Sentences with phrase «lack of access to funds»

In particular, I would love to hear * specific * examples of initiatives / innovations which lawyers would like to undertake but are constrained from doing due to a lack of access to funds.

Last week, representatives from Compassion International went before the House Foreign Affairs Committee and talked to them about their obstacles with serving children in India, mainly that the Indian government's regulations would result in the organization being driven out of the country because of a lack of access to funds.

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While roughly a third of its portfolio companies are in St. Louis, the fund also invests in startups located in places where founders face a similar lack of access to venture capital.

One of the major barriers for women CEOs of startups is a lack of access to the networks that lead to funding, says Natalie Zfat, founder of Poison Ivy, an entertainment blog in the New York entertainment scene.

«There's just a lack of capital and funding gap for small businesses, and it's really magnified in the U.S., where the financial meltdown of 2008 left a lot of businesses unable to access bank financing,» he says, adding social media has also been an immense help in promoting crowdfunding platforms.

Access to finance and business finance advice for SMEs in the UK Successful businesses may sometimes find further growth hampered by a lack of funding.

The U.N. met the goal of doubling access to water, but the world is behind in ensuring healthy water access: 2.5 billion people and almost 1 billion children still lack access to basic sanitation, and more than 2 million tons of human waste are released in waterways in developing countries on a daily basis, according to the International Fund for Agricultural Development.

While lack of access to additional funds was labelled as one of the biggest barriers to innovation for between 16 — 20 % of SMEs, for organisations with over 200 employees only 10 % saw it is as a major challenge.102

Geoghegan - Quinn hopes that this additional funding will chiefly help the 10 newest countries to join the European Union, which have complained that despite access to European research funds, their lack of modern science facilities leaves them unable to keep domestic, or attract foreign, scientists.

Others consider the perennial underfunding of targeted programs like Head Start as evidence of a lack of political support for this approach, and argue that providing universal access is needed to ensure adequate public funding over the long run.

First, just as the states refused to make good on the «equal» part of «separate but equal» after Plessy, for more than 40 years states have failed to provide equal access to the funding needed to achieve excellent schools for all children, largely because of a lack of federal accountability for equitable school funding.

A survey conducted by the union found that 64 per cent of schools do not have access to an on site councillor, with three quarters saying that a lack of funding was a key barrier.

Malcolm Trobe of the Association of School and College Leaders, said the major problem schools faced was a lack of access to local specialist NHS care and said government plans had to be «backed up with the funding».

They're polarizing because they take money from public schools, which can't easily lower their costs as they lose per - pupil spending and lack access to additional sources of funding through private donors.

Nearly half of teachers (42 percent) say their students lack sufficient access to technology outside of the classroom, and more than a third (35 percent) say their schools lack adequate funding for technology.»

The resolution cited the fact that charter boards accept public money but lack democratic accountability, that charter schools are contributing to increased segregation, that punitive disciplinary policies are disproportionately used in charter schools as well as other practices that violate students» rights, that there is a pattern of fraud of mismanagement in the sector in general, and it then called for opposition to privatization of education, opposed diversion of funding from public schools, called for full funding for quality public education, called for legislation granting parents access to charter school boards and to strengthen oversight, called for charter schools to follow USDOJ and USDOE guidelines on student discipline and to help parents file complaints when those guidelines are violated, opposed efforts to weaken oversight, and called for a moratorium on charter school growth.

Charter schools have been disproportionally hit during the budget crisis due to the fact that new and growing schools have been «frozen out» of the flex lock - in, charters have limited access to categorical funding like K - 3 Class Size Reduction, and charters are devastated by deferrals because they lack access to short - term working capital.

«Book deserts» are places all over the U.S. where kids can't access books, due to lack of funds or ability to travel to libraries.

The thoughtful, detailed analysis and judgment of the proposed move by the federal government to create a national securities regulator shows how little improvement there really is likely to be for the individual investor in solving key problems: high fees for mutual funds, costly access to government of Canada securities, lack of fiduciary responsibility by the industry towards investors, inadequate civil court recourse against misbehaving financial firms, priority given to financial system protection over investor interests.

Non-banks lack critical access to wholesale funding and access to the central bank funding window (The Fed in the US and the Bank of Canada in Canada).

Addressing the issue of too many dogs and cats in poor communities is not simple; overall access to convenient, affordable spay / neuter services is disparate with some states having only a very few accessible, affordable programs to serve the state, and some statewide programs that do exist lack the funds to operate effectively.

For the purpose of this survey, we did not include access to the very important OVMA Pet Overpopulation Fund as despite good veterinary participation in the program, the fund often lacks money to approve surgeries in a timely manFund as despite good veterinary participation in the program, the fund often lacks money to approve surgeries in a timely manfund often lacks money to approve surgeries in a timely manner.

