Sentences with phrase «federal programs allow»

«These federal programs allow Americans from all backgrounds to dedicate their careers to serving others.

This federal program allows school districts to provide meals free of charge to all enrolled students.

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The budget proposal also included plans to eliminate duplicative energy programs and wasteful spending to help get «federal government out of the way and allow the private sector to do its job and flourish.»

The program, designed to ease women - owned firms» access to federal contracts, would allow federal agencies to set aside contracts for these businesses.

Last April, facing a Federal Court lawsuit launched by unions over the HD Mining workers, the federal government introduced reforms to the program, including removing a provision that allowed employers to pay temporary foreign workers up to 15 per cent less than the prevailing CanadiaFederal Court lawsuit launched by unions over the HD Mining workers, the federal government introduced reforms to the program, including removing a provision that allowed employers to pay temporary foreign workers up to 15 per cent less than the prevailing Canadiafederal government introduced reforms to the program, including removing a provision that allowed employers to pay temporary foreign workers up to 15 per cent less than the prevailing Canadian wage.

The Journal took a hard look at the Parent Plus program, a federal loan program established in 1980 that allows parents to borrow to cover tuition and living expenses, often with no limit.

The federal government announced initial changes in April, scrapping an aspect of the program that allowed employers to pay foreign workers as much as 15 per cent less than the average wage for a job.

This procedural tool would allow the chamber to pass certain kinds of legislation which affects the federal budget — including spending on programs like Obamacare, Medicare, Medicaid, welfare, and Social Security — with a simple majority.

This allows a student to earn money to help pay education expenses through a part - time job administered by schools participating in the Federal Work - study Program.

The specific legal grounds for the Texas coalition's challenge to the remaining DACA program are that it violates the Constitution's direction for the president to execute the nation's laws, that it was adopted without allowing the public an advance chance to comment on it, and that it exceeds presidential power under federal immigration laws and is thus illegal.

The Program allows contracting officers, for the first time, to set aside specific contracts for certified WOSBs and EDWOSBs and will help federal agencies achieve the existing statutory goal of five percent of federal contracting dollars being awarded to WOSBs.

According to a fact sheet published by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), HARP is the only program that allows underwater Arizona homeowners to refinance their home loans.

Loan consolidation, the other federal program, allows a borrower to get out of default by making three consecutive monthly payments at the full initial price, and afterwards enrolling into an income - driven repayment plan.

The program is named after the 1978 addition of section 401 (k) to the U.S. federal tax code which allowed such pre-tax investments.

Selling debt to China funds federal government programs that allow the U.S. economy to grow.

These are just some of the reasons anti-hunger advocates want New York City to join this expanding federal program that allows all kids in a given district to eat for free.

Brooke ensures that the policies and practices of Maryland state and local agencies and school districts are designed to allow low - income families and individuals maximum access to nutrition programs; and that the state, counties, school districts, and community - based providers take advantage of options in federal law to maximize access and benefits.

The bill would change federal policy and allow Tribes to administer federal programs that provide free, healthy meals to children in schools, while simultaneously helping to alleviate some of the hurdles Tribes face in trying to access hunger and nutrition services.

Federal regulations serve as the baseline for school nutrition programs thus allowing state governments and local school boards an element of local control.

ICYMI: Sen. Gustavo Rivera, a frequent critic of the federal Secure Communities program, expressed significant «disappointment» during a CapTon interview last night with the Obama administration's reversal on allowing states to opt out.

I understand that the current Federal Bond Buying program (80 Billion a month) are allowing a fixed supply of money to the American Government.

Instead of prosecuting Farkas, Andrew Cuomo gave Farkas a pass in which he paid no penalties, admitted no wrongdoing and was allowed to continue milking federal housing programs.»

The measure, which is separate from federal legislation and would apply only to New York state, would allow undocumented students to be eligible for funds from the state's Tuition Assistance Program if they attended high school in New York state or received a general equivalency diploma and have applied to a college or university within the state.

Republican Nassau County executive candidate Jack Martins is calling on Nassau University Medical Center to apply for designation in a federal program that would allow local veterans to receive treatment there instead of at VA facilities in Suffolk County or New York City.

State Senator Espaillat and Mark - Viverito were advocating for the federal government to allow Puerto Rico to restructure its debt, provide additional funding to the territory and restore key cuts to its healthcare programs.

TROY, N.Y. — It is known as the Immigration and Nationality Act section 287g - a federal program championed by President Donald Trump that allows law enforcement to send officers for training on how to identify and deal with illegal immigrants inside the county jail.

