Sentences with phrase «income of targeted groups»

Such an environment can have a negative impact on the self - esteem, academic achievement, career development, and income of targeted groups.

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It's also targeting 2 percent to 4 percent growth in net new money for global wealth management and a cost - to - income ratio of under 75 percent for the group.

Bank of America (BAC): $ 9.37 BP plc (BP): $ 192.00 Chatham Lodging Trust (CLDT): $ 77.00 EPR Properties (EPR): $ 34.00 Eaton Vance Fund (EXG): $ 38.00 Main Street Capital Corp. (MAIN): $ 253.00 New Mountain Finance Corp. (NMFC): $ 170.00 Realty Income Corp. (O): $ 36.92 Royal Dutch Shell, Inc. (RDS B): $ 281.06 Southern Company (SO): $ 58.00 STAG Industrials, Inc. (STAG): $ 58.33 Target Corp. (TGT): $ 21.00 Vector Group Ltd. (VGR): $ 280.00 Ventas Inc. (VTR): $ 100.75

As of October 2016, the project has enrolled 7,000 farmers (88 % of the project's total target), who are registered in the Olam Information System (OFIS); completed basic training in order to optimize sustainable yields and other income opportunities; introduced record keeping practices by distributing log books to 1,000 farmers; promoted farmer group development in a Training of Trainers (ToT) session; trained 10 new lead farmers on best agricultural practices that were then integrated with climate - smart agricultural Practices (CSA) and the Sustainable Agricultural Network (SAN) Standard; as well as conducted a baseline sampling monitoring survey that is currently being analyzed by the program team.

In her current role as senior child nutrition policy analyst, she works with a diverse group of national and state partners to expand the use of the School Breakfast Program among low - income children and increase the number of schools offering breakfast in the classroom free to all students in target states, school districts and schools.

Government - watchdog groups expressed optimism that the conviction would serve as a spur for a more aggressive round of action, perhaps targeting legislators» income or the so - called L.L.C. loophole, which allows large unfettered contributions to political campaigns.

Indeed, targeting Republican lawmakers has become a key part of the mayor's strategy to ensure protections for vulnerable groups under the incoming Trump administration.

Topics in the Q&A included the source of money for the City's planned pre-K advertising campaign, the City's target number of pre-K applicants, whether Speaker Silver thinks the proposed income tax surcharge should be pursued next year, how the pre-K selection process will work, how the City will cover the approximately $ 40 million annual gap between the estimated cost of pre-K and the amount provided in the state budget, when parents will learn whether their pre-K application has been accepted, how the City will collect data and measure success of the pre-K program, whether the existing pre-K application process will be changed, how the City will use money from the anticipated school bond issue, the mayor's reaction to a 2nd Circuit ruling that City may bar religious groups from renting after - hours space in public schools, the status on a proposed restaurant in Union Square, a tax break included in the state budget that provides millions of dollars to a Bronx condominium project, the «shop & frisk» meeting today between the Rev. Al Sharpton and Police Commissioner Bratton and a pending HPD case against a Brooklyn landlord.

Minority groups and lower - income groups are often the targets of aggressive marketing campaigns for fast foods and highly processed food, he adds.

Based on these statements, we can categorize the schools roughly into five groups: those that have a child - centered or progressive educational philosophy and typically seek to develop students» love of learning, respect for others, and creativity (29 percent of students); those with a general or traditional educational mission and a focus on students» core skills (28 percent of students); those with a rigorous academic emphasis, which have mission statements that focus almost exclusively on academic goals such as excelling in school and going to college (25 percent of students); those that target a particular population of students, such as low - income students, special needs students, likely dropouts, male students, and female students (11 percent of students); and those in which a certain aspect of the curriculum, such as science or the arts, is paramount (7 percent of students).

Writing about Illinois» newly approved NCLB waiver, it breathlessly reported that, «Under a dramatic new approach to rating public schools, Illinois students of different backgrounds no longer will be held to the same standards — with Latinos and blacks, low - income children and other groups having lower targets than whites for passing state exams, the Tribune has found.»

In addition to our main experiment testing the ECO-C Intervention's effects on our target group of high - achieving, low - income students, we also used the same approach to study its effects on students who meet the same test - score criteria but who have estimated family income above the bottom one - third or attended a feeder high school.

For a school or district to make adequate yearly progress, both the overall student population and each subgroup of students — major racial and ethnic groups, children from low - income families, students with disabilities, and students with limited proficiency in English — must meet or exceed the target set by the state.

Because of the higher demands placed on the candidates and the host school, Merritt says it's now standard to expose teacher candidates to his school's improvement plan and work with them to develop high - impact strategies for target groups such as boys and students from low - income families.

Teachers College of Columbia University did a study that found the typical opt out activist — the target of the Long Island teachers group — is «a highly educated, white, married, politically liberal parent whose children attend public school and whose household median income is well above the national average.»

Title I — using a comprehensive needs assessment process, funding is targeted at meeting the identified needs of children from low - income families and other disadvantaged groups, and for the already identified Priority Schools, supplying additional family and community engagement personnel and specialized training for principals, the first year, and other personnel in the following years based on needs.

Two arguments were advanced for targeting low - income, minority, and immigrant groups in racially and economically isolated charter schools: the need to maximize bang for the educational buck, and the belief that the special needs of these communities could be better addressed in concentrated settings.

She's been the target of street protests from union - backed community groups like ACORN and from politicians representing the very same low - income parents who overwhelmingly apply for seats in her network of 46 charter schools.

More important, though, Saturn targets its cars and its dealerships at that broad middle segment between car enthusiasts and car haters, a group that includes people of any income who view a car as an appliance - not as a personal statement of character, financial success, reverse snobbery or anything of the kind.

This is where targets to the low income groups of people will benefit the overpopulation.

Other key groups to target include community cats, middle - income pet owners without the discretionary funds to spay / neuter, and certain breeds at risk of relinquishment.

Pushed by grassroots environmental and social - justice groups, California has led the way on this approach, with 2012 legislation (Senate Bill 535) requiring that 25 percent of carbon revenue from the state's cap - and - trade program must be spent on clean - energy investments that benefit environmentally vulnerable low - income communities in places like Stockton, Fresno, Richmond, Riverside, San Bernardino, and Los Angeles (the targeted share for these communities was recently raised to 35 percent).

This paper evaluates two broad groupings of options for reducing the regressive effects of a carbon tax; one group of options would affect large segments of the economy, for example by reducing payroll taxes, and the other group of options would be targeted at low - income households, for example by providing an additional payment to households currently receiving electronic transfer benefits.»

Targeted at the small income groups in rural parts of the country, minimum premium of Bima Dhan Suraksha Yojana is capped at Rs 1,500 annually or Rs 200 monthly.

Target Group For customers who are looking for a tax saving life insurance plan which guarantees Double Returns over the payout period in the form of monthly / annual stream of income.

For example, pollsters have long used segmentation to target particular groups of voters, such as through categorising audiences by gender, age, income, education and family size.

With its target group of low - income married couples, the Supporting Healthy Marriage evaluation is expected to contribute unique lessons about the effectiveness of marriage and relationship skills interventions for this population:

Program Goals / Target Population Peer Group Connection (PGC) is a high school transition program that targets 9th - grade students (at varying levels of risk for school - related problems) in low - income, urban high schools.