Sentences with phrase «face barriers to access»

-- «Higher education is a lasting path out of homelessness, yet homeless youth face barriers to accessing the financial aid they need to complete their college education,» said Barbara Duffield, director of policy and programs at the National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth.

Persons with disabilities face barriers to accessing justice because of the negative attitudes of those who design and implement laws and legal policies and practices, including those that are paternalistic, judgmental, stigmatizing, stereotyping or invalidating.

While volunteering for a number of legal organizations, Mahmood has seen her share of people facing barriers to access to justice.

CCLI is a legal practice incubator in Saint Paul, Minnesota that teaches graduates of Mitchell Hamline School of Law the skills necessary to establish solo and small, community - based, culturally sensitive law practices serving clients who face barriers to accessing legal services.

The Brennan Center estimates that 80 % of low - income people face a barrier to accessing the civil court system.

Providing legal aid services to those facing barriers to access to justice — such as those with low incomes, mental illness, addictions and homelessness — has made up a significant part of his work over the years.

ESSA's amendments to the McKinney - Vento Act require that states have procedures to ensure that McKinney - Vento students «who meet the relevant eligibility criteria do not face barriers to accessing... extracurricular activities.»

That's largely people who already face barriers to accessing health care as people with low incomes, people of color, people who live in rural areas — who make up the majority of Planned Parenthood's patients.

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The most common barrier to expansion faced by today's small businesses is lack of access to capital.

With most business buyers unable to access the full amount of a business price from lending institutions, today's sellers are faced with the decision to either lower asking prices or work with buyers to overcome sale barriers.

When immigrants first arrive in Canada, one of the most significant barriers they face is related to access to financial services.

Election campaigns and access to the electoral process continue to be affected by traditional barriers, security concerns, absence of female voters and female observer groups.Past elections reflect significant obstacles women have faced as candidates, voters as well as election workers.

Concurrently, persons with disabilities face relevant barriers to access social protection and health care services, quality education and livelihood opportunities, increasing their chances of remaining in poverty.

It is a sound revenue stream for funding future upgrades that improve straphangers» daily commutes, while expanding access to public transportation for hundreds of thousands of our low - income neighbors who face barriers to economic opportunity because they can not afford to ride a bus or train.

Closer to home, women in Europe are facing ever - mounting barriers to access.

The IDNYC program, launched by de Blasio's administration in 2015, aimed to remove barriers that some New Yorkers face in obtaining identification — including undocumented immigrants, the homeless, transgendered individuals, and the formerly incarcerated — granting them access to important city services.

«In rural settings, there are often barriers to health services that women face, including stigma, cultural concerns of confidentiality and trust, lack of anonymity, and lack of access and providers.»

Millions of children all over the world live in silence and face communication barriers and particularly access to education,» Shenton said.

As a result, Jefford said that Everyone Active is allowing access to swimming lessons at a more affordable rate to help break down the price barrier facing many British schools.

However, the research also shows that the biggest barriers educators currently face to teach these skills are the lack of access to necessary tools and technologies and the time required to teach students how to use creative tools.

Laker was put in touch with K - Ryan through The Access Project, an education charity that works to get high potential students who face barriers to achieving their full academic potential into top universities, by pairing them with graduate tutors.

As preparations for the local elections in England gather pace, the National Association of School - Based Teacher Training (NASBTT) has joined forces with Universities» Council for the Education of Teachers, the Chartered College and the Teaching Schools Council to suggest solutions to the issues which students and teachers face, namely: dealing with funding cuts; struggling to find access to quality CPD; confusion over training routes; a «cumbersome» application process and skills tests which act as a barrier to teacher recruitment.

This brief and related report synthesizes findings from 143 rigorous research studies and finds that community schools can improve outcomes for all students, especially those facing lack of access to high - quality schools and out - of - school barriers to learning.

This report, which synthesizes findings from 143 rigorous research studies, finds community schools can improve outcomes for all students, and especially those facing lack of access to high - quality schools and out - of - school barriers to learning.

They face a barrier — access to quality education.»

While undocumented students continue to face barriers in accessing higher education, more than three thousand undocumented students are enrolled in colleges throughout our region!

In the online discussions and face - to - face meetings, the members of the learning community, the teachers and the university educators, engaged in numerous conversations about how to overcome these barriers (e.g., lack of access to technology).

-- Murray said in a statement she's «very pleased that the department has announced a strong step forward to tackle some of the barriers that unaccompanied homeless students face in accessing higher education.»

Even when preservice teachers are trained to integrated technology in their instruction, many face the barrier of access to technology in their schools.

Several other cities have been developing additional data capacity in support of this work, including creating MOUs to share data across agencies, surveying students about their school connectedness, asking families about the barriers they face in accessing preschool, and making use of data collected through a programmatic partnership to improve their understanding of community and individual student needs.

These vacancies bolster an uncomfortable truth: Illinois» marginalized students face more barriers to accessing high - quality education and supports.

However, low - income young people — who make up nearly 60 percent of the state's K - 12 students — disproportionately face barriers to college access and completion.

The program faces opposition from the UNC system, fearing it would serve as yet another barrier to access for already underserved students.

Degrees of Hope depicts the stories of five 21st century college students and the barriers to accessing college that each student faces on their journey into higher education.

Also, ensure barriers can be put in place to block face - to - face access to barn mates if needed.

The program proactively addresses situations that don't benefit from a punitive approach and instead involve owners who face barriers to providing care to their animals due to either a lack of financial resources, access to services or other circumstances, such as domestic violence, medical or mental health challenges.

We are particularly keen to support applicants who have not yet had access to similar programmes and artists with Black, Asian or minority ethnic heritage, those who are facing barriers due to difficult socio - economic situations, and artists who identify as LGBTQ + or have disabilities.

Never before has it been possible for people from all over the world to access the latest information and collectively seek solutions to the challenges which face our planet, and not a moment too soon: the year 2015 was the hottest in human history, and the Great Barrier Reef is suffering the consequences of warming oceans right now.

Many communities in Mexico face financial barriers to accessing electricity, even near urban areas.

There is palpable potential for such apps to help reduce some of the financial, psychological, informational and physical barriers that many people face in accessing justice.

Persons with physical disabilities will often face physical barriers to accessing justice.

Members of the public face many common barriers resulting from the complexity, overlap and fragmentation of laws, systems and bureaucracies that they must deal with in order to access justice.

For a discussion of the barriers to access to justice faced by elders see: http://www.aclrc.com/new-page-30/.

Fortunately, the LCO Persons with Disabilities Report and Framework should prove to be an excellent resource in assisting access to justice reformers to understand and remedy the barriers to access to justice facing persons with disabilities.

The LCO Report on Disabilities is the result of extensive surveys and research to assist persons designing, reviewing and implementing laws to understand the access to justice barriers facing persons with disabilities.

Aboriginal persons also face disproportionately higher barriers to access to justice compared to other persons in Canada.

So far, most have only touched on the unique barriers to accessing justice faced by persons with disabilities.

How does your state rate in supporting access to justice for those who face economic, language or physical barriers?

For example, in our compulsory Access to Justice course students read about and discuss the barriers faced by women experiencing domestic violence while also living in poverty, struggling with precarious immigration status, and supporting their children.

Simply put, it was inspiring to be part of a group of people committing so much time, energy, and income in support of our peers who still face so many barriers to accessing services, tolerance, equal treatment, and justice.