Christie, a Republican, announced today he would allow the state to move forward with a medical marijuana program after he received assurances the measure wouldn't run afoul of federal prosecutors.

ALBANY — Proposed legislation would allow undocumented immigrants protected under the federal Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program to keep their driver's licenses after the program ends in March.

Astorino said that participating in the program would allow the county to sidestep a federal law which requires that all revenue generated at the airport gets reinvested back into the airport; and he estimated that Westchester could generate at least $ 140 million in revenue from the airport deal that could be used for other areas of the county.

He says that way, same - sex marriages performed in New York and other states where it is legal, could be recognized in states that do not allow gay marriages, if one member of the couple works for a federal government agency or program.

Poloncarz also called on federal leaders to protect the Great Lakes Restoration Program which allowed the county to clean up habitats

On Sunday, Espaillat called for the federal government to allow Puerto Rico to restructure its debt, provide it with more funding and restore cuts to its healthcare programs.

The Assembly has already voted to approve the Dream Act — a state version of the federal proposal to allow certain illegal aliens to gain access to a variety of government programs — but it is opposed by Senate Republicans, who control that house in coalition with a small group of Democrats.

It will supplement the «Pay As You Earn,» program, a federal loan repayment program that allows graduates to limit their monthly payments to 10 percent of their disposable income.

As deadline approaches Cuomo extends transitional sheltering program for two weeks Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced on February 21 that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), at the request of the State of New York, has approved a 14 - day extension to the Transitional Sheltering Assistance (TSA) program, which allows eligible survivors from Hurricane Sandy who -LSB-...]

Rep. Rahm Emanuel (Ill.), chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, said if the president were serious about enrolling the lowest - income children, the administration would allow states to sign up youngsters for SCHIP when they qualify for school - lunch and other federal programs.

A Brooklyn federal judge called for extending deadlines on Trump's plan to wind down DACA — the program that allows immigrants in the U.S. illegally since they were brought as children to stay and work.

Bronx Democratic Assemblyman Luis Sepulveda wants to allow undocumented immigrants protected under the federal DACA program to keep their driver's licenses after it ends in March, and also to be eligible for the Excelsior Scholarship program.

DEC adopted a rule to allow the State's program to sunset in favor of the federal Clean Air Interstate Rule, which will benefit businesses by eliminating the costs and other burdens of having to comply with two separate but effectively identical programs.

These public forums provide an opportunity to increase citizen awareness and participation in the Consortium's federal Community Development program by allowing the general public, as well as agency advocates for low and moderate income individuals, the elderly and handicapped to offer suggestions and information on the needs of these populations to County and municipal officials.

The waiver money, a matching grant program from the federal government that allows providers across the state to invest in new ways to provide and deliver care to their communities, is divided into several different pots of money.

Trump vowed to scrap the federal immigration program that allowed the New York City truck terrorist to enter the United States, and said «animals» like the suspect in the attack belong in Guantanamo Bay.

The Obama Administration recently unveiled a pilot program that will allow Pell Grants (the federal college subsidy program for the poor) to be issued to a small number of colleges to offer college courses to eligible inmates.

Mastrianni, who also worked at Adirondack Medical Center in Saranac Lake, said expanding Medicare and allowing the federal program to negotiate with drug companies would be transformative.

Deputy County Executive Bill Fisher says this is a good year to start the program, because of the implications of the new federal tax bill, which doesn't allow taxpayers to deduct as much state and local taxes on their federal income taxes.

ALBANY, N.Y. >> New York revised its request for a $ 10 billion Medicaid adjustment, which would allow using that money in related health care programs, after federal officials concluded capital investment and some other programs are ineligible.

Instead, Cuomo announced a program bill to amend the Public Officers Law to provide county boards of elections more time prior to special elections to allow enough time for military ballots to be mailed and counted in compliance with federal law.

Lowey, the senior Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee, announced that Rockland Community College (RCC) will receive $ 77, 834 in new federal funding that will allow RCC to continue to sponsor the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) of Rockland County.

A popular federal scholarship program for low - income and disadvantaged undergraduates that was scheduled to end this year has won a reprieve, thanks to reforms in the process that allows foreign workers to hold high - tech U.S. jobs.

Programs like Food for Peace, which Clinton touted yesterday and which allowed Scicchitano to pre-position food stocks, face cuts in the 2012 federal budget.