Sentences with phrase «improving access to family»

I feel very fortunate to be able to work toward improving access to family planning every day.

The resulting Report makes 21 recommendations that are aimed at improving access to Family Law legal services, most notably by expanding the role of paralegals.

Earlier this month the Department of Justice Canada announced funding for projects that will help families deal with difficult issues related to divorce or separation with funding aimed at improving access to the family justice system and promoting compliance with family obligations related to divorce or separation.

I'm not saying that rich countries should demand that Maldives improve access to family planning.

It could also test other proposals intended to improve access to family justice, including triage processes and early neutral evaluation processes.

Not exact matches

«We have dramatically increased access to school options for Newark families, provided grants directly to teachers at 37 schools, given 300,000 books to Newark students through the My Very Own Library program, and just recently, we committed to a $ 1 million initiative to improve early childhood education in Newark,» the foundation said in a statement to CNBC.

Other measures include: • remove rule limiting Child Tax Credit (CTC) to one claimant per household (to allow two or more families sharing a house to claim the CTC); • repeal $ 10,000 cap on medical expense tax credit claims made on medical costs incurred for an eligible dependent; • easier access to funds in Registered Disability Savings Plans for beneficiaries with shortened life spans; • improved Employment Insurance benefits to parents of gravely ill, murdered, or missing children; and • enhanced ability to make transfers between individual RESPs, and better access to RESP funds for post-secondary students studying outside Canada.

«Reducing the number of uninsured adults in Louisiana makes it easier to improve access to needed care, to limit costs for families and individuals with private insurance and to create greater stability in Louisiana's state budget,» Salles said.

As a former city councilor, Selina advocated for the rights of taxpayers, fought to protect the health of children and families by introducing a local ban on cosmetic pesticides and worked to improve access for people with disabilities as chair of the Coquitlam Universal Access - Ability Advisory Commaccess for people with disabilities as chair of the Coquitlam Universal Access - Ability Advisory CommAccess - Ability Advisory Committee.

Millions of American families depend on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to lower the costs and improve access to homeownership.

If we can provide access to contraceptives, moms can go back to work to combat extreme poverty; kids can stay in school; families can feed their children; and we can improve maternal and child mortality outcomes.

Instead of committing to helping families and individuals improve their social and economic conditions (by pushing policy makers to strengthen access to affordable housing, health care, child care, public transportation, job training, etc.), we blame them.

Geradine is currently the Executive Director of Midwives Alliance of North America, a professional organization that promotes excellence in midwifery and is dedicated to unifying and strengthening the profession, thereby increasing access to quality healthcare and improving outcomes for women, babies and their families.

A family's access to a reliable supply of clean diapers reduces the risk of disease, improves the baby's health and comfort, and enables the baby's participation in early care and education programs.

A key mission of AK - AIMH is to improve families» access to competent professional services across all sectors during the early years of their children's lives.

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.

Help Me Grow Vermont is a system model for improving access to existing resources and services for expectant parents and families with young children through age eight.

Ensuring quality, inspiring demand and improving access to school food is a three-fold effort to address public health concerns resulting from hunger, malnutrition, and obesity among D.C. school children and their families.

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.

As a politically active feminist and a mother myself, I believe her time and ability to command editorial space in The Wall Street Journal would be far better spent opining about things like the need for better family leave and health care policies, improved access to birth control and higher education and affordable child care for working mothers rather than whether Angelina Jolie plans to adopt again or how long my friends plan to breastfeed their babies.

We are Improving Birth by giving families access to evidenced - based childbirth education!

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.

Working with Congress, national organizations, and FRAC's diverse state and local grassroots field network, Ellen advocates for improved access and participation to domestic anti-hunger programs for low - income individuals and families.

2001 — 2002 FRAC and anti-hunger and immigrant allies obtain further restoration of benefits for hundreds of thousands of legal immigrants, significantly improved access to benefits for working families, and other important improvements in the Food Stamp Reauthorization Act of 2002.

Access to clean diapers improves the well - being of all babies and their families.

