Sentences with phrase «improved access to community»

PHG provides comprehensive health and social support services and improved access to community resources.

The report makes specific recommendations for law reform, including of state and territory bail laws, sentencing legislation, and improving access to community - based sentencing options for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander offenders.

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This is at the root of the president's policies to improve access to high quality childcare, preschool for all, and free community college.

The program goes hand - in - hand with the company's goal of helping improve access to affordable care, and it contributed to CVS Health being named to the Civic 50, a list of the nation's 50 most community - centric businesses.

For Musk's mission to help improve access to fresh food across America, that has meant making sure he can see results from the non-profit, community - oriented part of The Kitchen.

Berkshire Hathaway's «lenders have constantly focused on improving access to mortgage loans in minority communities,» the statement said, adding that the companies «actively recruit diverse candidates and are committed to cultivating a diverse workforce.»

MaRS Discovery District today launched its new website, which offers improved access to services and resources for entrepreneurs, the public and the MaRS community, powered by a fluid, flexible platform that showcases top stories and shareable content.

Americares helps communities prepare for, respond to and recover from disasters, increase access to medicine and medical supplies, improve and expand clinical services, prevent disease and promote good health.

Eldorado works closely with the local communities where it has mines and projects to create employment opportunities, improve access to education and healthcare, protect the environment and develop infrastructure.

It also improves labour - market access for people from disadvantaged communities who don't have the necessary social networks to help them get jobs.

In «The Case of the Vanishing Quebec Physicians: How to Improve Access to Care,» author Claude E. Forget, former Quebec Minister of Health and Social Services, calls for primary care reforms that focus on providing more care in communities and clinics, rather than in hospitals.

Angela Glover Blackwell, Appointee for Member, President's Advisory Council on Faith - Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Angela Glover Blackwell is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Policy Link, a nonprofit organization that strives to advance economic and social equity, improving access and opportunity for all low - income people and communities of color, particularly in the areas of health, housing, transportation, education and infrastructure.

«We are the first business in the world to have launched an SMS platform that enables farmers to access tailored information sourced sustainably — and with the potential to scale — from within the farming community itself, so that they can increase resilience to climate change, increase crop yield and improve their livelihoods whether or not they are online.»

improving outcomes for our agriculture sector through lower production costs, supporting access to overseas markets and the associated benefits for farm businesses, rural communities and the Australian economy

Jilly was instrumental in the creation and expansion of Healthy Neighborhoods, an extension of City Harvest's anti-hunger work designed to respond to the need for emergency food, improve access to fruits and vegetables for residents in low - income communities and provide nutrition education to inspire affordable, healthy meal choices.

The particular focus concerned models of urban agriculture that supported livelihoods and income generation, and which enabled improved access to good food for low income communities.

The football coaching programme, in partnership with the Special Olympics, is part of Tottenham Hotspur Foundation's community development program aimed at improving access to sports opportunities for people with intellectual disabilities.

The money will be used to acquire and protect land for nature areas, open space and for park and recreation purposes, including along the Fox River; improve and develop trails and fishing access; improve and renovate neighborhood and community parks and playgrounds, sports fields and facilities, and Blackberry Farm.

Dr. Cheyney currently directs the International Reproductive Health Laboratory at Oregon State University where she has developed an academic learning community comprised of five undergraduate research assistants, 12 graduate students and one postdoctoral fellow whose research agendas are focused on identifying culturally appropriate ways to improve access to high quality midwifery care as a means of reducing health inequalities for mothers and babies in the U.S and abroad.

The AAP opposes the current bill in the U.S. House of Representatives, H.R. 5003, the Improving Child Nutrition and Education Act of 2016, because it would reduce access to free breakfast and lunch for children under the Community Eligibility Provision, endanger our child nutrition programs through a harmful 3 - state block grant program, weaken the evidence - based school nutrition standards, and fail to adequately invest in WIC, child care and summer feeding programs.

The mission of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network is to raise the standard of care and improve access to services for traumatized children, their families and communities throughout the United States.

OUR MISSION is to raise the standard of care and improve access to services for traumatized children, their families and communities throughout the United States.

The Midwives Alliance of North America (MANA), established in 1982, is a professional membership organization that promotes excellence in midwifery practice, endorses diversity in educational backgrounds and practice styles, and is dedicated to unifying and strengthening the profession, thereby increasing access to quality health care and improving outcomes for women, babies, families, and communities.

Healthy Newborn Network (HNN)(HNN) is an online resource center and community dedicated to addressing critical knowledge gaps in newborn health by improving access to related resources, data and country information.

The expanded use of school kitchens can benefit school districts and their communities by improving access to, knowledge of, and the ability to prepare healthy foods; helping to process and store fresh produce from community gardens; and even supporting local entrepreneurship.

