Sentences with phrase «low income people faced»

According to the study, housing issues were the largest category in which low income people faced legal problems.

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Those making around the median income faced the lowest audit rates, with only 1 in 244 people who made between $ 50,000 and $ 75,000 a year being subjected to one.

For background, the intersection of food and social justice can take many faces, from sustainability and plant - based movements to making healthy food accessible to low - income people and eradicating food deserts.

The peer counseling model was based on published studies that demonstrate that, among peer counseling programs for low - income mothers of term infants, in - depth, in - person peer contacts are most effective.13, 15 Emphasis was thus placed on face - to - face contact, with meetings lasting at least 30 minutes.

«This rate proposal has a low - income provision, but it's those people that are working above the threshold but not rich... lower income workers, those are the people that are going to get hit the hardest and face the choice between heat and groceries,» Hawkins said.

Clinton said other necessary reforms include proper treatment for the mentally ill and drug addicted who make up an increasingly larger percentage of the prison population, sentencing reform so people with low level offenses do not face long prison terms, and tackling income inequality, which is often at the root of the problem for many people caught in the criminal justice system.

People are afraid to give information on organized crime to authorities due to fear of retribution, both as witnesses and as arrestees (and low - income people also face the backwards carrot pressure - at least with Italian mafia in USA - that if you get caught and don't snitch, the mafia will take care of your faPeople are afraid to give information on organized crime to authorities due to fear of retribution, both as witnesses and as arrestees (and low - income people also face the backwards carrot pressure - at least with Italian mafia in USA - that if you get caught and don't snitch, the mafia will take care of your fapeople also face the backwards carrot pressure - at least with Italian mafia in USA - that if you get caught and don't snitch, the mafia will take care of your family).

David Sinclair, senior policy of manager at Help the Aged welcomed today's report, saying that people on low incomes were facing a «bewildering future when it comes to accessing financial products».

The final insult was her proclamation of how unfair it was that working people on low incomes had disproportionately faced austerity, rather than the wealthy.

Emphasing his commitment to continuing to make the rich pay more in tax, Mr Clegg said: «The priority for me, and for the whole coalition government, will be to provide real help to people of middle to low level incomes who face higher prices [and] who've had to face great difficulties because of the economic enclosure she and her colleagues presided over in government.

«By choosing policies that shield against the very real dangers facing low - income neighborhoods and people of color,» Pastor said, «we will insure that climate policy will be effective for all of us.»

People who sell sex face a disproportionate risk and burden of HIV; in low - and middle - income countries, female sex workers have a 13.5 times greater chance of HIV infection than women in the general population.

Also, as the first openly gay person of color in Congress and someone from a family who experienced the ugly face of systemic racism when his grandparents and parents were removed from their respective homes and sent to Japanese American Internment camps during World War II, Takano has a consistently progressive social justice ethic that is evident in his strong voting record in support of immigrants, low - income families, affordable housing, veterans, and workers.

However, low - income young people — who make up nearly 60 percent of the state's K - 12 students — disproportionately face barriers to college access and completion.

For one thing, at today's low interest rates bonds simply aren't likely to provide enough income for most people to live on even in the early years of retirement, let alone allow them to maintain their purchasing power in the face of inflation during a post-career life that, as this longevity tool shows, could easily last into their 90s.

While these problems are most severe for low - income people, all consumers face them in one way or another.

And when lower - income people face an emergency, they must turn to expensive payday loans, title loans, and tax refund loans.