The company's mission is to marry innovative companies with discerning consumers, to improve consumer access to quality products and services for their families and homes.

The Lakefront Trail continues to improve for cyclists and can be a great place for beginners and families looking for great city views and continued access to the city and lake at large.

Geradine is a former President and currently the Executive Director of Midwives Alliance of North America, a professional organization that promotes excellence in midwifery and is dedicated to unifying and strengthening the profession, thereby increasing access to quality healthcare and improving outcomes for women, babies and their families.

SNP policies designed to «make life easier» for families include; flexible working, improved access to childcare, investment in education including small class sizes, first - time buyers» grants worth # 2,000 to help young buyers, abolishing the council tax, more police and protecting local health services.

HCR Commissioner RuthAnne Visnauskas said, «Governor Cuomo has demonstrated his commitment to enhancing the lives of New York families by improving living conditions, increasing access to homeownership, and removing blight from our neighborhoods.

«I have carefully considered the facts, and after meeting with patients and their families I have come to the conclusion it's time for New York to offer a highly restrictive, tightly regulated network to provide patients access to treatment that will improve their quality of life,» O'Mara said in a statement released today.

All options need to be on the table to improve schools so every child has access to the best teachers and every family has access to great school choices,» said Executive Director Jenny Sedlis.

All options need to be on the table to improve schools so every child has access to the best teachers and every family has access to great school choices,» s

«The evidence is very clear that the 50 % cap has significantly boosted integration in our schools and drastically improved the access of local families to those schools.

The report proposes a series of policy recommendations to close the wage gap, including launching statewide public education campaigns on the breadth of career opportunities, salary negotiation and financial literacy, expanding access to child care and family leave, increasing career mentoring for young women and improving data and transparency on job titles, pay and benefits.

Following research highlighting that almost one in three families spend 30 % or more of their available earnings on childcare, the Welsh Liberal Democrats are calling on the Welsh Labour government to do more to improve access to affordable, quality childcare.

«Increasing access to fresh fruits and vegetables is essential to improving one's diet and nutritional status and stretching the family food dollar,» Bullwinkle said.

«I am committed to achieving a 21st century healthcare system that lowers costs, improves access and increases quality for hard working North Country families.»

In exchange, employers and funders should provide a stimulating research environment, treat researchers as professionals, offer family - friendly working conditions, improve the stability of employment contracts, and provide fair access to social security benefits.

For many families, we facilitated access to early intervention and improved their child's outcomes.»

«Even the families who didn't receive an animal suddenly have access to milk that can improve their diet and their children's diet.»

Therapeutic gains for the participants included improved stability, accessing additional help from friends and family, less reliance on services and more likely to turn to self - management.

With support from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the three - year project will empower developing counties to advocate for universal access to reproductive health as a critical component in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in health through increased funding, an improved policy environment and increased visibility for family planning at the local, national and global levels.

«With the opening of this new wing of the Admissions Building, we are significantly improving access to mental health care by being able to provide services to an additional 1,000 patients and their families each year.»

San Francisco, CA About Blog Young Minds Advocacy uses strategic advocacy and communications to help youths and their families access mental health services and supports, and improve mental health system performance and accountability.

Most of all, families and students need both sides to get past their defensiveness and mistrust and get to work creating citywide information, funding, enrollment, transportation, and other systems that will improve equity and access to high - quality schools.

Differing Educational Strageties Louie found that Chinese - American parents» strategies to improve opportunities for their children differ greatly, depending on the families» social class, financial means, and access to information about the educational system.

Luckily, policymakers have plenty of proven levers: expand income support for families as the EITC, [27] reduce food insecurity while improving maternal health and birth outcomes through a robust SNAP, [28] maintain children's access to Medicaid, [29] and continue to work towards improving the equity and quality of general education.

Inspired by their talk, here are several suggestions to consider for improving communications so more families and school and community members have access.

These organisations will work together over a three - year period to set up a minimum of three Hubs, supporting quality early - years practice and engaging with families to improve access for the most disadvantaged.