Sentences with phrase «income people and communities»

Florida Rural Legal Services is a non-profit organization which provides civil legal advice and representation for low - income people and communities.

You must assist low income people and their communities in eliminating poverty and poverty - related human, social, and environmental conditions

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.

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We also suggest reimagining the Community Reinvestment Act — which provides incentives for banks to lend to people in low - and moderate - income neighborhoods — to allow more funding to be funneled to startups.

Affirmative action continues to uplift the Asian community, particularly young people from traditionally disadvantaged Asian groups, such as Southeast Asians and low - income families.

«People look at the growth of the Hispanic community in the U.S. and their eyes will glaze over when they see the disposable income numbers,» he says.

's mission is to enhance the Seattle community by creating and sustaining decent, safe and affordable living environments that foster stability and self - sufficiency for people with low incomes.

Indeed, what's happened instead is that in these communities, people end up tapping into benefits set up to support economically struggling families — unemployment insurance, disability benefits, income support, and medical benefits like Medicaid.

Specific policies include the 30 - 50 Plan to Fight Poverty, which is committed to reducing the number of people living below the poverty line by 30 percent and the number of children by 50 percent; an Affordable Housing Plan; pursing the long - term goal of a national high - quality, universal, community - based, early education and child care system; increasing the Guaranteed Income Supplement by $ 600 per year for low - income seniors; and creating a new relationship with Canada's First Nation, Inuit and Métis peoples, including re-instating the Kelowna AIncome Supplement by $ 600 per year for low - income seniors; and creating a new relationship with Canada's First Nation, Inuit and Métis peoples, including re-instating the Kelowna Aincome seniors; and creating a new relationship with Canada's First Nation, Inuit and Métis peoples, including re-instating the Kelowna Accord.

Making and marking history in low - income community struggle at the edge of Metro Vancouver On May 2nd 2017 a small group of homeless people and supporters marched from Maple Ridge's soon - to - close Rain City

«People want to earn more income where they can, and academics is a competitive community.»

The initial costs to communities affected by natural disasters can be great; however, after a natural disaster there is usually a surge of economic activity that continues for an extended period as people and communities rebuild and money and workers flow into the area — increasing income tax and sales tax revenues to municipalities.

Arguments favoring international trade are based on valuing community, emphasizing immediate improvement of the lot of the poor, avoiding extreme gaps of income internal to nations, and retaining the ability of people through political processes to have a say in determining what happens to them.

In response to DP94 suggesting people assist the police in dealing with criminals in their communities, you respond that Mrs Pof3 can't turn in her drug dealing husband because it's their only income followed by yet another reference to the cycle of poverty (and systemic rasism), thereby implying that these communities would be more helpful if only it didn't mean choosing between helping the police and letting their kids starve.

The club owners also charge Palos Community Hospital in Palos Heights is targeting higher - income people for its fitness center and not truly providing a community service, said Mike O'Donnell, owner of Riviera Country Club and Sports Center in OrlCommunity Hospital in Palos Heights is targeting higher - income people for its fitness center and not truly providing a community service, said Mike O'Donnell, owner of Riviera Country Club and Sports Center in Orlcommunity service, said Mike O'Donnell, owner of Riviera Country Club and Sports Center in Orland Park.

«This is a community with high needs,» said Amanda Carney of LISC, who said statistics show the average income per person is about $ 10,500, the unemployment rate is 23 percent, and the crime rate is 70 percent above the city's average.

«As the Senator for the 31st District, I have fought for families and workers, and passed legislation to protect the rights, income, and quality of life for the people of my community, and for all New Yorkers.»

«And, just because the person doesn't pay income tax, doesn't mean there's not a revenue enhancement to that person getting a job in the state,» adding the worker might buy a house, generate real estate fees, sales taxes and other spending in the communiAnd, just because the person doesn't pay income tax, doesn't mean there's not a revenue enhancement to that person getting a job in the state,» adding the worker might buy a house, generate real estate fees, sales taxes and other spending in the communiand other spending in the community.

GE, the we good things to life folks, are packing up moving out of our community and leaving behind families with no income, dead real estate and who knows what manner of toxic waste that we the people will have to pay to clean up.

«The BPCA understands the importance of affordable community space for people of all income levels, and it is clear there is a need for this facility to continue operating,» BPCA chairman Dennis Mehiel said in a statement.

This housing community will be open to income qualifying seniors age 55 and older and people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

The Office of Community Renewal recognizes that New York's smaller communities must have an economy that encourages business development and promotes jobs for low - and moderate - income persons.

Senior Services contracts with Supportive Services Corporation to operate the program and it assesses client vocational needs and abilities, provides job counseling, job preparation, and then places low - income persons in unsubsidized community services and private sector positions.

