However,
local use of the funds is perceived as highly restricted due to inconsistent guidance and auditing, and opaque federal allocation formulas do not target funds to the school districts that need them the most.
Not exact matches
ISIS first came to South Asia in 2014,
using the group's substantial
funds and weak
local governments to co-opt high - ranking members
of the Pakistani Taliban and disaffected members
of the Afghan Taliban.
These programs provide free one - on - one mentoring and low - cost training opportunities for their clients in locations around the country,
using a combination
of federal
funds, state and
local government contributions, and private sector resources.
Payoneer lets you receive and withdraw
funds through deposit in your
local bank account,
use of the Payoneer Prepaid Mastercard, or purchase through an online store affiliated with Payoneer's network.
The tunnel threat report also accused Netanyahu and Ya'alon
of endangering Israelis living near Gaza by halting government
funding for their
local security teams, and pulling out the soldiers who
used to stand guard outside their communities in the year and a half leading up to the operation.
It also has been a sometime tool
of activist hedge and pension
funds for legitimate corporate governance changes, but left - leaning state and
local pension
funds and union pension
funds have often
used it to achieve political or social ends not shared by other investors.
Although Credit cards happen to be the most spread payment processing option on this website, traders may
use an array
of local net wallets to withdraw and deposit
funds and to get faster payment processing.
Also, greater flexibility in the
use of Title V «Well - Rounded»
funds would allow state and
local educators to better support entrepreneurship education.
Each year, the WACC, which provides
funding for communication development worldwide on behalf
of churches throughout the world, is channeling less
of its
funds into large shortwave services and large publishing houses, and more into the development
of small printing presses, the production
of audiocassettes,
local drama and music groups, and the
use of communication forms indigeneous to the village life, such as story telling, puppets and mime.
However, much
of the
funding that
used to be channeled to national churches through mission boards is now being spent by
local churches and judicatories on their own hands - on mission projects.
Food Waste Reduction Alliance LeanPath Stay Ahead
of Food Loss (video) New Venture
Fund REDUCING FOOD WASTE by Changing the Way Consumers Interact with Food Spoiler Alert
Using Data to Reduce Food Waste National Restaurant Association ConServe Program National Restaurant Association ConServe Reduce Waste in Your Restaurant: Extend Oil Life with Proper Fry Cooking Techniques (video) Hotel Kitchen Toolkit University
of Massachusetts Amherst's Making
Local, Healthy, Sustainable Delicious; The How - To Guide for Foodservice Operators
She is the Director
of the Optimal Birth BC program,
funded by the Canadian Institutes
of Health Research, which develops syntheses
of evidence for clinicians, decision - aids and information packages for childbearing families, and
uses local data to evaluate clinical practice and direct change to reduce rates
of cesarean section in BC hospitals and health authorities.
When asked how schools paid for the ovens, Carithers noted that in addition to
using the
funds from the sale
of the fryers, the grants appeared to be an effective catalyst to motivate many schools to find creative
funding methods from
local, state, and federal sources.
Many school districts and community users rely on a combination
of federal and
local funding, as well as various partnerships, to offset costs associated with shared
use of school kitchens.
To ensure good planning and best
use of funds, it's important for
local authorities working across sub-regions and regions to collaborate and share intelligence on available places.
The group, aged between 12 and 14, will first see the activities offered by a traditional youth centre, a multi-million pound lottery
funded facility called «Myplace», as well as a sports outreach service which makes
use of local venues.
Questions - electoral register and young people, Severn Barrage, European Development
Fund Debate -
local government finance settlement Debate - impact on families
of changes to tax and benefits Short debate -
use of online tools, including social media, to combat youth unemployment
The problem is that in the bleak landscape
of austerity, where
local councils have had their budgets halved since 2010 and are looking at losing another third
of their
funding over the next four years, a service which isn't even
used by their own residents could start to look like an easy cut to make.
Worrying evidence emerges
of local councils
using fodbanks to avoid dipping into their own
funds
This latest
funding, part
of a pot
of # 64 million announced in October 2013, will be
used to support the establishment
of the ESRC Business and
Local Government Data Research Centres at Essex, Glasgow, University College London (UCL) and Leeds universities.
Ban the
use of taxpayers»
funds to settle sexual harassment lawsuits involving any level
of state and
local governments and prevent courts from accepting confidential settlements unless the victim agrees.
A team
of six developers were awarded $ 500 for best
local bus idea with «Buses in SI» that proposed to cancel all Staten Island express bus service in Lower Manhattan and
use the
funds to add rush hour service to
local routes in the borough, the MTA said.
Passage
of Proposal # 1 would also send more than $ 35 million in new tax revenue to the Capital Region, money that would be
used to improve schools, help
local governments
fund critical services, and lower property taxes.
WHITE PLAINS — The Westchester County Board
of Legislators Monday night authorized the county to reserve 50 percent
of the county's almost $ 7.9 million federal
funds for
use by
local municipalities for renewable energy and energy efficiency improvements.
The NEC also
used the occasion to kick against the call for autonomy
of local government councils, stating that the ghost
of the effects
of primary schools left in the hands
of the
local governments in the past had continued to haunt the teachers, leading to its near - collapse in terms
of personnel,
funding and infrastructural development.
Forand also cited DiNapoli's audits
of state and
local governments and school districts that save taxpayers millions
of dollars statewide while
using the investment clout
of the pension
fund to influence corporate behavior such as in addressing climate change.
«First, what percentage
of State
funding should be
used to equalize the disparity presented by our inherently inequitable property tax
funding system; and second, what percentage
of State and
local aid should go to the poorer, lower performing schools.»
