Sentences with phrase «low access states»

The World Bank / ESMAP, in partnership with the Scaling up Renewable Energy Program, is undertaking a global MTF survey to collect baseline data on energy services in 15 countries, including: Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, Zambia, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Niger, Liberia, India (7 low access states), Bangladesh, Myanmar, Cambodia, Nepal, Honduras, Haiti.

Not exact matches

«In today's low - price energy environment, providing the offshore industry access to the maximum amount of opportunities possible is part of our strategy to spur local and regional economic dynamism and job creation and a pillar of President Trump's plan to make the United States energy dominant,» Zinke said of the planned sale.

Wonder which state has the lowest crime rate, ranks high in environmental quality, parks and recreation and access to health care?

In the United States, the Federal Communications Commission recently teamed up with cable and technology companies to launch Connect - to - Compete, which promises to bring computers and Internet access to low - income households.

Asset holdings are lower in states with high exemptions, suggesting that the consumption smoothing result is driven by lack of self - insurance, not by less access to credit.

As described in this 2015 YouTube video (embedded below), a low social credit score is meant to isolate unruly citizens from the rest of the population and deny them access to state services and benefits via travel bans, increased prices for day - to - day products, higher bank interests, and others.

Mixed with Maryland's scarcity of large parcels and access to a large population within a day's drive, it makes the state an attractive place for investors seeking steady returns higher than they can find in low - interest rate bonds.

In a press release, the company explained that the technology supported by Citi and Mastercard will improve the organization's ability to promote digital financial access and inclusion for the more than 86,000 low - income minority women entrepreneurs across the United States.

Since 1980, the four states with «the lowest internet access» have seen «per capita percentage» increase in rape of «53 %».

Overturning a lower court's decision that ruled that the laws unconstitutionally limited access to abortion in the state, New Orleans - based 5th Circuit Court of Appeals judges wrote, «on its face does not impose an undue burden on the life and health of a woman.»

Low milk prices in the United States are due to overproduction, not a lack of access to Canada's dairy market, says Dairy Farmers of Canada.

The most recent statistics from the National Athletic Training Association suggest that almost 4 out of 10 U.S. high schools still do not have access to an athletic trainer (although this statistic may be somewhat misleading, as the percentage of high school students with AT coverage is higher, perhaps as high as 70 %, due to the fact that larger high schools in more densely populated states are much more likely to have one or mor athletic trainers on staff), and the likelihood that trained personnel will be present during games or practices at the youth level is low).

If all states met FRAC's goal of reaching 70 low - income children at breakfast for every 100 at school lunch, an additional 3 million students would have access to a healthy breakfast, and schools would have access to an additional $ 836 million in federal reimbursements.

FRAC is committed to working with these groups to amplify expansion efforts to ensure low - income children in every state have access to the Afterschool Nutrition Programs.

Working with Congress, national organizations, and FRAC's diverse state and local grassroots field network, Ellen advocates for improved access and participation to domestic anti-hunger programs for low - income individuals and families.

Brooke ensures that the policies and practices of Maryland state and local agencies and school districts are designed to allow low - income families and individuals maximum access to nutrition programs; and that the state, counties, school districts, and community - based providers take advantage of options in federal law to maximize access and benefits.

If you look across our demographics, people who are of the lowest income levels usually have access to internet at just about a quarter of what the rest of the state has and what the rest of us have.

Critically, this budget provides funding support for affordable housing, preserves access to quality health services for millions of low - income New Yorkers, and makes important investments in anti-poverty initiatives throughout the state.

The state should encourage high - performing colleges to improve access by enrolling more low - income students, and it should ensure equitable per - student support for the institutions that serve students with the greatest needs.

He said it would require strict oversight by the state banking superintendent, who would set the top loan rate, and would give lower - income people access to credit on better terms than many credit cards or rent - to - own stores offer.

I'm enthusiastic at the prospect of seeing New York join the 37 states that already provide access for early voters, especially now that the proposed legislation offers a minimal cost adaptation for low population counties like ours.

«By raising the age of adult criminal responsibility to 18, New York can reduce crime, lower recidivism rates, save taxpayer dollars, and provide young offenders with access to services to help get them back on track,» the email states.

The number of people executed in the United States this year dropped to the lowest level since 1991, as states impose fewer death sentences and defendants in capital cases get access to better legalStates this year dropped to the lowest level since 1991, as states impose fewer death sentences and defendants in capital cases get access to better legalstates impose fewer death sentences and defendants in capital cases get access to better legal help.

At 11 a.m., the DEC will launch a new statewide recreational initiative increasing access to the state's vast natural resources and promoting low - cost opportunities to explore the great outdoors.

The Governor also thanked the Delegation for replenishing the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Contingency Fund, a fund that can be accessed by States in times of significant economic crises, and advocated for an extension of the TANF Emergency Contingency Fund, which was created to help connect low - income individuals with subsidized employment opportunities that otherwise would not be available due to the current economy.

We are especially pleased with the decision to expand access to Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate courses, particularly in schools that have lower college - going rates and that do not already have access to these classes, and to support the state's landmark Pathways in Technology Early College High School (P - TECH) initiative.»