California: The ACME Foundation: Clearlake (veterinary care assistance for senior and disabled pet owners) Actors and Others for Animals: Greater Los Angeles area (pet food, spay / neuter assistance, assistance for necessary veterinary medical care) Animal Assistance League of Orange County: Orange County (pet food, transportation and veterinary care assistance) Animal Health Foundation: Los Angeles and Orange Counties (veterinary care assistance) AnimalSave: Green Valley (pet food, spay / neuter assistance) Animal Welfare Assistance Group: Monterey County (veterinary care assistance, spay / neuter; pet food and supplies for seniors, disabled veterans, owners of service dogs and others; pet care resources and referrals) Bad Rap: San Francisco (pit bull - specific assistance for finding rental housing and insurance) California Department of Social Services Assistance Dog Special Allowance (ADSA) Program: Statewide (provides monthly stipend to eligible persons who use a guide, signal, or service dog) Cat People: Bakersfield (cat food / litter, spay / neuter assistance, vaccination assistance) 661-327-4706 Cats in Need (of Human Care): Southern California, multiple locations (spay / neuter assistance) The Chester Foundation: Sacramento region (veterinary care assistance) FACE Foundation: San Diego (grant assistance for pets in need of emergency or critical care) FixNation: Los Angeles (spay / neuter assistance for cats) Friends of Long Beach Animals: Long Beach (spay / neuter assistance) Haven Humane Society: Redding (low - cost spay / neuter, pet food assistance, emergency veterinary grants for residents receiving Medi - Cal or Medicare) Clinic: 530-241-1658; Shelter: 530-241-1653 Helen Woodward Animal Center: Rancho Santa Fe (pet food) Helen Woodward Animal Center Animeals program: San Diego County (free pet food for the dogs and cats of elderly or disabled people) Humane Society of San Bernardino Valley: San Bernardino (low - cost spay / neuter) Humane Society of Truckee - Tahoe: Truckee, Sierra County, Eastern Placer County or Eastern Nevada County (pet food pantry and low cost / free spay & neuter programs for Pit Bulls, Chihuahuas, and those that qualify) Keep Your Pet: Sacramento (behavior assistance, veterinary care assistance, services for seniors) LA Animal Services: Los Angeles (spay / neuter, vaccination and microchip assistance) Marin Humane Society: Novato (pet care assistance to low - income seniors, persons living with HIV / AIDS and those receiving hospice services; please see website for complete list of services) Mercy Crusade's Spay and Neuter Clinic: Oxnard (spay / neuter and vaccination assistance) Mojave Desert Animal Rescue: Western Mojave Desert (pet food & supplies and veterinary assistance for homeless, unemployed, disabled, and senior pet guardians) Mountains» Humane Society: Lake Arrowhead (pet food, spay / neuter assistance) Napa Humane: Napa (spay / neuter assistance) Ohlone Humane Society Special Assistance Program: Fremont, Union City, and Newark (veterinary care assistance, pet food, spay / neuter assistance) Orange County SPCA Animal Rescue Fund: Orange County (assistance for veterinary care including spay / neuter) Palo Alto Humane Society: Palo Alto (spay / neuter assistance, assistance for emergency veterinary care) PALS: Pets Are Loving Support (veterinary care assistance programs for senior, disabled or ill pet owners) Pasadena Humane Society: Pasadena (spay / neuter assistance) PAWS / LA: Hollywood (pet food and supplies, veterinary medical care assistance, grooming, spay / neuter, veterinary care assistance programs for senior, disabled or ill pet owners, and other services) PAWS San Francisco: veterinary care assistance programs for senior, disabled or ill pet owners Peninsula CatWorks: veterinary care assistance for cats only Pet Assistance Foundation: Multiple Locations, Southern California (spay / neuter assistance for dogs, cats, and rabbits) Pet Orphans of Southern California: Van Nuys (veterinary care assistance) The Pet Rescue Center's Pet Pantry: Orange County (pet food, litter, and flea treatments for unemployed, senior, or disabled pet owners) Pets Are Wonderful Support: San Diego (pet food / litter, pet supplies, veterinary