Sentences with phrase «federal grant program announced»

Putting American History in the Forefront Shortly after the tragedies of September 11 sparked a renewed interest in American history and patriotism, a federal grant program announced awards aimed at improving ways of teaching U.S. history.

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And speaking of farm - to - school, the USDA just announced the availability of new federal funds for the 2015 Farm - to - School Grant program.

The grants, funded through the state's Open Space Lands Acquisition and Development program and the federal Land and Water Conservation Fund program, were announced by Gov. George Ryan at the Illinois Association of Park Districts» annual meeting in Peoria.

The governor's office announced that 68 after - school programs across New York will share nearly $ 11 million in state and federal grants.

Westchester, NY — Westchester Congress Members Eliot Engel (NY - 16), Nita Lowey (NY - 17), and Sean Patrick Maloney (NY - 18) announced today that Westchester County has been awarded a $ 3.6 million federal grant from the United States Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration for new vehicles under the Bus and Bus Facilities Competitive Grant Pfederal grant from the United States Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration for new vehicles under the Bus and Bus Facilities Competitive Grant Progrant from the United States Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration for new vehicles under the Bus and Bus Facilities Competitive Grant PFederal Transit Administration for new vehicles under the Bus and Bus Facilities Competitive Grant ProGrant Program.

On Tuesday Governor Andrew Cuomo announced a new program that will distribute $ 6 million in federal grants to companies in New York State that hire workers who have been unemployed for more than 27 weeks.

He announced last week that he helped secure a $ 1 million federal grant for a program at the Flushing YMCA.

At 11 a.m., Rep. Nita Lowey announces $ 696,572 federal grant for Mercy College STEM education program for Hispanic and low - income undergraduates, Mercy College, Hudson Hall Quad, 555 Broadway, Dobbs Ferry.

Oneida County Executive Anthony J. Picente, Jr., today announced that Oneida County's Office of Workforce Development has received a grant from the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to continue its Jobs and Hope Program to provide vocational services to homeless individuals.

MANHATTAN — New York won $ 700 million in federal education grants when the US Department of Education's Race to the Top program winners were announced Tuesday.

Schools Chancellor Dennis M. Walcott and UFT President Michael Mulgrew on July 15 announced an important agreement that will help secure up to $ 65 million over the next two years in federal School Improvement Grants, a U.S. Department of Education program that provides funding to help transform our nation's struggling schools.

Governor Cuomo announced that 10 projects have progressed to the next stage for federal action for Hazard Mitigation Grant Program proposals.

There seems to be no consensus on the answer, although a range of estimates were presented at a conference called last month * by a key federal watchdog agency to announce a $ 1 million grants program to investigate the prevalence of fraud, data fabrication, plagiarism, and other questionable practices in science.

Turner, a social scientist at City University of New York / Queens College, offered his cautionary story last month at a conference * called by a key federal watchdog agency to announce a $ 1 million grants program to investigate the prevalence of fraud, data fabrication, plagiarism, and other questionable practices in science.

The Corporation for National and Community Service in the Jan. 19 Federal Register announced the availability of guidelines for service programs seeking grants.

In awarding grants for homelessness programs, federal housing officials will give a «competitive advantage to providers who keep families together and strengthen the family structure,» Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Henry G. Cisneros said in announcing the policy last month.

High schools may use a variety of methods to provide a «rigorous» curriculum that would allow their low - income graduates to qualify for a new federal college - grant program, the Department of Education announced last week.

The city announced in June, prior to the appellate ruling, that it was going to «transform» 11 of the district's schools and dramatically overhaul or close 23 others under a $ 300 million federal School Improvement Grant (SIG) program.

And President Obama has announced that the federal Teacher Incentive Fund, a competitive grant program to support pay for performance plans, will increase five-fold, from $ 97 million to $ 483 million.

On Friday, the Obama administration announced an experimental program that will give up to 10,000 low - income students access to federal Pell grants to take college courses while still in high school.

At the federal level, former U.S. Secretary of Education John B. King Jr. prioritized school diversity through a number of federal grant programs, including the Investing in Innovation Fund, or I3, Magnet School Assistance Program, and Charter School Program grant competitions.11 Additionally, in December 2016, the U.S. Department of Education announced the Opening Doors, Expanding Opportunities grant competition, which will use funds from the 2016 fiscal year to support school districts in increasing socioeconomic diversity in their schools.12

In District Five, Dr. Hefner has also helped school leaders secure two multi-million dollar federal Magnet School Assistance Program (MSAP) grants, including a $ 10.3 million grant in 2013 and $ 13.7 million grant announced last fall.

Investing in Innovation The department has announced that all 23 Investing in Innovation (i3) grant finalists successfully secured a total of $ 18 million in private donations, ensuring that they have met the competition's matching requirement and qualifying them to receive $ 150 million in federal funding from the i3 program.

Wake County school officials announced Wednesday that the district had won a federal Magnet Schools Assistance Program (MSAP) grant that's designed to reduce socioeconomic isolation in schools and raise student achievement.

Four high - need school district and higher education partnerships have been selected to launch teacher residency programs with the National Center for Teacher Residencies (NCTR) as part of the Supporting Effective Educator Development (SEED) federal grant, NCTR announced today.

Chicago — Four new school district - serving partnerships have been selected to launch teacher residency programs with the National Center for Teacher Residencies (NCTR) as part of its Supporting Effective Educator Development (SEED) federal grant, NCTR announced today.

USDOT Announces $ 55 Million in Grants to Transit Agencies to Deploy Clean Buses Jul 26, 2016 DOT Federal Transit Administration The FTA today announced selections for an expanded Low or No - Emission (Low - No) Bus Competitive Grant Program that reflects growing interest in new technology buses.

On June 29, the Department announced the INFRA discretionary grant program through a Notice of Funding Opportunity in the Federal Register.

On June 29, the Department announced the INFRA discretionary grant program through a Notice of Funding Opportunity in the Federal Register (NOFO).

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced selections for an expanded Low or No - Emission (Low - No) Bus Competitive Grant Program that reflects growing interest in new technology buses.

Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt announced a radical overhaul of the National Health and Medical Research Council's (NHMRC) grant program this fortnight.

The federal Department of Health and Human Services announced Washington's award as part of a $ 386 million set of state grants under the Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) program.

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