Sentences with phrase «in federal grants»

It has received an unprecedented infusion of millions of dollars in federal grants.

He has been the recipient of over $ 10 million in federal grant funds for various projects involved in the areas of parenting and early childhood over his years of service.

He said there could also be an increase in federal grants for middle - income housing to support working families, among other efforts.

In 2013, with one year left in the federal grant, the school achieved its academic target for the first time in 18 years.

Five positions in the federal grants department have already been cut through attrition.

In their bid to win millions in federal grant money for charter schools, Ohio Department of Education officials described the state as a beacon of oversight.

Rep. Charlie Rangel yesterday came roaring to the defense of a financially troubled nonprofit that won millions in federal grant money with his help.

These programs are supported by $ 12.7 million in federal grants awarded in 2014 to address mental health and «school climate,» or ensuring students feel safe to learn in a supportive environment.

In response to the program's success, the Obama administration announced a replica program, Promise Neighborhoods, which in 2010 was awarded $ 10 million in federal grants in hopes of aiding 21 poverty - stricken communities in U.S. cities.

But as Education secretary, DeVos would likely prod more states to get on board, perhaps dangling millions of dollars in federal grants as an incentive.

The Trump administration is threatening to withhold more than $ 4 billion in federal grants from sanctuary cities nationwide.

Sessions threatened in March to starve sanctuary cities by holding off as much as $ 4.1 billion in federal grants unless the cities relent.

Advocating for inclusion of civil legal aid in federal grant programs that target low - income people, building upon the efforts of the White House Legal Aid Interagency Roundtable and U.S. Department of Justice Office for Access to Justice, and growing the capacity for civil legal services programs to apply for and manage these programs

States across the country rushed to pass legislation ahead of the Jan. 19 deadline for the first round of Race to the Top Fund applications in hopes of boosting their chances in the federal grant competition...

The obvious benefit of this approach will be increased funds available for nongovernmental schools, funds subsidized by a tax credit rather than dispersed in federal grants.

In October, those towns received over $ 700,000, from a pool of $ 13 million, in federal grants given directly to municipalities to deal with the problem.

Included in the Federal grant is $ 18.5 million for the final design and construction of improvements along the Empire Corridor - a project that will dramatically ease overcrowding and provide better service for passengers.

«We had a $ 3.8 million deficit in the general fund, and we're looking at a $ 2.6 [million] deficit in our federal grants, which brought our total budget deficit to $ 6.4 million,» Albanese said.

Maffei said he also serves as an advocate on competitive grant applications, helping nonprofits and other organizations secure about $ 100 million in federal grants over the past two years.

UCHC has frozen externally funded research in Das's lab, and it turned away US$ 890,000 in federal grants while the investigation was underway.

Its signature Race to the Top program (RTT) asked states to compete for $ 4.35 billion in federal grants based on their commitment to implement a 19 - item reform agenda.

Over 40 states hurriedly adopted Common Core, some before the standards were even written, in response to the Obama administration's making more than $ 4 billion in federal grants conditional on their doing so.

But $ 5.1 billion in federal grant funding for health centers is set to expire next September unless Congress reauthorizes it.

NEW YORK — Struggling New York City schools are at risk of losing out on $ 60 million in federal grants after talks aimed at resolving a dispute over new teacher evaluations faltered.

More than a hundred teachers who work at struggling schools that had almost $ 60 million in federal grants blocked by the state are asking the city and union to come together so the money can be restored.

Principal Sacco sees DreamBox Learning playing a pivotal role in helping West Seattle meet its goals and maintain its eligibility in the federal grant program.

Thus, AGW is the scam of the millennium: more than $ 100 BILLION handed out in federal grants since 2001.

She has secured more than $ 8 in federal grant projects and edited, authored and co-authored numerous publications.

On behalf of the nation's nearly 1400 health centers and the 27 million patients they serve, the National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) wants to express our sincere appreciation for the $ 7.8 billion dollars in federal grant funding for the Community Health Center program that was included in the bipartisan budget deal passed by Congress early this morning.

A scientist calling on the federal government to prosecute those who question his position on global climate change has paid himself and his wife millions of dollars in federal grant money, public records show.

Administrators have also frozen all external funding to Das's laboratory and turned down $ 890,000 in federal grants awarded to the researcher.

Rejman said the Park District won $ 3.1 million in federal grant money earmarked for projects that benefit short - stay boaters.

The Syracuse Common Council in August 2013 approved the use of $ 123,000 in federal grants as the first fund - raising toward the purchase of a city - owned BearCat.

The Justice Department is following through on an executive order to withhold as much as $ 4.1 billion in federal grants from so - called «sanctuary cities,» generally defined as places where local law enforcement limit their cooperation with federal authorities on immigration enforcement.

Sarah: Or it could be an increase in federal grants that go to charters?

States understood they would not be eligible for $ 4.35 billion in federal grants unless the standards were adopted, she said.

Their decision was helped partly by President Obama, who has tied «college and career - ready standards» to billions in federal grants.

Under a law passed last year that helped the state win $ 700 million in a federal grant competition, known as Race to the Top, each school district must find a way to evaluate teachers on a scale from «ineffective» to «highly effective,» with teachers facing potential firing if they are rated ineffective for two years in a row.

At noon, Rep. Adriano Espaillat and Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health announce $ 25 million in federal grant funding to the school to support the implementation of quality malaria diagnosis and treatment services in Ethiopia, Hess Auditorium, 722 West 168th St., Manhattan.

He also launched the Canal Corridor Initiative that made millions of dollars in federal grants and loans available to canal communities.

According to Schumer, his office recently accessed $ 1 million in federal grant money to deal with problems in the water system in the Chautauqua County village of Westfield.

The Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research (NKI) announced this week that it secured $ 20 million in federal grant funding to support Alzheimer's Disease (AD) research.

On Tuesday Governor Andrew Cuomo announced a new program that will distribute $ 6 million in federal grants to companies in New York State that hire workers who have been unemployed for more than 27 weeks.

Rep. José E. Serrano announced that Union Community Health Center, Inc. (UCHC) was awarded $ 704,167 in federal grants to expand its primary care programs and open a new center at 2016 Bronxdale Avenue.

New York City has scored $ 179 million in federal grants to fight terrorism this year.