Sentences with phrase «federal subsidy programs»

The money will come from $ 108 million in federal stimulus funds, $ 210 million from bond sales, $ 42 million from the state, and an annual $ 65 to $ 75 million from a federal subsidy program.

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Morneau said nine out of 10 recipients of child benefits would do better under the new program than they were previously; a family of two children earning $ 90,000 per year will get a tax - free bonus of $ 5,650 per year from the federal government, an increase of $ 2,500 per year compared with Harper's child - subsidy regime.

The February federal budget deal, meanwhile, hikes outlays in both of the two categories of «discretionary» spending, defense and federal programs from foreign aid to housing subsidies, by an unprecedented 12 %, or $ 150 billion a year in 2018 and 2019.

One of the federal government's low income phone subsidy programs is bedeviled by fraud, a watchdog agency investigation concluded.

The commission recommended several reforms including reforming civilian and military retirement programs, reducing agricultural program spending, eliminating in - school subsidies in federal student loan programs, and giving the Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation the authority to increase premiums.

Furthermore, under the general welfare provision of the Constitution, the Federal Government offers financial assistance to states and local communities for a variety of educational purposes, ranging from subsidies for school lunch programs to salaries for teachers of agriculture and loans for school building construction.

«This decision again demonstrates the need for enactment of the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act, which would permanently prevent taxpayer subsidies for abortion - covering health plans, both in ObamaCare and in other federal health benefits programs.»

DHR is the lead state agency for the federal child care subsidy funds, while Bright From the Start manages the state pre-kindergarten program, the federal child nutrition program, all child care center licensing and registering of family child care homes, and the quality and infant — toddler set - asides of the state's portion of the federal Child Care and Development Block Grant.

The National School Lunch program exists to serve low - income children (those receiving federal meal subsidies), and among that group, participation has actually increased.

Especially in districts with large numbers of needy students, federal subsidy dollars can more than pay for breakfast, meaning extra cash to help support the entire meal program.

The IDC's plan would include a strengthening of the Facilitated Enrollment Child Care subsidy by hiking funding to $ 25 million and would expand those eligible for the program to within 400 percent of the federal poverty line.

Ms. Been said that most permanently affordable units created through the program are likely to be those built via inclusionary zoning versus those that would require ongoing city, state or federal subsidies.

The city ended its rental subsidy program for homeless families, called Advantage, in 2011 after it lost state and federal funding.

Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Limitation — Vote Passed (218 - 210, 6 Not Voting) The House passed a bill that would limit to $ 250,000 the non-economic damages that can be awarded in a medical malpractice lawsuit in which the plaintiff's health care was paid for in whole or in part via a federal program, subsidy or tax benefit, and would establish a statute of limitations for initiating such lawsuits of either three years following the plaintiff's injury, or one year after the plaintiff discovers such injury, whichever occurs first.

It includes a wave of cuts to benefit programs such as Medicaid, federal employee pensions, welfare benefits and farm subsidies.

Families who make 200 percent or less above the federal poverty level are eligible for childcare subsidy programs in New York State.

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.

The signature Bloomberg administration program has been called one of the most generous housing subsidies in the country and is funded by city, state and federal money.

According to documents filed with ESD, Triangle Equities has committed equity for 10 percent of the $ 209 million project — while seeking the $ 16.5 million in subsidies from the state, $ 6.2 million from New York City, $ 10.1 million in federal tax credits and $ 131 million in loans, as well as other unspecified tax equity and subsidy programs.

«The program offers subsidies to parents earning less than 275 % of the federal poverty level.

The proposed cuts include $ 269.78 billion from energy programs, including $ 158.7 billion of fossil fuel subsidies; $ 167.09 billion of agricultural subsidies, including $ 89.82 billion of federal crop insurance disaster aid; $ 212.02 billion of transportation subsidies, including $ 125.80 billion of general revenue transfers to the Highway Trust Fund; $ 101.8 billion of federal flood, crop and nuclear insurance subsidies; and $ 24.99 billion from wasteful or environmental damaging public lands and water projects.

Federal officials believe the subsidy program could successfully prod ranchers to put hundreds of billions of gallons of water back into the river and help relieve the shortages plaguing states downstream.

The federal government will account for more than 63 percent of this total, or about $ 1.5 trillion, reflecting expanded Medicaid eligibility, premium and cost - sharing subsidies through the Health Insurance Marketplaces (exchanges), and growth in Medicare enrollment as baby boomers continue to enter the program.

For instance, some companies will provide medications to patients who have reached the limit of their prescription insurance; others help people on Medicare Part D, the federal drug - subsidy program.

The Federal Communications Commission voted to propose its first Internet privacy rules and to expand a phone subsidy program to cover Internet access.

