Sentences with phrase «dollar program aimed»

The Boston Herald reports on an ambitious new million - dollar program aimed at making schools safer... Read more about Program Looks to Fight Bullying by Teaching Kids to Resolve Conflict Themselves

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At 3:15 p.m., Sen. Jose Peralta, Assemblywoman Deborah Glick, NYC DOT Commissioner Polly Trottenberg and advocates discuss legislation aimed at expanding the speed camera program in school zones in New York City, Million Dollar Staircase, 3rd Floor, state Capitol, Albany.

State and county leaders, meanwhile, have poured millions of dollars into social services and gang - intervention programs aimed at eliminating MS - 13's most important asset, its recruits.

The program provides $ 56 million dollars annually to community action agencies and programs, with the aim of combating poverty, promoting family and individual self - sufficiency and creating more livable communities.

The Trump plan rolled out Monday was not a surprise, following the lines laid out by the president practically since he took office over a year ago: $ 200 billion in federal money, with about half of it aimed at spurring state, local and private dollars through an «Incentives Program.»

Senate lawmakers would also like to see DHS consider a grant program aimed at increasing the amount of extramural research funding going to universities in states whose scientists typically fare poorly in the competition for federal science dollars.

The HPC4Mtls Program aims to enable a step change in the cost, development time, and performance of materials in severe environments — while saving millions of dollars in fuel and maintenance across sectors — through collaborations between industry and the national laboratory system.

A modern conservative columnist, Kate O'Beirne, writing in the National Review, has questioned the value of food stamps, school breakfasts and lunches, and the WIC programs (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children): «With rates of excess weight and obesity highest among low - income households, budget officials should be asking themselves why tens of billions of dollars are being spent each year by federal nutrition programs aimed at boosting food consumption by the poor.»

(Calif.) Programs aimed at keeping kids in school and out of the so - called «prison pipeline» would receive a big boost under a bill being carried by the chair of the Senate Education Committee that lays groundwork for the use of millions of dollars in prisoner - release savings.

Malloy claims that his «initiative» is providing Connecticut's 30 most struggling school districts with another $ 132 million in state aid, but the truth is that this year's increase is only about $ 45 million and that in order to get those funds, school districts were required to accept a series of new mandates and programs aimed at further implementing Malloy's corporate education reform agenda and diverting scarce public dollars to private companies.

Dr. Brownell has secured multiple grants (totaling over 42 million dollars) from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education Programs and Institute of Education Sciences to support research and technical assistance aimed at improving teaching quality for students with disabilities.

A startup is aiming to change the way student loans are distributed by focusing on smaller loan options for shorter programs, as well as trying to quantify the value of the program for students so they get the best value for their dollar, according to The Economist.

He aims to give readers all the information on major loyalty miles and points programs in Canada and assist Canadians in maximizing rewards on every dollar they spend.

Aiming to put Houston in the spotlight for more than its dollars, the fair is also deepening its ties to the MFAH's Glassell School of Art Core Program for artists - and critics - in - residence, which will again be the beneficiary of proceeds from the opening - night preview party on September 13.

In a petty and fiscally stupid gambit aimed at undermining one of the more effective family planning ideas in a generation, the GOP - controlled Congress has gone gunning for Title X — a $ 286 million grant program that has saved taxpayers billions of dollars.

Susan Brown, co-director of the National Center for Family & Marriage Research, says the U.S. has spent «hundreds of millions of dollars» on its Healthy Marriage Initiative, a George W. Bush - era program that aimed to promote marriage among lower - income couples, which bankrolled advertising campaigns, skill - building workshops and parenting classes.