Sentences with phrase «includes local grants»

This includes local grants from Metro United Way, Louisville Metro Government, and other community organizations, as well as grants through the federally funded 21st Century Community Learning Centers program.

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Similar kinds of cases are under way in other parts of the country, including a case on appeal in Chicago after a federal judge issued a nationwide injunction barring the government from blocking grant money typically used to help local police combat violent crime and help victims.

Other Trump targets include the Environmental Protection Agency, the IRS, and many grant programs for state and local government.

VANCOUVER — Hundreds of community organizations that rely on provincial grants, including 78 in Vancouver, are feeling the pinch thanks to Christy Clark's government dropping the ball on processing applications, says New Democrat spokesperson for local government, sports and seniors,...

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Yesterday, USDA announced more than $ 56 million in grants to support local and community food projects, including a program administered by my agency, the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS).

Commenting on Accolade's development while under its ownership, the CEO of Champ, John Haddock said: «We followed a deliberate strategy of creating a New World wine platform so that we now have winemaking operations in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, the United States and Chile, while also premiumising our local offering through the acquisitions of Grant Burge Wines and the Fine Wine Partners portfolio, which included brands such as St. Hallett, Petaluma and Croser.

That's where Taylor's careful watch and potentially tight reins will come into play while Del Oro endures a grueling schedule that includes Southern Section - force Westlake - Westlake Village and local powers Grant and Burbank.

Guidance Materials: The State Board of Education and the Illinois Nutrition Education and Training Program provides districts with wellness policy resources, including a Local Wellness Policy Toolkit (2005) that includes an action plan checklist, a needs assessment and annual evaluation tool, a model policy developed under a USDA Team Nutrition grant, and other resources for developing local wellness poliLocal Wellness Policy Toolkit (2005) that includes an action plan checklist, a needs assessment and annual evaluation tool, a model policy developed under a USDA Team Nutrition grant, and other resources for developing local wellness polilocal wellness policies.

The Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum's Science Teaching Network (STN) is a grant - funded program focusing on teacher professional development built around best practices in science instruction, including the Next Generation Science Standards and local nature and science topics.

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.

State lawmakers doled out $ 52 million in pork - barrel grants before leaving Albany, including $ 500,000 for a solar - powered carousel in Buffalo and more than $ 29 million to local schools and libraries, according to the Empire Center for Public Policy.

The TSA will be consulting with tenants across 5 million households and their landlords - including Local Authorities, ALMOs and housing associations - to develop the new standards framework and implement the new powers granted in the Homes and Regeneration Act.

That includes $ 35 million for Citizen Empowerment Tax Credits and Citizens Re-Organization Empowerment Grants and $ 40 million for the Local Government Performance and Efficiency Program.

These are expected to include measures to give neighbourhoods control over local planning decisions and reducing local authorities» reliance on grants from central government - which are being cut back dramatically as a result of the spending review.

In the past couple of years, he said, she's secured $ 162,000 in grant funds, benefiting flood analysis studies and other town projects, which include streamlining a solar application process, and finalizing a six - figure FEMA hurricane claim to pay local contractors who have been waiting four years for reimbursement, among other accomplishments.

Many states, including New York, grant their local governments a considerable amount of «home rule.»

Governor David Paterson recently signed into law CSEA - backed legislation to clarify that school district, and other local government workers, including those employed by public benefit corporations, be granted time off with no charge to their accruals for mammograms and prostate cancer tests.

LAKE GEORGE Lake George Village will be hosting a major international adventure touring conference in 2019, and a $ 166,410 grant included in the Regional Economic Awards announced Dec. 13 by Gov. Cuomo will make the event a reality, local officials said.

· Industrial and commercial exemptions, which includes public authority property and exemptions granted by local Industrial Development Agencies, accounts for 9 percent ($ 76 billion) of all exempt value; and

During the meeting, Borough President Katz also noted the one year anniversary of the Jamaica NOW Action Plan's April 15, 2015 launch and outlined major milestones of the Jamaica NOW Action Plan in the past year, including the activation of the Bronx - Flushing - Jamaica Q44 Select Bus Service that serves 44,000 New Yorkers daily; the newly - restored paths at Rufus King Park that are part of the first phase of the Park's major capital improvements; redesigned storefronts of local businesses along Sutphin Boulevard (with more on the way); a $ 138,000 «Building Community Capacity» grant toward the formation of the Jamaica Arts Alliance; the release of an RFP to activate the 168th Street Garage into a new, mixed - use development, with the City to announce the winning bid shortly; the launch of the «Jamaica Avenue Streetscape Improvements» study to determine the cost and scope of additional seating, increased plantings and improved pedestrian circulation in the area; and free public Wi - Fi on track by July in the Downtown Jamaica Corridor, the first area in Queens to host LinkNYC.

These include grants to local, county and state public - health departments to monitor infectious diseases or track food - borne outbreaks.

Funders over the years have included Soros's Open Society Institute, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Eli Lilly and Company Foundation and, since 2004, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria, which gave the local health authorities a five - year, $ 10.7 - million grant.

Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero joined Jackson for the announcement, saying the 2011 grants, which include a $ 1 million revolving loan for his city, will «energize Lansing's local economy and create jobs.»

