Sentences with phrase «funded issue areas»

Children / Youth, Veterans, and Disability Rights were the next most commonly funded issue areas encompassing 19 projects.

Not exact matches

For example, venture capital fund managers and angel investors tend to put more emphasis on both market and finance issues, so those are areas that you should focus on when approaching these types of investors.
This issue of the Macroprudential Bulletin looks at how euro area banks are linked to each other and to investment funds and how this may affect the stability of the financial system.
The BOC has four main areas of responsibility: monetary policy, which dictates the supply of money circulating in the Canadian economy; currency, the design and issuing of Canada's bank notes, and managing funds.
«But they have a great capacity to give funding, which we need in all of our issue areas, particularly global health.»
The funds that those sales could bring in could largely be spent now, so if the estimated income from X player sales should be # 100mil, spend # 75 mil of that now from the cash reserves and then work hard on recouping that money from the average that needs to go... Values was an example and not what I think they are worth XD That area could also deal with contracts, take the pay structure away from the manager and into the club, ensure we do not have this issue again when a new manager feels it is the right direction and has no one to stop him.
They have issues in defence and midfield that need urgent attention and it is likely that they will focus their funds in those areas in January rather than spend another large sum on a new forward.
Philip McKenna, financial consultant for Orland Park, told the village «s Planning and Economic Development Committee on Monday that creating a service area would enable the village to set up a funding mechanism by issuing bonds so all water and sewer work could be completed at one time.
Good Info, Funding is always an issue when it comes to school lunches, but a number of corporations and private foundations are putting up big money for schools and small farms to implement such programs, especially in areas with high obesity rates.
This is on top of a record # 6Bn for maintaining local roads, # 7Bn for the Local Growth Fund, # 1.25 Bn for local transport schemes and a further # 250M to help councils tackle road issues in their areas.
«These funds could be available for implementation of new filtration systems, water testing, and other measures for areas that suspect or know they have a contamination issue and have not yet received the Superfund status that would make them eligible for such state funding,» according to the report.
The ESRC is the UK's largest funder of research on social and economic issues, and the new Strategic Plan sets out its commitment to focus on those areas where it can add the most value and collaborate with a range of partners to maximise the value of its investments.
DFS is expected to issue a series of reports on individual areas of concern in the state's public pension funds.
«I think long term probably the area we all need to look at is the long - term impact on the funding equity issue for our schools,» DiNapoli said.
«The National Assembly already have an agreement with the Acting President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, that if for example, the Private Finance Initiative does not materialize to provide the needed funds for the completion of the Lagos - Ibadan Expressway, just as in other areas where government has issues with the budget, the instruments of virement and supplementary budget can be used.
«The funding will be applied immediately and will directly address the issue of rodents in residential and commercial areas,» Legislator Hardwick said.
Lawmakers gathered Thursday in a flooded area of a Webster tavern to announce legislation that would expedite emergency funding for counties and towns dealing with water infrastructure issues.
The issue is immense and there are many older homes in our area needing inspection and potential lead abatement work, so this funding will critically strengthen our efforts and allow us to help more homeowners and landlords to recognize and ameliorate their lead problems.»
Though Bratton did not say what specifics he or the department will require from those who celebrate J'Ouvert — it's unclear, in fact, who organizes the large gathering — but said staffing issues and funding for more street lighting will be arranged in collaboration with the NYPD, the area's elected officials and local community leaders.
Other areas of our work that also have human rights and equalities angles include our campaigns around state - funded religious schools, religious education, for public service reform, and on ethical issues such as abortion and assisted dying.
During his speech Mr Corbyn pledged Labour will not offer «false promises» on immigration and said his party will tackle the real issues - and fund areas with high migration.
In his acceptance address the newly elected President said that GARA has many challenges and issues to face but that his Executives and him will focus on three core areas, namely funding of Rugby in Greater Accra, youth and female development and player welfare.
Our colleagues on the town board should stop making financially incorrect decisions based on Ballard's drama skills and start to address the real issues facing the town namely finding the money to fund additional road repairs from other bloated areas of the town's budget without raising taxes.
The issue of curbing deforestation was a rare area of consensus at the climate summit in December in Copenhagen, Denmark, with six countries — the United States, Norway, Japan, Britain, France and Australia — signing on to pay $ 3.5 billion to fund the REDD + deforestation effort over three years.
And two issues — gaining knowledge of a specific scientific area and learning how to write grants and obtain funding featured in almost three - quarters of responses.
Study co-author Dr Dermot Lynott, from Lancaster University, said: «We were initially surprised that no one had studied this issue before; however, the US government cut research funding for gun - related research over decade and a half ago, so research in this area has been somewhat suppressed.»
