread their expertise in teaching (Darling - Hammond, 2014).

The goal was to create a policy and programming blueprint for increasing access, equity and the quality of arts educationprovided to CPS students.

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The European Central Bank on December 3 dropped one of its main policy rates to negative 0.3 % from negative 0.2 % and said it would extend its bond - buying program, under which it creates euros to purchase debt, to at least March 2017.

Over the past 30 years, policymakers from around the United States have spent countless hours and numerous dollars on programs, policies, and incentives to create venture - capital clusters and to stimulate investments in their cities and regions.

In a statement to The Washington Post, Disney said it «has a robust COPPA compliance program, and we maintain strict data collection and use policies for Disney apps created for children and families.»

For the fall of 2016, UPEI is offering students a one - time opportunity to take a special focus in public sector management, with three sector - specific courses: Managing and Creating an Innovative Culture in the Public Sector, Public Policy Management, and Program Development and Evaluation.

Other than making vague promises to place more police officers on the streets, encouraging DNA testing for death - row inmates and calling for the need to reduce recidivism by investing in «proven community - based law - enforcement programs,» the Democrats» policy solutions over the past eight years have done little to dismantle the carceral state that they helped create.

His role was to create program strategies, define sector policies and conduct financial and economic analyses of industrial projects.

The Program applies the latest thinking in public finance and resource policy to assess how governments can improve the global competitiveness of the energy sector, improve the understanding of the need for energy market access, foster the innovation that will create the energy sector of the future, and help policymakers collaborate locally, nationally and globally.

WBENC's Top Corporations award honors corporations who have implemented world - class policies and programs to enable growth and innovation, while creating a level playing field for women - owned businesses.

«I don't understand what anybody thinks we gain by taking away people's ability to work and subject them to deportation,» said Cecilia Muñoz, who helped create the program as the chief domestic policy adviser to Mr. Obama.

Together our network shares over 200 million pounds of essential safe quality food annually, provides social programs that help to foster self - sufficiency, and advocates for policy change that will help create a Canada where no one goes hungry.

The Charlotte Chamber is a membership, volunteer - led organization that creates competitive advantage by growing the economy, advocating pro-business public policies and delivering innovative programs and services.

Together the network shares over 200 million pounds of essential safe quality food annually, provides social programs that help to foster self - sufficiency, and advocates for policy change that will help create a Canada where no one goes hungry.

Specific policies include opting out of the Canada Employment Insurance Program and replacing it with an Alberta Employment Insurance Program; withdrawing from the Canada Pension Plan and creating an Alberta Pension Plan; assuming provincial control over national parks in Alberta; and asserting provincial (as opposed to federal) control over immigration.

He signed an executive order creating a «White House Faith and Opportunity Initiative» that will, among other things, make recommendations on policies that affect faith - based and community programs.

I come from Burkina Faso, at the heart of West Africa and I represent here a peasant - farmer organisation created in 1996 to build a capability for representation and negotiation, to defend the interests of the farmers faced with certain trends, certain programs, certain policies over which they have no control.

Open forums can be created to express various views and to resolve disputes; including genuine programs and policies of justice to be promoted to deal with all prevailing injustices.

Social welfare policies which encourage marriage and family cohesion such as increasing the «marriageability» of men, through wage supports and the EITC, will be of more long term benefit than creating new programs and new services.

Additional Content Requirements: None Guidance Materials: Rhode Islands» Coordinated School Health Program, THRIVE, has produced a comprehensive District Health & Wellness Subcommittee Toolkit to aid subcommittees in creating and implementing wellness policies as required by state and federal law.

Government can create incentives and deterrents for individuals and corporations, it sets agricultural policy, it runs the National School Lunch Program.

By being part of the «Top Chef» program, perhaps the school lunch message would reach a new audience and create new pressure points on the policy makers that control the funding.

It offers an array of policy recommendations, including an expansion of SNAP (the federal food stamp program), creating more and better youth job opportunities, and creating teen - led food distribution programs.

By creating biologically - informed child and family respectful practice, programs and policy, CTA seeks to help maltreated and traumatized children.

At the launch of the initiative, President Barack Obama signed a Presidential Memorandum creating the first - ever Task Force on Childhood Obesity to conduct a review of every single program and policy relating to child nutrition and physical activity and develop a national action plan to maximize federal resources and set concrete benchmarks toward the First Lady's national goal.

All too often, policies and programs are created without the participation of the people who are most affected.

Launched in 2010, SportsCAPP.com, an education hub website, created to deal with the loop hole in the Connecticut Concussion Law to help recreational teams, town leagues and private schools use free resources to create concussion policy and bring awareness into their programs for players, coaches and parents. TeamConcussion.org was created in 2010, to be a social media / web create a variety of support groups for teens with concussions to connect with other «healed» teens thru Twitter, Facebook, Instagram.

With that in mind, we have created guidelines and policies that offer flexibility while maintaining the integrity and intention of our yoga program and other professional services.

A world in which moms have the support of policies and programs that prioritize the health and nutrition of moms and babies would create positive societal impacts.

Supporting Early Educators Competencies - Over the past year, building off the success of the Post-Master's Certificate Program in Early Education Leadership Research, Policy and Leadership, which graduated two cohorts to date, the University of Massachusetts - Boston has created a doctoral degree program in early education, the first of its kind in theProgram in Early Education Leadership Research, Policy and Leadership, which graduated two cohorts to date, the University of Massachusetts - Boston has created a doctoral degree program in early education, the first of its kind in theprogram in early education, the first of its kind in the state.

