Sentences with phrase «funded member item grants»

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Schneiderman's office says the vast majority of funding for Christian Community In Action received tens of millions of dollars from the Medicaid program, while the Christian Community Benevolent Association received about $ 495,000 in member item grants.

Those accounts were partially funded by member item grants administered through the Empire State Development Corporation and the Office of Children and Family Services, which were intended to provide educational and recreational opportunities to children and senior citizens in the Bronx.

With the City Council's 2010 fiscal budget, Councilman Eric Gioia (D - Sunnyside) trailed the pack in member item funding, though his office said the councilman made up for some of that by seeking private grants for constituent groups.

Council Member Maria Baez allocated discretionary funds to a nonprofit that the city had already disqualified from receiving larger member item grants from Baez, according to the New YorkMember Maria Baez allocated discretionary funds to a nonprofit that the city had already disqualified from receiving larger member item grants from Baez, according to the New Yorkmember item grants from Baez, according to the New York Post.

The focus on Tuesday, at least for some Council members, is what they were able to bring home for their districts in the form of member items — the body's discretionary funding grants it sends to local nonprofit organizations.

* In the third case, the Empire Center argues the City Council violated state law when it failed to comply with a March 1, 2010 FOIL request for information about the Council's «discretionary» funding, also known as initiative - based or member - item grants.

But he says there are around 130 member item grants that have been repurposed for a new organization, using an old line of funding.

Skelos says while it's «totally appropriate» that legislature should have input on where and how the funds are distributed, he would not characterize any such grants as member items.

Much of the testimony by Victor E. Franco, a New York State Assembly staff member, focused on the budgetary process and Mr. Silver's power to approve discretionary funding, known as member items, like Health Department grants.

The first tier contains items that many young scientists would expect from their supervisors: mentoring; communication; setting a direction and vision for the research group; providing opportunities to network with other scientists; providing funding for postdocs» research or giving them significant help in obtaining their own grants; training; creating a work culture and environment that encourages individuals to treat everybody with respect and encourages collaboration; creating an ambience that keeps group members satisfied and attracts talented scientists to the group; and offering postdocs opportunities to explore options for their careers once their fellowships have ended.