Prepared for the New York Women's Foundation, this brief finds that three years of state budget cuts have frayed the safety net during a time of growing need, making it harder for low - income women to access income and job supports as well as vital supportive services, and to secure jobs with a future.

Later in the day, she teamed up with fellow Democrat Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney in Orange County, at the Hudson Valley Technology Development Center in Newburgh, where she discussed how her legislation would create a competitive program that awards states and regions with funding to support local manufacturers through low - interest loans to build new facilities and upgrade equipment, and give access to capital and technical assistance to develop exporting opportunities and to connect small suppliers with larger companies.

Though few places in Washington State could be described as food deserts for those with access to a car, 6 % of low - income residents lacked reasonable access to WIC supermarkets; this was overwhelmingly (78 %) caused by lack of a personal vehicle.

The authors say their findings raise the possibility that greater access to midwifery care, which is low in the United States, might enhance perinatal care and lower costs for low - risk women.

The association between higher Medicaid reimbursements for office visits and increased likelihood of receiving cancer screenings may reflect barriers in access to primary care physicians and other providers for Medicaid enrollees in states with lower reimbursements.

A $ 7,500 federal tax credit and a constellation of state and local incentives, from rebates to access to carpool lanes to free parking, already lower the cost of purchasing one of the clean cars.

While most of these «low access» counties are located in the Mountain - West and Midwest regions, the findings of a recent study from researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania also reveal that 47 states have at least one county located more than 50 miles from the nearest gynecologic oncologist.

In order to allow all children and families access to ECE, federal and state governments should set uniform family payment standards that increase progressively across low -, moderate -, and higher - income groups, so families pay either no fee or an amount they can reasonably afford, based on established income criteria.

They stated that the replacement system should be designed solely for human access to low earth orbit, because a vehicle with more ambitious goals (i.e. BEO human spaceflight) would certainly fail because the nation was not willing to provide the money it would require.

Increasing access to competitive research and technology development platforms, from the edge of space to low - Earth orbit and beyond, provides students a critical tool for their workforce development and training to become the United States next generation of space scientists and engineers.

These differences are often connected to location and economic status While the media covers such high - profile current issues as discrimination, low - income jobs, and a dwindling middle class, there's little discussion regarding the limited access to healthy food that many in the United States experience every day.

Yet, given the state of what our culture thinks about math right now, in all of our school systems, I can't risk the possibility that our lowest - income schools don't have access to the same knowledge that their higher - income - level counterparts do.

If you want more information, you can read the official state memo covering everything from the exemption of SGP scores from the state's Open Public Records Act and the process for administrators to access data through a centralized information - management system, to corrective action plans for low - rated educators and legal requirements for tenure cases, to the score certification process and accessing official course roster data.

«Students, especially those from low - income families, may have no one in their immediate friends or family network who has gone to or graduated from college, or they may not have access to information about the colleges that are the right match for their career goals, talents, and interests,» says Greenhow, an associate professor at Michigan State University.

To make sure students met California state standards, Carpenter adopted a curriculum from the Global Education Partnership, a nonprofit organization that gives students in low - income communities access to educational resources with a business focus, in 2001.

Many other states, meanwhile, are lagging behind schedule in complying with the provision, which requires that students in consistently low - performing schools have access to a choice of tutoring services or other extra academic help.

For states, that means closing gaps in achievement and making sure English - language learners and special education and low - income students have the same access to education as middle - class and upper - class college - bound kids.

According to Duncan, «Over 40 states are developing next - generation accountability and support systems,» guided by the CSSOs, and «many states are moving forward with reforms in teacher and principal evaluation and support, turning around low - performing schools, and expanding access to high - quality schools.»

The federal government has a critical investment role to play in 1) supporting the replication and scale - up of the best providers through its grant programs; 2) improving access to low - cost public facilities for charter schools through its own funds and by leveraging existing public - school space; 3) pushing states and local districts toward more equitable funding systems for all public school students, including those in charter schools; and 4) supporting efforts to create early - stage, innovative, and scalable models that incorporate greater uses of learning technology.

Finally, they demonstrate the strikingly lower prevalence of special education participation — and access to services — for children born outside of the United States.

The Commission will examine state and local policies to increase parent and family engagement, including: how the school calendar meets the needs of students and families to optimize engagement such as parent - teacher conferences and half - days; district and school - level policies to address student attendance issues; access to information regarding teacher effectiveness; and parental involvement in school policies such as placement of students in low - performing schools and in the classrooms of ineffective teachers.

Educators and policymakers from every pocket of the United States have committed to increasing college access for minority and low - income students, but it remains an elusive goal.

This Promising Practices report discusses state approaches that systematically broaden dual enrollment access and provide pre-collegiate experiences to middle - and lower - achieving students.

Linda Jensen is the director of the Arizona College Access Network, a community of more than 200 college access and success programs across the state who are dedicated to postsecondary success for all Arizonans, especially low - income, first - generation stuAccess Network, a community of more than 200 college access and success programs across the state who are dedicated to postsecondary success for all Arizonans, especially low - income, first - generation stuaccess and success programs across the state who are dedicated to postsecondary success for all Arizonans, especially low - income, first - generation students.