Sentences with phrase «great public program»

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«This is a great first step in ensuring the program is doing what it was intended to do — incentivize people to work in public service,» she said.

One great example of this is the U.S. Small Business Administration's Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) program, a public - private partnership with no cost to taxpayers.

In Michigan, the Michigan Pathways to Better Health (MPBH) program, implemented by the Michigan Public Health Institute and the Michigan Department of Community Health, is using tablet - based checklists to collect demographic information in communities with the greatest health needs and assess behavioral health, and social service factors impacting each patient to get a fuller picture of social determinants of health.

Bob Coleman, the editor of the small - business lending industry newsletter The Coleman Report, says that his public - sector pick would be Canales because she did a «great job» running those targeted financing programs.

Public service jobs are not only rewarding and a great way to help people, but working in this field could also prove to be beneficial to you with the PSLF Program.

In more recent years, our advocacy efforts have also focused on regional issues, from our very public role in the 2015 transit and transportation plebiscite, to our work around Metro Vancouver's proposed Bylaw 280 and regional waste management, our longstanding calls for a mobile business licence program across Greater Vancouver, and our advocacy at all levels of government to invest in roads, bridges, and Pacific Gateway trade infrastructure across the region.

Canada needs stronger legislation and regulation, more investment in research and policy development, greater consultation with communities and environmental advocates, and public service programs and staff to enforce compliance.

There are public programs — preschool education for one — that cost money, but that seem to pay even greater dividends.

And, as Jean - Louis Brindamour, who developed Pyramid Publications» religious program, points out, «The phenomenal growth of sales so far tells us that time and a determined public will eventually force even greater space for such books where they do not yet appear.»

Presidential debates, increased public affairs, innovations in news coverage, fewer commercials on children «s programs, more female and minority on - air employment, greater minority ownership of stations, «free speech messages» in many cities, greater responsiveness to viewer «s letters, and a temporary reduction in violent programs — all were brought about through the efforts of the broadcast reform groups.9.

Public broadcasting, especially in Canada, has created educational programs for children that have great appeal.

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The best friends that capitalism has in this country today are the antitrust laws, the graduated income tax, the inheritance taxes, the social security program, and all the other legislation that has tempered the capitalist system, spread the wealth, provided for adequate public services, and created the great middle class that makes the American economy strong.

It is possible that stations which did not accept payment for air - time for religious programs reflected a greater concern for public - service programming and therefore presented a wider representation of other programming such as network and local programs.

Through our programs and public - private partnerships, we engage individuals to take greater responsibility for improving their community's environment.

The public outcry was so great that the poultry industry took notice, scaling back their breeding and feeding programs to produce slightly less gargantuan creatures.

«Bike Your Park Day is a great way to celebrate National Public Lands Day,» said Krista Sherwood with the National Park Service's Conservation & Outdoor Recreation Programs.

Victoria Temple interviews the educators at Cairn Hill, on their support of Public Waldorf education via after school and pre-school programs in the greater Boston Area.

Student - to - Nurse Ratio: Code § 49-3-359 (2004) provides funding to public school systems for school nurses at the ratio of one per 3,000 students or one per school system, whichever is greater, and allows school systems to employ school nurses or contract them through the Public School Nurse program established in public school systems for school nurses at the ratio of one per 3,000 students or one per school system, whichever is greater, and allows school systems to employ school nurses or contract them through the Public School Nurse program established in Public School Nurse program established in Tenn..

So far at least, the data, says Dawn Comstock, PhD, an associate professor of Epidemiology for the Pediatric Injury Prevention, Education, and Research (PIPER) program at the Colorado School of Public Health, MomsTeam Institute Board of Advisor and a co-author of a 2014 study on injuries in high school lacrosse [5], «is quite clear - boys most commonly sustain concussions (nearly 75 %) from athlete - athlete contact, the kind of mechanism we all know helmets don't always do a great job preventing - while girls most commonly sustain concussions (nearly 64 %) from being struck by the ball or the stick, the kind of mechanism that helmets are actually quite good at preventing.

Polk County Public Schools have lot of great programming, including breakfast - in - the - classroom (Polk County received Partners for Breakfast in the Classroom grant back in SY 2012 - 13) and a «What's That Wednesday» program where students learn about new foods; additionally, Polk has implemented CEP at 109 sites which has had a positive impact on participation.

I plan preschool programming at a public library, and this would be such a great resource.

In turn, families will receive interventions that meet the highest levels of evidence for preventing child maltreatment, and they and the public can be confident that the programs they participate in and support through their tax dollars have the greatest potential to improve child and family well - being.

More organizations in Great Britain are supportive and Canadian provinces are currently transitioning to midwifery, said study lead author Patricia Janssen, director of the Master of Public Health Program at the University of British Columbia.

Public grants (USDA fruit and vegetables grant, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Great Trays grant, and USDA Rural Development Community Facilities Program).

The Button Quails are a great resource for public programs.

Most public libraries have great storytime and music programs.

There was once an NPR segment a few years ago about the school lunch program at the Berkeley public schools that was great.

