Sentences with phrase «for local aids»

Last night we went out to eat — it was Dining Out for Life in 60 cities across the country to raise money for local AIDS service organizations.

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Even for gifts such as P.L. 480 food aid, the State Department was given «counterpart funds,» a local - currency equivalence of the value of the food.

FEMA has yet to authorize reconstruction aid for Puerto Rico, so local governments (and public utility companies) on the island are not eligible for long - term grants.

I would like to acknowledge what is a long list: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the Small Business Administration (SBA), the Office of the New York Attorney General, the New York State Department of Financial Services, the New York Legal Assistance Group, Staten Island Legal Services, the Legal Aid Society, MFY Legal Services, various bar associations, New York City Department of Small Business Services, Center for New York City Neighborhoods, Neighborhood Housing Services of Staten Island and the Northfield Local Community Development Corporation.

The AIDS pandemic in Africa may be a generic social issue for a U.S. retailer like Home Depot, a value chain impact for a pharmaceutical company like GlaxoSmithKline, and a competitive context issue for a mining company like Anglo American that depends on local labor in Africa for its operations.

In return for those payments, funded with foreign aid, Hanafi worked with local officials in Nangahar province to try to lure other militants away from the fight.

After aiding in smaller projects with local artists in Virginia Beach, Virginia, Ruckel got to travel to Nashville and assist on the latest compellation album for EMI records with recording artist Jason Upton.

A strong ally of the pastor in caring for a person with AIDS can be the local AIDS network.

Often aid was channeled by the donor into the infrastructure for foreign investment and conditioned on the purchase of goods produced by the metropolis so that a rational development policy based on local needs became impossible.»

The attempts by the metropolitan centers and their local representatives to induce population control and the growing importance of military «aid» to suppress the large marginal elements point to the instability of the present system and its lack of satisfactory options for the Latin American societies.

She attributes the failure of these reforms to poor local capacities, to the resistance of African interest groups, and to donors» lack of savvy and backbone in negotiating aid - for - reform deals.

There were also local spirits, good and bad, some of them puckish but harmless, some to be feared, some to be welcomed for their kindly aid.

Perusing the index of Origins, the weekly publication of representative documents and speeches compiled by Catholic News Service, our imaginary historian will note, for example, the following initiatives undertaken at the national, diocesan and parish levels in 1994 - 95: providing alternatives to abortion; staffing adoption agencies; conducting adult education courses; addressing African American Catholics» pastoral needs; funding programs to prevent alcohol abuse; implementing a new policy on altar servers and guidelines for the Anointing of the Sick; lobbying for arms control; eliminating asbestos in public housing; supporting the activities of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (227 strong); challenging atheism in American society; establishing base communities (also known as small faith communities); providing aid to war victims in Bosnia; conducting Catholic research in bioethics; publicizing the new Catechism of the Catholic Church; battling child abuse; strengthening the relationship between church and labor unions; and deepening the structures and expressions of collegiality in the local and diocesan church.

«While we are glad to see and commend the local authorities under international pressure acted swiftly and fairly to resolve the church's land with this right decision, we are still deeply concerned about the justice for this family of martyr which is still not done,» stated Bob Fu, China Aid's president.

Eating local raw honey is wonderful for allergies, a good digestive aid and it's full of vitamins and minerals.

Revised Statute 167.273 (1990) makes available additional state aid to local school districts for a program of parent education established in one or more high school that service pregnant teens and teen parents enrolled as pupils in the district.

In conjunction with Team Nutrition, the Department has produced a Local Wellness Policy handout (2006) to inform others in the school about federal wellness requirements and to help aid districts in the basic requirements for local wellness poliLocal Wellness Policy handout (2006) to inform others in the school about federal wellness requirements and to help aid districts in the basic requirements for local wellness polilocal wellness policies.

She is the Director of the Optimal Birth BC program, funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, which develops syntheses of evidence for clinicians, decision - aids and information packages for childbearing families, and uses local data to evaluate clinical practice and direct change to reduce rates of cesarean section in BC hospitals and health authorities.

(Local community organizations and religious groups sometimes offer aid for private elementary schools, but the amount is usually minimal.)

Check your local Red Cross or YMCA for certification courses and download the Red Cross First Aid App to refresh your skills on a regular basis.

Millions are helplessly addicted to tobacco, unaware that a natural aid for smoking cessation can be found not at the local pharmacy, but at your grocer's fruit stand.

Kimmelin Hull, «a Lamaze Certified Childbirth Educator, Physician Assistant, American Red Cross First Aid / CPR instructor, novelist and freelance writer for local and international parenting magazines,» is, sadly, grossly ignorant about childbirth, science and scientific evidence.