Effective food policy actions are part of a comprehensive approach to improving nutrition environments, defined as those factors that influence food access.1 Improvements in the nutritional quality of all foods and beverages served and sold in schools have been recommended to protect the nutritional health of children, especially children who live in low - resource communities.2 As legislated by the US Congress, the 2010 Healthy Hunger - Free Kids Act (HHFKA) updated the meal patterns and nutrition standards for the National School Lunch Program and the School Breakfast Program to align with the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans.3 The revised standards, which took effect at the beginning of the 2012 - 2013 school year, increased the availability of whole grains, vegetables, and fruits and specified weekly requirements for beans / peas as well as dark green, red / orange, starchy, and other vegetables.

He also commissioned, with then - Borough President Scott Stringer, the East River Blueway Plan, a community effort to improve public access and resiliency along the East River waterfront from 38th Street to the Brooklyn Bridge.

He also commissioned, with then - Borough President Scott Stringer, the East River Blueway Plan, a community effort to improve access and resiliency along the East River Waterfront from 38th Street to the Brooklyn Bridge.

Pending her confirmation by the New York State Senate, Ms. Crossdale will serve as Acting Director, where she will lead NYSOFAs efforts to improve access to cost - effective non-medical support services for older individuals to maximize their ability to age in their community and avoid higher levels of publicly - financed care.

The President said it was to improve access to education that his flagship community day senior high school (SHS) project was born.

These capital improvements help with the renovation of youth facilities that provide safe havens for our most vulnerable communities, while also enhancing and improving access to resources for those who need it the most.

Through its Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program, Dutchess County has funded numerous projects in local municipalities that improve access to facilities and resources.

The State will continue to work closely with all stakeholders to ensure that this project meets the needs of the community while improving access to area shopping and dining attractions.

Mr. Storm commended the State government for the success of Community Health Insurance Scheme since two thousand and seven and called on other states for emulate Kwara State Health Insurance model in order to improve access to health care in Nigeria.

Notwithstanding those challenges, he said, the NHIS had achieved some successes, among which were the increase in the number of subscribers and service providers and improved access to service providers as a result of the increase in the number of Community - based, Health Planning Services (CHPS) compounds.

With the Building Community Capacity program, the de Blasio administration is redoubling its efforts to strengthen local organizations and improve access to the arts in all of the city's neighborhoods.

At 3 p.m., Cuomo holds a ceremonial bill signing of a measure to improve access to and coverage for breast cancer screening, Finger Lakes Community College — Victor Campus, 200 Victor Heights Pkwy., Victor.

At 12:30 p.m., Sen. James Sanders joins community leaders and elected officials to celebrate renovations to improve access for people with disabilities at the Baisley Park Community Library, 117 - 11 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaicacommunity leaders and elected officials to celebrate renovations to improve access for people with disabilities at the Baisley Park Community Library, 117 - 11 Sutphin Blvd., JamaicaCommunity Library, 117 - 11 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, Queens.

The establishment of the Community Day Senior High School would expand and improve access to secondary education as well as develop the quality and affordability of education in Ghana.

«This comprehensive package - the most progressive set of reforms in the nation — will guarantee fairness for the accused by reshaping New York's antiquated bail system, ensuring access to a speedy trial, improving the disclosure of evidence in the discovery process, transforming asset forfeiture procedures and implementing new initiatives to help individuals transition from incarceration to their communities.»

The Cocoa Roads Project aims at improving road networks in cocoa communities with the view to ensuring access to remote cocoa areas as well as creating a congenial environment to promote the livelihoods of cocoa farmers.

I wanted to deliver on policy that improves our quality of life, shares prosperity, opens access to opportunity, and makes our communities more livable.

I have been a reliable champion for improving access to recreational opportunities for our community.

«Improved public access to the Jerome Park Reservoir will not only create new recreation activities in our borough, it will help unite communities across the Northwest Bronx.

In May 2011, the borough president hosted a press conference with elected officials and community leaders to call for improved access to the Jerome Park Reservoir, and in June 2011 he hosted a public hearing to solicit greater input from Bronxites on the future of public access to Jerome Park Reservoir.

A practicing community pharmacist, her other research and policy interests include health literacy, parents» use of children's medicines, direct - to - consumer advertising of medications, and improving access to medicines by extending prescribing rights.

For example, I have voted to improve fuel efficiency standards for vehicles, to provide communities with funding to expand public transportation, to provide tax credits to expand the use of wind and solar technologies, as well as expanding access to grants and tax credits for homeowners to weatherize their homes and purchase more fuel efficient vehicles.

The authors contend that the Parkinson's community must come together and focus its activism in support of: developing a better understand the environmental, genetic, and behavioral causes and risk factors for Parkinson's to help prevent its onset; increasing access to care — an estimated 40 percent of people with the disease in both the U.S. and Europe do not see a neurologist and the number is far greater in developing nations; advocating for increases in research funding for the disease; and lowering the cost of treatments — many patients in low - income countries do not have access to drugs that are both lifesaving and improve quality of life.

The authors balance the hope of improving community health against what others see as a colonialist process of extraction, whereby cures are developed that donors may never be able to afford or access.

This clinical research center has been able to train all types of students on clinical translational research in anxiety and at the same time has an extensive role in community education and outreach to improve access to quality mental health services.