Sentences with phrase «last dollar grant»

It has been referred to as a last dollar grant, only covering what state and federal grants do not.

REF would love to expand the Last Dollar Grants program to other high schools in the Rochester City School District.

Not exact matches

«Last year, GFI's goal was to secure 2.5 million U.S. dollars in philanthropic gifts and grants.

Last week, an additional million - dollar grant was awarded to Mass Audubon, in partnership with the state Department of Conservation and Recreation, from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's National Coastal Wetlands Conservation Program.

The program is a «last dollar» approach, meaning that it will cover the remaining tuition balance after all other scholarships and grants have been applied, and does not contribute anything towards non-tuition costs like books and housing, which often form the majority of student costs given that CUNY and SUNY already have relatively low tuition.

The report illustrated the problem by quoting blunt emails: from lobbyists prodding their clients to keep contributing tens of thousands of dollars to lawmakers in a position to approve legislation, because «with the NYS Legislature it is not over until the fat lady sings,» and from one recipient of a state grant complaining that «it was likely over the last 15 years, we had paid [the official]... more than [the official] was now giving us.»

Last week, two police officials — Deputy Chief Michael Harrington and Deputy Inspector James Grant — were charged by the feds with taking tens of thousands of dollars from two businessmen with ties to Mayor Bill de Blasio in exchange for favors, according to Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara.

More than $ 1.5 million in county funds plus hundreds of thousands of dollars in grants have been spent trying to tackle the drug crisis since early last year, in addition to related Medicaid spending and other criminal justice programs.

Last week, the Merrill Lynch Forum announced the second round of winners of their Innovation Grants Competition, awarding almost a quarter - million dollars in 2 years to young scientists and engineers who could successfully explain the commercial applications of their dissertation research.

A proposal unveiled by the Clinton Administration last week would consolidate 23 separate vocational - education programs into a single grant, giving states greater flexibility over how to use the federal dollars.

Over $ 650 million in funds will be awarded, and a coalition of foundations announced last week that it will offer up to half a billion dollars to match the federal grants.

In District Five, Dr. Hefner has also helped school leaders secure two multi-million dollar federal Magnet School Assistance Program (MSAP) grants, including a $ 10.3 million grant in 2013 and $ 13.7 million grant announced last fall.

This report examines the program's effect in the winning first - and second - round states over the course of their grants, as they spend the last of their RTT dollars.

This report is one of the projects funded through a three - year, $ 3 million dollar grant awarded to ASCD last year by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to support implementation of the Common Core standards.

As the value of the Pell grant goes down, the cost of a last - dollar scholarship (like Tennessee Promise) equally goes up.

Last week our Great Schools Fund announced 6 million dollars in grants to support three innovative district high schools as they expand to add 1,600 additional students.

(Calif.) A multi-million dollar grant to help schools address student behavior; parameters for the revamped Adult Education program, and a deadline extension for adopting new school performance metrics were among the flurry of budget moves approved in Sacramento late last week.

Patterson stated early last September that he was personally providing one million dollars in funding to eligible bookstores who applied for and received a grant through the campaign.

Called the $ 1Million Indie Bookstore Campaign, Patterson stated early last September that he was personally providing one million dollars in funding to eligible bookstores who applied for and received a grant through the campaign.