«Without accountability by
local political leaders, the Federal government would continue to be the scapegoat for the failure
of states and
local governments to
use ecological
funds for the purposes they were released,» he said.
The question before progressive advocates
of public campaign financing in New York State is whether we push for full public campaign finance on the Clean Money model
of equal and sufficient
funding grants for all qualified candidates, or whether we settle for partial public campaign financing on the Matching
Funds model
used for presidential primaries since 1976 and for New York City
local elections since 1989.
These features, combined with the power to dispense billions in federal and state
funds, bond for debt, grant extensive tax breaks, override
local land
use laws, and take private property through eminent domain, makes the ESDC one
of New York's most powerful honey pots.
The additional
funds — only a fraction
of the city's $ 78 billion budget — would be
used to support programs to reduce the spread
of HIV infection in
local communities and provide people living with HIV with access to care, medications that make viral loads undetectable, and other treatment supports.
For purposes
of this section, the total General
Fund calculation shall not include sales and compensating
use tax revenues shared with
local governments and school districts.
Nigel Farage is
using # 1.5 million
of funding from millionaire Paul Sykes to push its advantage ahead
of the
local and European elections on May 22nd.
Mr Pickles was similarly indignant, and could also not resist taking a swipe at deputy prime minister John Prescott, who
used to be in charge
of local government
funding until he lost responsibility for his department in May.
The proposals, which come with # 255,000
of new
funding, will insist on police and
local agencies
using all the tools and powers available to them to tackle the seven per cent
of persistent troublemakers who cause the most problems.
«It is time for the Tories and Lord Ashcroft to be transparent about his
funding of Tory campaigns at a
local level and the nature
of various companies and organisations
used in this process,» the Tamworth MP said.
«This daisy chain
of out -
of - state corporations and «ghost companies» appears to exist for one reason: to hide the source
of money
used to
fund negative advertising and influence our
local elections.
years; exempts vehicles owned by firefighter first responders
used in the performance
of duty from motor vehicle registration fees and vehicle
use taxes; authorizes
local volunteer fire companies and ambulance companies to offset the cost
of health insurance for their volunteers through the
use of funds collected from a 2 percent fire insurance premium tax from out -
of - state insurers; allows fire companies to select up to three candidates to participate in the state's college tuition assistance program, known as Volunteer Recruitment Service Scholarships; and directs the state Higher Education Services Corp. to create a volunteer recruitment service college loan forgiveness program.
Cuomo, who is positioning himself for a potential 2020 presidential run, wants to prohibit taxpayer
funds being
used to settle harassment allegations against individuals, bar secrecy
of such settlements, create a uniform sexual harassment policy for all parts
of state and
local government and create an anonymous whistleblower tip line for individuals to report misconduct.
[18][19] In 1992 when asked during parliamentary discussions
of the Armley Asbestos Disaster for financial assistance in surveying
local housing in the Armley area for residual asbestos, Young responded that the government would not provide financial assistance to the home owners or the council to pay for decontamination as this «would not be a justifiable
use of public
funds».
«While the intent is to underwrite up to 80 percent
of the project's estimated $ 43 million cost
using private
funds, financial support from various state and
local grant programs is also being sought, and will be crucial to leverage additional private sector investment.»
He said the
fund was also
used as it was directed by the CBN to pay salary
of local government workers, primary school teachers and pension arrears.
On May 1 former director
of the Ramapo
Local Development Corporation testified that Christopher St. Lawrence frequently bailed the RLDC out
of tight situations by
using town
funds.
About 60 percent
of the new
funds will be
used to develop new curriculums and networks
of schools that work together to identify
local problems and solutions.
Beth Newcomer The Legislative Analyst for NYC Council Member Helen Rosenthal (District 6, Upper West Side) encouraged attendees to reach out to their
local Council Members and urge them to support the following legislative initiatives: • Possible legislation regarding divestment
of the city's pension
funds from fossil fuel companies • A bill to require the city to do a carbon footprint analysis
of all the products the city procures, and to
use that analysis to inform a policy
of low - carbon operations • A number
of bills to reduce the carbon emissions
of city - owned vehicles and improve the sustainability
of city buildings • A bill to enhance the city's already - strong idling laws so as to make them easier to enforce Find your Council Member here.
However, it was later discovered that due to explicit New York State Department
of Environmental Conservation («NYSDEC») regulations, this
funding could only be
used by a
local municipality to gain the proper certifications and permits to apply rodenticide, not actually administer a program or purchase supplies.
The bill passed by the Senate includes anti-nepotism provisions, today: · Prohibits gifts from lobbyists and their clients
of more than nominal value, including travel, lodging and other expenses, and broaden the types
of lobbying activities that lobbyists must disclose; · Prohibits elected government officials and candidates for elected
local, state or federal office from appearing in taxpayer -
funded advertisements; · Closes the «revolving door» loophole by prohibiting former legislative employees from directly lobbying the Legislature for two years, and expands the revolving door restrictions for Executive Chamber employees to preclude appearances before any state agency; · Prohibits non-legislative employees from
using their authority or influence to «compel or induce» any other employee to make political contributions; · Prohibits state employees from participating in any personnel decision or contracting matter concerning a relative.
The Federal Election Commission bars the
use of funds from state and
local campaign committees toward bids for office in Washington.
Our schools have suffered enough, and I firmly believe there is no better
use of these
funds than
using them to help support our
local schools.
Present
local law fails to reasonably preclude — and could actually enable — county officers and employees from accepting an overabundance
of questionable gifts, skirting campaign contribution limits through the
use of the LLC loophole, abusing their offices and taxpayer
funded items to freely self - promote their personal names and images (or «brand»), and awarding contracts to those vendors who unabashedly pay to play in county government.