On 23 September, NIH issued a notice saying that it will not fund such research «while the Agency considers a possible policy revision in this area
Dr Diogo Verissimo, a postdoctoral researcher at Kent's Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE), said: «Our findings suggest that while climate change could be deflecting attention from biodiversity loss in terms of funding, in other areas the sentiment shared by many conservationists that biodiversity loss is now a secondary issue could be a result of a comparatively quicker rise in prominence of climate change.»
While Topics in Human Genetics focused my attention on the issues involved in one particular area of science, the second course that influenced my appreciation for ethics was appropriately named Bioethics, one of the core courses all students at Meharry must take regardless of department or funding status.
Research on these issues has drawn funding from the likes of Google, while the Bay Area's Unity Biotechnology, which is developing drugs to treat diseases that accompany aging, has also raised a bunch of money.
It supports and inspires efforts that create and expand new frontiers for the benefit of humanity by funding innovative solutions to critical global issues in the areas of science and technology, the environment, education, and humanitarian advances.
The ASHG Advocacy Award, new in 2015, honors individuals or groups who have exhibited excellence and achievement in applications of human genetics for the common good, in areas such as facilitating public awareness of genetics issues, promoting funding for biomedical research, and integrating genetics into health systems.
NCCIH issues specific funding opportunity announcements (FOAs) for narrow areas of high priority.
Although among the group only Utzinger had any prior fundraising experience, they decided to issue a «cohort challenge» to their Ed.D. peers with the goal of convincing every member of the first - year cohort — 32 in total — to contribute to the HGSE Fund, which seeks to raise resources for many areas of the Ed School including financial aid, Gutman Library, and faculty and student support services.
The issue is further complicated by the fact that many claim that the funding allocated (over # 7,000 a year per secondary school) to release a teacher for one day a week to help coordinate the games in their area is not «ring fenced», thereby allowing the schools to use it to use the money for anything it wants to and not «sport at all» — for which it was originally intended.
Please plan to join colleagues from around the Bay Area to gear up for the Funding Equity Rally and connect on issues specific to our region....
Today, 50 years after the report was issued, that prediction characterizes most of our large urban areas, where intensifying segregation and concentrated poverty have collided with disparities in school funding to reinforce educational inequality (see Figure 1).
Speaking to Los Angeles - area charter school leaders, parents, teachers and others, the candidates addressed a number of issues affecting the charter school community, including support for LAUSD Superintendent John Deasy, support for the expansion of charter schools, and facilities and funding equity for charter schools.
Your friend the chair of finance, who is a bit of an anorak about this stuff, also tells you that recent changes to funding particularly affect schools with large sixth forms (that's you), compounded by issues for some rural areas (that's you too)-- issues that have become sufficiently acute that it has prompted MPs to initiate a debate about it.
West - central Wisconsin legislators discussed school funding issues at a breakfast Friday sponsored by the Eau Claire Area Chamber of Commerce.
This issue brief examines teachers» use of multiple assessments in a state - funded preschool program, and includes specific recommendations and practical solutions to provide teachers more support in this area — from Mathematica
unfolding of the details of the Luna Laws, on January 19th mid-afternoon in front of ONLY the senate education committee, Mr. Luna answered questions asked previously of him on a variety of statistics including class size, teacher pay, funding for new assessments, internet conductivity issues in rural areas, laptop issues, outsourcing of IT services, and just a slew of concerns... yawn....
Today, 50 years after the report was issued, that prediction characterizes most of our large urban areas, where intensifying segregation and concentrated poverty have collided with disparities in school funding to reinforce educational inequality.
This year, chapter leaders were invited to apply for funds for support of the following priority areas: Policy and Advocacy, Professional Issues, and Chapter Development and Capacity.
While much of the ensuing discussion rightly only focuses on certain areas of Title I funding (required by the law on assessment issues) and language on whether to supplement or supplant funding, NAESP is working in tandem with these efforts to influence the USED's actions on Title II funding related to comprehensive state and local support for principals.
The question becomes: Are the American Funds or other mutual fund companies better able to protect us through their vast research department and trading area with any HFT issues than we would be in making those investments ourselves?
the area or activities to which the funds raised from a municipal bond issue will be directed and, in turn, the source of future bond interest payments and principal repayment; for general obligation bonds, funds raised may be for general purposes, both operating and infrastructure, and payments are secured by the general taxing power of the issuer — usually a state, town, or city; revenue bonds are categorized under terms such as «Utilities» or «Transportation»
Non-participating credits of troubled issues remain a promising area for Fund Investments.
We work with Congress, Federal agencies, and partners on policy issues and legislation to ensure funding for trails, preservation of natural areas, and protection of the hiking experience.
The issue for the science system is the allocation of funding, both the amount that goes into an area and who gets it within that area.
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