Currently we create programs and policies to address this imbalance, yet regardless of how successful they may be, they are not permanent solutions.

We must come together in a new partnership with our faith - based institutions, civil society, businesses and government to create a powerful locomotive for transformation so that our President's coordinated program of economic and social development policies will create «an optimistic, self - confident and prosperous nation through the creative exploitation of our human and natural resources and operating within a democratic, open and fair society in which mutual trust and economic opportunities exist for all.»

Former NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg will announce today that he's throwing his financial might into helping beleaguered American mayors, creating a $ 200 million philanthropic program aimed at backing inventive policies at the city level and giving mayors a stronger hand in national politics.

Among his many initiatives, he created a model for correcting wrongful convictions, instituted a marijuana policy that would later be replicated citywide and started a summons forgiveness program that would also be instituted in several other jurisdictions.

The president and congress seem poised to make drastic cuts to programs that help millions of New Yorkers, and create a hostile environment for the state's four million immigrants,» said Ron Deutsch, executive director of the Fiscal Policy Institute.

He also unveiled a litany of spending initiatives and policy goals that included raising the state's minimum wage to $ 15 and creating a program of paid family leave for New York workers.

If elected, Mr. Giardina pledged to evaluate current law enforcement programs and policies for interdiction and intervention; support 12 - step programs for addiction recovery; double the number of children and teenagers involved in after - school and sports programs sponsored by schools and faith and community - based groups; establish mentorship, apprenticeship, and internship programs that link East Hampton's youth with year - round homeowners and those who visit seasonally; create a volunteer program for those in recovery to be reintegrated into the job market; triple the number of police, firefighters, educators, and medical personnel trained to administer Narcan, and investigate the establishment of an easy - access residential treatment facility available as an alternative or supplement to incarceration.

Pre-Campaign Community Service / Activism: Worked extensively with Family of Woodstock, Rip Van Winkle Council of Boy Scouts of America, establishing Ulster County Habitat for Humanity, Ralph Darmstadt Homeless Shelter, Ulster County Board of Health and Ulster County Human Rights Commission, Caring Hands Soup Kitchen Board Member, Midtown Rising Board Member, Teacher at Woodbourne Prison, part of Rising Hope Program Platform At a Glance Economy: Supports farming subsidies, job creation through infrastructure investments in rural broadband and sustainable technology, in favor of strong unions Healthcare: Medicare for All Women's Rights: Pro-choice, supports fully funding Planned Parenthood, birth control to be paid for employer, supports equal pay for equal work Racial Justice: Will work to prevent discrimination of all kind Immigration: Supports comprehensive immigration reform that includes path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants Foreign Policy: Supports increased pressure on North Korea but not military intervention Environment: Supports measures to stall climate change and create green jobs LGBTQ: Supports anti-discrimination of all people Gun Control: Will not take NRA money, supports common sense gun control and against Faso's vote to allow the mentally disabled to obtain firearms

«Revise their codes of conduct and adopt policies intended to create a school environment free from harassment and discrimination; Adopt guidelines to be used in school training programs to raise awareness and sensitivity of school employees to these issues and to enable them to respond appropriately; and Designate at least one staff member in each school to be trained in non-discriminatory instructional and counseling methods and handling human relations.

Under his leadership, the ECIDA also launched a minority entrepreneurship loan / scholarship program aimed at creating entrepreneur opportunity in the minority community, oversaw creation of a venture fund that targets early - stage investment in the technology sector, and helped shape the organization's adaptive reuse policy.

For one thing, there is the baggage associated with the National Energy Program backed by his father decades ago that taxed oil and created a lot of bad blood with Alberta, said Barry Rabe, a professor of public policy at the University of Michigan and Wilson Center policy scholar.

Still others create educational programs or work on policy questions, such as how to balance security and privacy, and how to address security breaches in the context of international law.

New programs and policies at Pitt are aimed at creating a more respected, more informed, and better compensated postdoctoral community.

The approach was developed by Pacific Center Director Paul Glassman, a professor of dentistry at University of the Pacific, who collaborated with a broad range of stakeholders to leverage advances in dentistry and telehealth, create training programs for dentists and hygienists, and win policy and other changes needed to pilot and evaluate the system.

To help the organization better address incidents involving weapons of mass destruction (WMD), the FBI created the WMD Directorate, whose mission is to coordinate the FBI's WMD efforts through several programs — including investigative operations, intelligence analysis, policy planning, strategic planning, and outreach to the scientific community — that address a number of issues involved in prevention and response to WMD incidents.

Examples of potential ways to make colleges more inclusive include programs that train faculty, staff and students how to be allies for sexual - and gender - minority people; forming resource centers and student groups for these minorities; as well as creating and enforcing anti-discrimination policies that protect these groups.

While at the AAS, Bethany managed the public policy activities including, creating and managing a federal and local grassroots advocacy program designed to work with association members to effectively communicate with policy makers and successfully leading a coalition, working with Congressional leaders, and drafting legislation to secure millions of federal dollars appropriated for the restarting domestic production of Plutonium - 238 as a fuel source for planetary exploration.