Sentences with phrase «first grant initiative»

WASHINGTON — The Legal Services Corporation (LSC) announced today that seven legal aid organizations will receive grants from its new G. Duane Vieth Leadership Development Program, LSC's first grant initiative to support training in leadership skills in the field of civil legal aid.

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The grant funds come on the heels of an executive budget proposal by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to offer counties statewide $ 50.7 million to subsidize indigent defense costs, the first appropriation of a proposed five - year initiative that will cost an estimated $ 250 million.

AAAS provided 42 reviews for proposals submitted to the Nebraska EPSCoR Faculty FIRST Awards initiative, which is designed to help early career faculty initiate their research programs and compete more effectively for NSF CAREER grants.

In late September, Stanley received a first - round BRAIN grant from the ambitious federal initiative seeking to create a dynamic map of the brain in action.

The Offensive Sciences, unique initiative in Europe, allows for the first time to support excellent cross-border research projects thanks to the cofinancing granted by States of Bade - Wurtemberg and of Rhineland - Palatinate, the Region Alsace and of the European Union.

The first initiative in 2010 was an invitational two - day Summit in Wellesley, MA, funded by a generous grant from the Institute of Integrative Healthcare.

The first three states have been chosen to receive federal grants for President Bush's Reading First initiative, the Department of Education first three states have been chosen to receive federal grants for President Bush's Reading First initiative, the Department of Education First initiative, the Department of Education says.

Unfortunately, in the first five years of the initiative, according to the Evaluation of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's High School Grants Initiative: 2001 — 2005 Final Report, released in August 2006, there were mixed results at best.

A long - awaited inspection of the federal Reading First program found today that federal education officials may have steered the grant - application process for the $ 1 billion - a-year initiative to ensure that particular reading programs and instructional approaches were widely used by participating schools, and that others were essentially shut out.

But no matter what their interpretation is of a new collaborative grant program that will funnel tens of millions of dollars to K - 12 and higher education technology initiatives, most ed - tech experts agree on this much: With the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation unveiling an initiative in the ed - tech arena for the first time in nearly a decade, people will take notice.

In the first year of the initiative, each district / out - of - school - time intermediary pair share grants ranging from $ 1 million to $ 1.5 million.

With little or no general public funding left to address the necessary conditions for learning, the initiative process in California gave us Healthy Start, Family Preservation and Support, First Five, mental health in schools, and vast afterschool programming, too many of which were designed as short - term grants that required annual renewals and proof of sustainability rather than the ongoing funding we know the neediest schools must have consistently.

The grant - funded DREAM initiative trains California third - and fourth - grade teachers in arts / literacy practices, and after its first two years of implementation, language arts test scores of students in these teachers» classrooms increased by 87 points.

Education First and Prosperity 2020 used Tuesday's meeting to line up behind three 2016 legislative initiatives: 1) Expanded full - day kindergarten, 2) Public preschool, and 3) Grants for teacher training.

BCPS's library programs at the school level have designed and delivered innovative initiatives that provide experiential learning, twenty - first - century skill development, and literacy projects through the grants awarded each year by the Education Foundation of Baltimore County Public Schools partners.

The National Reading Panel (NRP) study in 2000 identified the specific components necessary to teach reading, and the subsequent passage in 2001of the No Child Left Behind Act and its accompanying Reading First initiative mandated that schools be accountable for providing scientific, research - based reading programs (with financial block grants to states that adopt such curriculum).

She managed a Federal Preschool Development Grant and, as part of the Race to the Top Early Learning Challenge Grant, worked on a first time initiative to require child care providers to conduct developmental screening on children aged 6 weeks to 5 years old and to help families access referrals and / or resources as necessary.

The strings attached to the administration's NCLB waiver program were the same troubling requirements as those required in the administration's first education reform initiative, the Race to the Top (RTTT) grant program, and its subsequent iterations.

The Your Kentucky Home initiative offers income - eligible homebuyers across the Commonwealth down payment assistance in the form of a grant, up to 5 percent of the loan amount of their first mortgage.

Today the New Museum «s director, Lisa Phillips, announced three major new scholarship opportunities that aim to promote the study of contemporary art and culture.The first initiative, titled the Mellon Grant for Contemporary Scholarship in Contemporary Art, is a $ 500,000 fund that will be... Read More

2016 Nov. 18 — Wadsworth Atheneum Presents 43rd Annual Festival of Trees & Traditions Nov. 1 — John Trumbull Paintings Central to «Visualizing American Independence» at Wadsworth Atheneum Oct. 5 — First U.S. Exhibition by Artist Dulce Chacón Explores Human Feats and Failures in the Frontiers of Air and Space Sept. 23 — Grant S. Smith to Lead Development, Revitalize Fundraising Initiatives at Wadsworth Atheneum Sept. 9 — First Major Photography Survey in 27 Years to Open at Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art Aug. 16 — Francisco de Zurbarán's «Saint Serapion» Returns to Galleries at Wadsworth Atheneum May 23 — Exhibition to Highlight Diversity of Contemporary Artists, Artworks May 10 — Works by Salomon van Ruysdael and Kehinde Wiley Among Newest Acquisitions by Wadsworth Atheneum April 21 — «Vanessa German / MATRIX 174» to Confront Social Issues of Race and Violence Beginning June 9 March 25 — Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art Names Anne Butler Rice New Director of Education

This new Philadelphia initiative, is a partnership between Temple Contemporary at the Tyler School of Art and the Warhol Foundation, offering grants up to $ 5,000 to 10 - 15 artists or artist teams, with the first round being awarded in September, 2018.

First round of partners and programmes announced by Terra - Art Bridges Initiative The Terra Foundation for American Art and Art Bridges has announced its first round of grants, which will allow a number of museums to share collections, improve scholarship through joint initiatives and expand access to AmericanFirst round of partners and programmes announced by Terra - Art Bridges Initiative The Terra Foundation for American Art and Art Bridges has announced its first round of grants, which will allow a number of museums to share collections, improve scholarship through joint initiatives and expand access to Americanfirst round of grants, which will allow a number of museums to share collections, improve scholarship through joint initiatives and expand access to American art.

After a months - long process of soliciting and winnowing thousands of ideas for «transformational» energy initiatives, the Department of Energy has selected the first 37 recipients of $ 151 million in grants under its Arpa - E program (Advanced Research Projects — Energy).

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) included several key funding opportunities for energy efficiency projects at the local level, including for the first time monies for the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) program.1 Funding was additionally provided for state energy programs, weatherization assistance, and efficient transportation efficiency among other initiatives.

Libby Doggett, director of the Pew Home Visiting Campaign, an initiative of the Pew Center on the States, released the following statement in response to the first round of competitive grants awarded in the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program:

In the first year of the initiative, each district / out - of - school - time pair will share grants ranging from $ 1 million to $ 1.5 million.

First 5 established this initiative in 2012 as a result of receiving funding through California's Race to the Top - Early Learning Challenge federal grant, and First 5 California's Child Signature Program.