Sentences with phrase «increased community protection»

Not exact matches

A 2014 survey of community banks by George Mason University's Mercatus Center found that 90 percent of respondents said they are reconsidering their product and service offerings, such as residential mortgages and overdraft protection, due to the increased regulatory burden.

Among them are the rights to: bullet joint parenting; bullet joint adoption; bullet joint foster care, custody, and visitation (including non-biological parents); bullet status as next - of - kin for hospital visits and medical decisions where one partner is too ill to be competent; bullet joint insurance policies for home, auto and health; bullet dissolution and divorce protections such as community property and child support; bullet immigration and residency for partners from other countries; bullet inheritance automatically in the absence of a will; bullet joint leases with automatic renewal rights in the event one partner dies or leaves the house or apartment; bullet inheritance of jointly - owned real and personal property through the right of survivorship (which avoids the time and expense and taxes in probate); bullet benefits such as annuities, pension plans, Social Security, and Medicare; bullet spousal exemptions to property tax increases upon the death of one partner who is a co-owner of the home; bullet veterans» discounts on medical care, education, and home loans; joint filing of tax returns; bullet joint filing of customs claims when traveling; bullet wrongful death benefits for a surviving partner and children; bullet bereavement or sick leave to care for a partner or child; bullet decision - making power with respect to whether a deceased partner will be cremated or not and where to bury him or her; bullet crime victims» recovery benefits; bullet loss of consortium tort benefits; bullet domestic violence protection orders; bullet judicial protections and evidentiary immunity; bullet and more...

Changing Consequences - increasing or decreasing the probability of a specific behavior that reduces risk or enhances protection by altering the consequences for performing that behavior (e.g. increasing public recognition for individual and community members, reward citations, fines, revocation / loss of privileges for inappropriate behavior.

While the Governor pledged his renewed support for a state Dream Act and for protecting New York's DACA recipients, he neglected to call for increased protections against federal immigration agents in courthouses, hospitals, and our communities,» said Choi in a statement.

«Governor Cuomo has been a national champion for the LGBTQ community, with a proven track record of increasing much - needed protections and advancing equality for all New Yorkers,» said HRC President Chad Griffin.

«Governor Cuomo has been a national champion for the LGBTQ community, with a proven track record of increasing much - needed protections and advancing equality for all New Yorkers,» Chad Griffin, HRC's president, said in a statement.

And how will our communities pay the costs for things like the increased police protection necessary due to the well - documented rise in crime (theft, drunk driving, domestic violence, youth drinking, etc.) which inevitably occurs in the areas surrounding casinos?

Mayor de Blasio and City Council leaders have taken policy positions that do just that: committing to non-cooperation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), pioneering an IDNYC program, maintaining strong worker protections, and increasing funding for universal pre-kindergarten (UPK) and the Community Schools initiative.

The majority of the identified microbiotal communities are characterized by reduced abundance being associated with increased disease risk, providing evidence of a primary role in protection from disease.

As the introduction of non-native species increases, protection of intact plant communities and their associated herbivores may become critical to guarding against the non-native species invaders.

The results suggest that there should be: improvements to policy and management to champion biodiversity issues; a strengthening of environmental laws and enforcement; recognition of socio - economic issues especially among indigenous and local communities; increases in funding and resource allocation; knowledge, research and development to inform decision making; a greater understanding and protection of the rights of nature and cultural heritage; a more holistic public awareness and participation to bring about change to promote conservation.

The researchers separate six key strategy areas for reducing water stress into «hard path» measures, involving building more reservoirs and increasing desalination efforts of sea water, and «soft path» measures that focus on reducing water demand rather than increasing water supply thanks to community - scale efforts and decision - making, combining efficient technology and environmental protection.

With the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection planning to begin in January 2014 phasing in a requirement that large - scale food service operations such as grocery stores, universities and correctional facilities compost food waste to increase diversion from landfills by 350,000 tons per year by 2020, anaerobic biodigesters may soon be very important to the state's business community.

Actions identified to support snow leopard conservation in Uzbekistan are resolution of herder conflict, public awareness and education programs, introduction of ecotourism income for local communities and increase protection against illegal hunting.

Even though registering your pet with your community or your animal clinic, keeping your dog collared with an ID tag, and taking precautions with your curious cat are thoughtful and necessary steps in the proper care of a pet, the measure of protection dramatically increases when you implant the tiny microchip.

Animal Protection as an Alternative to Animal Control: Increasing Your Community's Power to Save Lives, Support Each Other, and be More Humane

Katie Lisnik is the Director of Cat Protection and Policy at The Humane Society of the United States, focusing on increasing interventions for and reducing community cats populations through sterilization and vaccination programs, as well as keeping more cats in their homes and preserving a strong human - animal bond.

A group representing several conservation organizations gathered eggs and released hatchlings back to the habitat; since then, a community protection program has been helping to increase the wild population of the turtles.

This dark vision implies the increasing insulation of the world's wealthy minority from the rest of humanity — buying protection for their fortressed communities from the Halliburtons, Bechtels and Blackwaters of the world while the majority of the poor are left to scramble for survival among the ruins.

Looking ahead, the group is seeking to increase its capacity to further develop programs and involve the community, in Saugerties and beyond, in the appreciation and protection of our fragile environment.

UNHCR interventions will focus on increasing the integration of refugee response programmes with comprehensive national and regional protection and development frameworks; enhancing productive and coping mechanisms of refugee and host communities; and strengthening resilience through partnerships and innovative approaches such as cash - based interventions and other self - reliance initiatives in close cooperation with governments, humanitarian and development actors, civil society and the private sector.

The Commission's explanation for rejecting the D.C. approach in favor of a more restrictive approach was that the more restrictive approach is the «most modest» and it «would provide comparable opportunities for innovation and increased access to justice while offering stronger protections consonant with the core professional values of the broader US legal community.»

There is an increasing body of evidence demonstrating that protection and promotion of traditional knowledge, family, culture and kinship contribute to community cohesion and personal resilience.

Goals: Formalise and rationalise the collection of data in the region; reduce by half the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children on long - term care and protection orders by 2008; Achieve a target of 90 % of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children enrolled in pre-primary and kindergarten programs by 2008; reduction in truancy rates; achieve 20 % increase in participation rates in sport and recreation; reduce number of alcohol related and drug related incidents in community.

«By adopting smart growth principles, communities can design places that increase mobility and improve our quality of life,» the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on its Web site linking smart growth to its Aging in Place Initiative.