Check your local hospital for newborn care classes and infant CPR / first aid classes to learn more about keeping your babies safe at home.

The evidence based information, visual aids and the instructor's regular interaction with recent local births ensures you will feel confident, informed and empowered for your labour and birth experience.

You can also contact your local chapter of The American Bar Association or The Legal Aid Society for assistance.

The public is invited and proceeds will benefit the Parks Foundation of Highland Park SMILE Grant - in - Aid program which provides recreation grants for local families in need of financial assistance.

Proceeds benefit the Parks Foundation of Highland Park SMILE Grant - in - Aid program which provides recreation grants for local families in need of financial assistance.

Aid workers and local shelters are often ill - equipped to provide optimal support for infants and mothers — breastfeeding or formula - feeding.

To the rescue I had been on a first aid course for my local sports team and came into the office the next day espousing my newlyacquired knowledge.

And the lawmakers want Cuomo to put some spending commitments on the table as well, especially for election reform, seeking $ 3.1 million for aiding local governments to adopt early voting and ease the transition process.

«We will push for more AIM aid because local governments unlike any government haven't seen AIM increase in probably eight, nine years,» McDonald said.

The two - year budget deal reached in Washington on Friday ensures no draconian cuts in federal aid to the state and city, undercuts arguments to raise some local taxes and portends problems for Cuomo as he exaggerates the impact of Congress's tax bill on New Yorkers.

He does provide millions of dollars in economic aid for upstate communities that may lose the prisons they depend on for their local economies.

Local school districts are preparing for another tight budget season this year, with minimal state aid increases projected in Gov. Andrew Cuomo's tentative spending plan and a cap of less than 2 percent on tax levy growth.

The SIAT are the official judges of the two enormous state competitions for local economic development aid and business subsidies.

It says the amendment would allow the legislature to authorize up to seven casinos for the purpose of «promoting job growth, increasing aid to schools, and permitting local governments to lower property taxes through revenues generated.»

Stung by the expiration of federal aid intended to help states balance budgets as they seek to recover from the recession that began in 2008, the final budget is also expected to include another cut in local aid to cities and towns and to call for reduced growth in the rate of spending on education and health care, although special education is one of the few areas in which significant investments appear imminent.

The balancing act for local municipalities is that the cuts in state aid must be coupled with mandate relief.»

The Executive Budget reduces Aid and Incentives for Municipalities (AIM) by two percent for cities, towns and villages outside New York City, which does not receive AIM in recognition of the city's numerous alternative funding sources such as a local income tax.

In addition, the ECYB enables Local Youth Bureaus to be eligible for New York State aid to run youth service and recreation programs.

FEMA has said it's managed to get its aid supplies into circulation, and the remaining containers are food, medicine, and other goods destined for local shops.

As a result, environmental regulations are largely overlooked with the acquiescence of locals, raising troubling questions over their potential for aiding environmental protection.

Proposal # 1 will also deliver more than $ 35 million a year for schools, property tax relief and aid to local governments in the Capital Region including extra funds for hosting casinos

Meanwhile discussions elsewhere reached consensus on disability rights, taking competition out of the NHS, tribunal fees, legal aid, zero - hours and short - hours contracts, agency workers, immigration, local government funding, housing, the Middle East, the minimum wage, the living wage, Royal Mail, the railways, science and technology, mental health, fracking, animal welfare, Lords reform, reducing smoking and consumption of alcohol, fats and sugar, reaffirming all - women shortlists, youth services, careers advice, sexual and relationship education, and even the 11 - plus (recognising that selection at age 11 damaged education for all children, but stopping short of abolishing existing grammar schools).

Senate Democrats call for more education aid — at least $ 2 billion — while also backing an indexed minimum wage increase coupled with local control.

Meanwhile, students, parents and community members organized by the Alliance for Quality Education, Citizen Action of New York and the New York City Coalition for Educational Justice delivered valentines to state lawmakers» local offices in the Capital District Buffalo, Syracuse, Binghamton, Queens, the Bronx, Brooklyn and Long Island asking them to reject Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposed education aid cuts.

[31] The spending included a record $ 1.8 billion aid increase to local school districts, and $ 2.5 billion in aid for construction projects at state and city public colleges.

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«The proposed amendment to section 9 of article 1 of the Constitution would allow the Legislature to authorize up to seven casinos in New York State for the legislated purposes of promoting job growth, increasing aid to schools, and permitting local governments to lower property taxes through revenues generated.

That wording says casinos would be approved for the «purposes of promoting job growth, increasing aid to schools, and permitting local governments to lower property taxes through revenues generated.»