«You have many people with substance abuse from low - income, poverty - stricken communities who are trying to turn their lives around and who maybe don't want to be exposed to alcohol.»

And when I'm speaking to people in low - income communities of color, there are a number of issues that keep popping up: protecting undocumented people, the subways, and a whole host of thinAnd when I'm speaking to people in low - income communities of color, there are a number of issues that keep popping up: protecting undocumented people, the subways, and a whole host of thinand a whole host of things.

If Brexit means that people care about the places they'd never heard of before (Sunderland, Hartlepool, Spalding), if Brexit means that embarrassing levels of inequality are considered a problem, if Brexit means that those in charge realise that a sense of community and of job satisfaction matter as much as income to live on, then 2017 may the long overdue — a year when we start to address these challenges.

For example, this could include projects that break down the barriers to the development or take up of new products and services; that deliver innovative solutions to demand reduction in low - income households; or that join up existing schemes and obligations to bring maximum benefit for vulnerable people and the wider community.

New York State Homes and Community Renewal (HCR), Home Leasing, LLC, and partners announce the construction on the 83 - unit, $ 16.4 million Heritage Gardens, a new affordable development for low - income households and people with intellectual and / or developmental disabilities in the Monroe County town of Henrietta.

«The data that we have collected over the past three years shows that participatory budgeting is a gateway to civic engagement for New Yorkers that are often left out of politics and government such as youth, immigrants, and low - income people,» said Alexa Kasdan, Director of Research and Policy at the Community Development Project at the Urban Justice Center.

The event is part of a statewide pushback against bad budget priorities that will undermine people, services and communities, and widen New York's income inequality gap even further.

«Instead of the old high rise, concentrated projects that tend to put minorities in poor communities and increase segregation, we should have... smaller scaled scatter sites [with] mixed income so middle class people see this as a good option.»

«We need to take a stand if we're going to still be a community where low and moderate income people can live,» Rochford said.

And it also means that he has to stop supporting the use of fossil fuels, including his idea to spend perhaps a hundred million dollars to expand the gas plant that is heating the Empire State Plaza and lock in gas emissions into a low - income people - of - color community for the next 30 years in the Arbor Hill area.&raqAnd it also means that he has to stop supporting the use of fossil fuels, including his idea to spend perhaps a hundred million dollars to expand the gas plant that is heating the Empire State Plaza and lock in gas emissions into a low - income people - of - color community for the next 30 years in the Arbor Hill area.&raqand lock in gas emissions into a low - income people - of - color community for the next 30 years in the Arbor Hill area.»

Because the Rural Transit Service receives funding from the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program, the HUD income guidelines are used to determine eligibility of non-elderly and non-handicapped persons for the service.

ALBANY, NY (02/27/2013)(readMedia)-- Hundreds of low - income New Yorkers, community activists, union members and faith leaders gathered at the State Capitol today for a People's Hearing on the State Budget.

«We need to take a comprehensive approach to criminal justice reform that ensures a fairer system, improves police community relations and addresses the fact that far too many of our young people — mostly low - income black and Latino males — are locked up at Rikers,» said Mark - Viverito.

Council President Darius Pridgen discussed some potential ideas such as selling land where people don't live, bringing on units without displacing or taking away opportunities from those with low - income, and he even proposed the idea of community centers doubling as housing.

Consumption of contaminated fish «is an especially pressing concern for many communities of color, low - income communities, tribes, and other indigenous peoples, whose members may consume fish, aquatic plants, and wildlife in greater quantities than does the general population,» according to a landmark Environmental Protection Agency study published nearly a decade ago.

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.

All of the children studied were born to mothers who lived near the contaminated harbor and dumpsites in these low - income communities, where twice as many people live below the poverty line than the Massachusetts average.

«As the project pays local people as guardians and rangers, the release will also increase local incomes and encourage the support and involvement of local communities in conserving the species.»

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In addition to her work at Zoosk, Kelly also serves on the board of Episcopal Community Services of San Francisco (ECS), which helps provides housing, jobs, shelter, and essential services to homeless and low - income people in San Francisco.

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Over 120 people attended the conference, which was held to bring together community organizers, parent leaders, education researchers, and educators to focus on community organizing and school reform in low - income communities.

Since its founding in 1990, TFA — a nonprofit organization aimed at reducing education inequity by placing young graduates into low - income communities in the U.S. to teach for at least two years — has had its fair share of criticism in the media and education field, mostly for not providing proper training and turning people off from education careers.

Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship — Organization providing programs to encourage young people from low - income communities to stay in school and plan for a successful future

Nevertheless, it promises to engage organized voices, as well as the time, energy, and political power of the people who have the strongest direct interest in the improvement of education in low - income communities, that is, parents and students who actually attend these schools