When the opposite occurs, animal care resource deserts emerge, and this lack of access has a profound impact on the well - being of a community, from public health and safety to taxpayer dollars that fund animal services set up to respond to community animal problems.

The challenges these communities, and many Puerto Rican shelters, face is poor public perception, little to no access to affordable spay and neuter, unreliable electricity and the Internet, and a lack of funding and resources.

The UK's game development sector, which has often lacked access to public funding for projects and concepts, can now take advantage of the new Video Games Prototype Fund, which launched today.

For the millions of citizens in some of the most economically challenged countries in the world, lack of funding for major programs, no access to loans, and financial instability affects daily life in horrendous ways.

I think one of the big concerns is that large repository libraries (which I believe are what you are concentrating on) are not able to commit to maintaining access to rare or unusual content due to a lack of commitment from people such as administrators, funders, and politicians.

The Louis M. Brown Award recognizes programs and projects that employ innovative means to enable affordable access to legal services for those of moderate income, who do not qualify for legal aid yet lack the discretionary funds to pay the traditional costs of legal services.

Mario Figueroa, one of CLSMF's veteran clients, spoke to Catherine to inform her of just how much legal aid impacted his life, and now many others like him who are in need of such help may not gain access to it for lack of funding.

the systemic denial of access to justice for thousands of low - income individuals and families [in Washington] each year, the closure of legal aid offices throughout the state and a corresponding loss of volunteer legal services due to the lack of support and coordination provided by LSC - funded legal aid lawyers.»

I think it is important not to conflate the inadequacy of articling in preparing law sutdents for practice and inadequacy of access to justice resulting from lack of legal aid funding.

Access to justice is a complicated issue with multiple systemic factors including poverty, racial profiling, lack of basic legal and practical education, inadequate social services, inadequate government funding, lawyers not wanting to work for little money, etc..

The FTC announced today it has settled with PayPal over a complaint about the company's handling of privacy disclosures in its peer - to - peer payments app Venmo, its lack of disclosure over the speed with which customers could access funds, as well as other issues related to the security and privacy of customer transactions.

The WA Pastoralists and Graziers» Association told the Commonwealth Parliament that, while the Nharnuwangga Wajarri and Ngarla determination in WA enables traditional owners» access to country, these rights can not be enjoyed because of a lack of implementation funding.86

Recently a number of Australian Government policy initiatives have been directed at addressing access and improving care for Indigenous Australians, including the unprecedented funding of $ A805.5 million for the multifaceted Indigenous Chronic Disease Package (ICDP) from 2009 to 2013.8 — 10 However, there is a general lack of research into, and evaluations of, interventions that aim to improve access to healthcare on which such interventions can be based.4, 7, 11

She says Aboriginal prisoners don't normally access the mainstream Justice Health centres in the jails because Aboriginal staff from many external Aboriginal Medical Services can't regularly visit the the centres any more due to a lack of staff and funding.

Administrative Data, Situational Awareness, and Child Maltreatment Decision Making (PDF - 15,831 KB) Jonson - Reid & Drake CW360 °: A Comprehensive Look at a Prevalent Child Welfare Issue, 2011 Explores barriers to accessing child welfare administrative data, including a lack of cross-sector linkage, funding, and creativity as well as technical, legal, and ethical barriers.

«In a world where 350 million couples lack access to effective family planning methods, the Unites States can not in good conscience continue to deny funding to UNFPA,» said Karen Pearl, interim president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA).

Despite evidence of the positive impact of high - quality early childhood education for all children, it remains out of reach for most low - and moderate - income families.15 The average price of center - based care in the United States accounts for nearly 30 percent of the median family income, and only 10 percent of child care programs are considered high quality.16 Publicly funded programs — such as Head Start, Early Head Start, child care, and state pre-K programs — are primarily targeted at low - income families, but limited funding for these programs severely hinders access.17 This lack of access to high - quality early childhood education perpetuates the achievement gap, evidenced by the fact that only 48 percent of low - income children are ready for kindergarten, compared with 75 percent of moderate - or high - income children.18

Strategies: Influence the allocation of NAHS funding for region based on overcrowding / lack of infrastructure; lobby DoH for greater access to mainstream housing, support for ATSI housing; advocate increased / equitable allocations of community housing; work with Dept Fair Trading to eliminate discriminatory behaviour of Real Estate / Property Managers.

... As land access is crucial to project planning and funding, this lack of ability by the State to provide unencumbered land is a major weakness in efforts to attract investment... [I] t is not sensible to allow obstacles to be placed before the owner of a resource, as that owner may have alternatives elsewhere, where land is not an issue.

The lack of capital wouldn't be dangerous, because Fannie and Freddie would still have access to $ 258 billion in emergency funds from Treasury.