But the campaign for greater acceptance of nursing in public — and all those detractors who recoil when they see a mother feeding a baby just as her body is programmed to do — pales next to the startling image of Grumet feeding a boy who clearly doesn't need breast milk to thrive.

While the act makes new demands, it will not devote greater public funds to the program.

The patrol vessel program is a great asset to law enforcement and the patrols are a public reminder of safety, and that the navigation related laws are important.

During her address at the forum co-sponsored by Care for the Homeless and Long Island University's Master of Public Administration program, James noted that as of April 17, there are more than 61,000 individuals sleeping in the city's shelter system, which includes 23,000 children — and said that homelessness «is at the highest level in New York since the Great Depression.»

Q&A topics include: why the mayor and Governor Cuomo appear friendly and cooperative on pre-K when together but express different views when apart, will the city fund a single year of full day pre-K if the state does not, how many of the prospective new pre-K seats are in traditional public schools v. charter schools, what is the greatest challenge in converting existing 1/2 day pre-K sites into full day sites, how can the mayor assure that proceeds of his proposed income tax surcharge would remain dedicated solely to the pre - K / middle school program, regulatory issues around pre-K operators, how there can be space available in neighborhoods where schools are overcrowded, how many of the prospective new sites are in schools v. other locations, why the mayor is so opposed to co-locations of charter schools while seeking to co-locate new pre-K programs, the newly - announced ad campaign by charter school supporters, his views on academically screened high schools, his view on the school bus contracts, why he refused off - topic questions Friday evening despite saying on Friday morning that he would take such questions, the status of 28 charter schools expecting to open in fall 2014 in locations approved by the Bloomberg administration, his upcoming appearance on the TV series The Good Wife and his view on city employees marching in the Manhattan St. Patrick's Day Parade in uniform / with banners.

The Greater Syracuse Land Bank operates a number of programs related to property maintenance, redevelopment, and sales designed to support sustainability, neighborhood revitalization, and engage public and private partners in redevelopment.

As soon as the state spending plan was passed, Governor Andrew Cuomo made the most of two items that have received the greatest public attention: a graduated increase in the state's minimum wage, and a future paid family leave program, to take full effect in several years.

Given the negative and selfish rhetoric we've heard from the leaders of the various public employee unions this year when Governor Paterson has asked them to share in the general belt - tightening that so many New Yorkers have been enduring as the result of the Great Recession, one might assume that if taxpayers knew that their gift was paying the salaries of state workers, they would not be so benevolently disposed toward our program.

«The public response to this weekly event provides a great opportunity to reach out to the community with important health information and acquaint them with the many services and programs the health department provides.

These programs are free and open to the public, and are a great opportunity for anyone of any age to learn the game, play to improve their skills, watch, or compete in USCF sanctioned tournaments.

Here in the Ctiy of Buffalo this year a report from the Council on Great City Schools on Improving the Academic Achievement of English Language Learners in the Buffalo Public Schools System cited that only 21 % of these students graduate from high school and the academic achievement programs ignored them as a group as though they don't exist with as many as 100 never recieving their mandated language instruction.

Poloncarz noted the impact poverty in the county has on the greater community along with several actions his administration has undertaken to address poverty and its myriad effects, including the imminent opening of the new Erie County Health Mall; a new partnership with Catholic Health, the Buffalo Public Schools and the Say Yes program to expand social work, mental health services, and clinics into Buffalo Public schools; and increased collaborations with partners to bolster workforce development.

«Given the public interest in the body camera program, the performance of the selected vendor deserves the greatest scrutiny,» he said.

As for Gov. Andrew Cuomo's plan to fund a universal pre-K program throughout New York's public schools, Mr. Comanda said: «If that happens, great.

CTE programs are teaching students innovative 21st - century skills, and can hold great promise for the different regions around New York State if those programs are aligned with the workforce needs of those areas through public / private partnerships.

Learn about the great programs and incentives in all 37 Buffalo & Erie County Public Libraries designed to encourage children to read all summer long - such as:

Launched on May 22, the 30 - second TV spot paints a bleak picture of city public schools with «class sizes up, after - school programs gone» and «great teachers threatened by layoffs.»

His example suggests that while science's first and greatest triumph in this area was to develop vaccinations to control or eradicate many diseases, the challenge now — not yet achieved, and in some ways even more difficult — is to preserve public support for vaccine programs long after these scourges have largely vanished from our everyday lives.

«Because our findings strongly suggest that attending public pre-K helps to promote information access and test taking for gifted and talented programs, with the advent of universal pre-K, the New York City Department of Education has an even greater chance to provide information about public educational opportunities to many more children across all demographic subgroups,» said Weinberg.

They say it indicates a greater need for public assistance programs to provide support for families» emotional needs in addition to their material needs.

Over the years, the program has expanded a great deal, and very quickly, in both public schools and charter schools, but it is not so clear that the same number of teachers who are prepared to implement the program are available now as there were during the first years the program was established in public schools.

«The Meningitis Vaccine Project is one of the greatest success stories in public health,» said Dr. Chris Elias, President of the Global Development Program at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, a major funder of the project.