According to data from the Child Care and Census Bureaus, in 2005 approximately 4 percent of all families with children age 12 and under benefited from $ 9 billion in vouchers through the Child Care and Development Fund and $ 3 billion in subsidies provided by the federal Temporary Aid to Needy Families program.

Moreover, these federal aid - to - state programs, which condition federal subsidies on specific state actions, are legion — numbering a whopping 1,122 in 2010 alone.

I assume that current federal spending on early childcare and education programs will be redirected to the new CESA program since the existing programs serve functions that are substantially redundant with the proposed childcare subsidy.

If current federal spending on childcare and early childhood programs, amounting to about $ 26 billion a year, were shifted to the new subsidy, $ 16 billion more would be required.

A second mechanism is to have a childcare subsidy flow through existing federal programs that are intended to support states in the provision of needed services.

To support these initiatives, the Federal Communications Commission's E-rate program has recently been expanded to provide schools nationwide with subsidies for high - speed broadband and gigabit wireless networks.

National: As President Obama signs the new five - year $ 305 billion FAST ACT highway bill into law, the «public private partnership» industry sees it as a mixed bag, increasing federal TIFIA infrastructure subsidies to private investors on the one hand, and allowing states to dip into National Highway Performance Program apportioned funds on the other if TIFIA funding is constrained.

Federal funds provide additional subsidies: DSU received an award from the U.S. Department of Education's Fund for the Improvement of Post Secondary Education program while JCPS and Region 1 used Title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act funds to support their principal training initiatives.

This effect of including federal funds reflects the fact that the bulk of federal education dollars are allocated based largely on the income profile of the communities schools serve, primarily through federal subsidies for free and reduced price meals and under Title I of the ESEA.19 But because subsidies for school lunch programs are the largest source of federal funds flowing to schools, those concerned with equity must determine how expenditures of those non-instructional funds are considered.

The TIFIA Program is governed by the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, which requires the DOT to establish a capital reserve, or «subsidy amount,» sufficient to cover the estimated long - term cost to the Federal Government of a Federal credit instrument, including any expected credit losses, before the DOT can provide TIFIA credit assistance.

The new Build America Bond Program allows state and local governments to issue taxable bonds in 2009 and 2010 for government capital projects and receive a direct federal subsidy payment from the US Treasury for a portion of their borrowing costs.

Federal student loan programs are also taking a hit as federal subsidies have beFederal student loan programs are also taking a hit as federal subsidies have befederal subsidies have been cut.

Under Federal Credit Reform Act (FCRA) rules, subsidy costs such as default costs and in - school interest benefits are embedded within the program subsidy, whereas Federal administration costs are treated as annual cash amounts and are not included within the subsidy rate.

To improve the public's access to information about the various federal energy programs that exist, IER compiled a comprehensive database that contains the most significant forms of federal subsidies for energy producers and energy products: grants, loans and loan guarantees, and tax subsidies.

The cost of annual federal fossil fuel production subsidies is equivalent to the projected 2018 budget cuts from Trump's proposals to slash 10 public programs and services that benefit some of the nation's most vulnerable children and families.

Job training programs intended for the clean economy have also failed to generate big numbers... $ 59 million in state, federal and private money dedicated to green jobs training and apprenticeship has led to only 719 job placements — the equivalent of an $ 82,000 subsidy for each one.»

Clearly, growth in renewable generation during the past 10 years has been supported by several key federal and state subsidies and incentive programs.

According to the company, the ZEC subsidies program is «incompatible with the PJM market design, threatens the foundations of the PJM market and interferes with the federal regulatory scheme.»

The federal coal leasing program amounts to a major fossil fuel subsidy, favoring coal at the expense of cleaner forms of generating electricity.A recent federal court ruling rejected BLM's argument that increasing the supply of coal would not increase carbon pollution, in part because coal competes with cleaner methods of generating electricity.

The federal coal leasing program amounts to a major fossil fuel subsidy, favoring coal at the expense of cleaner forms of generating electricity.

The White House reported to House Republicans that there are 18 federal agencies engaged in global warming activities in 2013, funding a wide range of programs, including scientific research, international climate assistance, incentivizing renewable energy technology and subsidies to renewable energy producers.

William Jones («Not Chernobyl,» June 16) objected to my using subsidies from federal and state programs designed to promote solar energy.

Eliminate federal subsidies for fossil fuels and re-direct those federal funds to renewable energy development and energy efficiency programs.

While the USDA payment was chicken - scratch in the world of federal subsidies, grants and loan guarantees, it shows how risky to the taxpayers such federal programs are.

If you feel you can not afford a policy, you may be eligible for a federal subsidy, Medicaid, or another government program that helps you obtain cheap or free office visits and / or prescriptions.