Included in cuts, the Department for Education (DfE) is proposing to shrink the Education Services Grant (ESG), funds which are used to support academies to cover the cost of services that would otherwise be provided by local authorities.

Today, Build SF receives software and equipment from companies including Adobe, Autodesk, IBM, and Apple, grants from the Hewlett Foundation, and a wide range of local support for what is a unique partnership between the San Francisco Unified School District and the city's design community.

With the new powers granted by the Illinois legislature, Daley fils quickly formed a new school management team, which, just as quickly, unveiled what one local paper called «a dizzying array of new programs,» including principal training, longer school days, expanded preschool, college classes for the gifted, hiring of parents as truant officers, and alternative schools for dropouts.

Grants supported local and national arts events, including the Big Draw, and this year a number of societies are supporting projects based around the cultural Olympiad.

AFT locals, including those in Albuquerque, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, and Jefferson County (Alabama), received Gates - funded grants to produce Common Core lessons, some of which are available through Share My Lesson.

The federal government has a critical investment role to play in 1) supporting the replication and scale - up of the best providers through its grant programs; 2) improving access to low - cost public facilities for charter schools through its own funds and by leveraging existing public - school space; 3) pushing states and local districts toward more equitable funding systems for all public school students, including those in charter schools; and 4) supporting efforts to create early - stage, innovative, and scalable models that incorporate greater uses of learning technology.

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This includes grants from the city, awards from state line items, funding from local and national foundations, and grants awarded through the federally - funded 21st Century Community Learning Centers program.

These rules require state educational agencies (SEA) to report a list of the local education agencies (LEA), including their NCES (National Center for Education Statistics) identification numbers, that received a SIG award under section 1003 (g) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) and the amount of the grant.

For instance, Michigan's charter school law allows many organizations to grant charters, including local school districts, intermediate school districts, community colleges, and state universities.

This grant program should give priority to local districts that are developing innovative, voluntary approaches to school economic integration and are including community engagement as a key part of their strategies.

While protecting charter schools, who proved to be among his largest campaign donors, Malloy's new spending plan actually includes a variety of significant cuts to public education programs including a $ 15 million cut in the school transportation grant which will simply shift the burden for those costs onto local property taxpayers.

The CNCS runs several programs, including AmeriCorps, Senior Corps, the Social Innovation Fund, and the Volunteer Generation Fund.6 It also provides grants to states to administer their own service commissions, which in turn provide grants to local organizations.7

Previously, Vanessa was an associate partner in NewSchools Venture Fund's DC office, where she managed a portfolio of grants that included local schools and advocacy organizations.

In the Department's fiscal year (FY) 2006 appropriations bill, Congress also included language overriding the statutory provision that SEAs use 50 percent of the amount available for grants to Local Education Agencies (LEAs) for formula awards and 50 percent for competitive awards.

Senate Bill 193 would allow parents to use 90 percent of the per - pupil grant the state gives to local public schools and instead put it toward alternative educational expenses, including private school tuition or homeschooling.

In 2015, for instance, the Skills for Success grant program supported local educational agencies and their partners in developing programs and practices that promoted positive learning mindsets among middle - grade students.37 The winning entities included Chicago Public Schools, KIPP, Long Beach Unified School District, and Los Angeles Unified School District.38

This includes: $ 10 million for the Integrated Teacher Preparation Grant Program to provide grants to colleges and universities to develop or improve programs so that students can earn a teaching credential and a bachelor's degree in four years; $ 20 million to establish the California Classified School Employees Credentialing Program to recruit non-certificated school employees to become certificated classroom teachers; and $ 5 million for a local educational agency to establish and operate the California Center on Teaching Careers to recruit teachers.

In addition, in October 2016, the Department of Education issued new guidance on the Every Student Succeeds Act describing how funds from Title IV, Part A's Student Support and Academic Enrichment Grants can help state and local educational agencies provide all students with access to a well - rounded education.42 According to this guidance, local educational agencies «may use funds for activities in social emotional learning, including interventions that build resilience, self - control, empathy, persistence, and other social and behavioral skills.»

These figures include part - time employees and those paid by federal grants, not local and state taxes.

Additionally, the General Assembly should fulfill its commitment to funding other education grants at the levels agreed to in the bipartisan budget, including grants for Priority School Districts, magnet schools, state and local charter schools, the Connecticut Technical High School System, and the Open Choice program.

Wellston City Schools are also recipients of a Partners for BIC grant, and their #NSBW18 celebration included a visit from a local representative.

The proposals, which would require approval by state legislators, include increasing the per - pupil grant for charter schools to a comparable statewide average rate, lifting caps on charter school enrollments, allowing priority school districts to form independently governed local charter schools, and revising state laws that limit funding for charter schools.

WHEREAS, there are several significant aspects of ESEA that should be amended during the Act's reauthorization, including the elimination of sanctions and unintended consequences; granting states and local educational agencies greater local flexibility; the elimination of federally mandated, annual standardized testing; and maintaining provisions of ESEA that support its original intent of supporting students with the greatest needs; and

As of 2008, TEA required a full - time project director for each local ACE grantee and full - time site coordinators for each center included in the grant.

Among its provisions, Tillman's rewrite would require public school systems to share more pots of money with local charters, including sales tax revenues, gifts and grants and funds received for «indirect» costs.