assistance, animal transport, temporary foster program, veterinary care assistance programs for senior, disabled or ill pet owners) Placer SPCA SOS Program: Placer County (rental deposits, temporary boarding, pet food and veterinary care assistance) Rescuing Unwanted Furry Friends (RUFF): Laguna Beach (pet food) Riverside County Department of Animal Services: Riverside (spay / neuter assistance) Sacramento SPCA: Sacramento (pet food, spay / neuter assistance) The Sam Simon Foundation: Los Angeles (free surgery for non-orthopedic procedures; free spay / neuter operations, including vaccinations, flea control, deworming, nail trims, and antibiotics) Sammie's Friends: Grass Valley (veterinary care assistance) San Francisco SPCA Animal Hospital: veterinary care assistance programs for senior, disabled or ill pet owners, spay / neuter assistance Santa Cruz SPCA: Santa Cruz (pet food, spay / neuter assistance) Santa Maria Valley Humane Society: Santa Maria (spay / neuter assistance, microchips, pet food bank) SEAACA: Downey (veterinary medical care assistance, spay / neuter, vaccination assistance) Sequoia Humane Society: Eureka (spay / neuter assistance) SHARE Marin Humane Society: veterinary care assistance programs for senior, disabled or ill pet owners Spay Neuter Animal Network (SPAN): Ventura (spay / neuter assistance) SPCA for Monterey County: Monterey (pet food, spay / neuter and vaccination assistance) Tony La Russa's Animal Rescue Foundation: Walnut Creek (pet food, spay / neuter assistance, emergency veterinary assistance) VET SOS: San Francisco (free veterinary care and supplies for pets of the homeless) Voice for the Animals Foundation: Santa Monica (veterinary care assisPeople: Bakersfield (cat food / litter, spay / neuter assistance, vaccination assistance) 661-327-4706 Cats in Need (of Human Care): Southern California, multiple locations (spay / neuter assistance) The Chester Foundation: Sacramento region (veterinary care assistance) FACE Foundation: San Diego (grant assistance for pets in need of emergency or critical care) FixNation: Los Angeles (spay / neuter assistance for cats) Friends of Long Beach Animals: Long Beach (spay / neuter assistance) Haven Humane Society: Redding (low - cost spay / neuter, pet food assistance, emergency veterinary grants for residents receiving Medi - Cal or Medicare) Clinic: 530-241-1658; Shelter: 530-241-1653 Helen Woodward Animal Center: Rancho Santa Fe (pet food) Helen Woodward Animal Center Animeals program: San Diego County (free pet food for the dogs and cats of elderly or disabled people) Humane Society of San Bernardino Valley: San Bernardino (low - cost spay / neuter) Humane Society of Truckee - Tahoe: Truckee, Sierra County, Eastern Placer County or Eastern Nevada County (pet food pantry and low cost / free spay & neuter programs for Pit Bulls, Chihuahuas, and those that qualify) Keep Your Pet: Sacramento (behavior assistance, veterinary care assistance, services for seniors) LA Animal Services: Los Angeles (spay / neuter, vaccination and microchip assistance) Marin Humane Society: Novato (pet care assistance to low - income seniors, persons living with HIV / AIDS and those receiving hospice services; please see website for complete list of services) Mercy Crusade's Spay and Neuter Clinic: Oxnard (spay / neuter and vaccination assistance) Mojave Desert Animal Rescue: Western Mojave Desert (pet food & supplies and veterinary assistance for homeless, unemployed, disabled, and senior pet guardians) Mountains» Humane Society: Lake Arrowhead (pet food, spay / neuter assistance) Napa Humane: Napa (spay / neuter assistance) Ohlone Humane Society Special Assistance Program: Fremont, Union City, and Newark (veterinary care assistance, pet food, spay / neuter assistance) Orange County SPCA Animal Rescue Fund: Orange County (assistance for veterinary care including spay / neuter) Palo Alto Humane Society: Palo Alto (spay / neuter assistance, assistance for emergency veterinary care) PALS: Pets Are Loving Support (veterinary care assistance programs for senior, disabled or ill pet owners) Pasadena Humane Society: Pasadena (spay / neuter assistance) PAWS / LA: Hollywood (pet food and supplies, veterinary medical care assistance, grooming, spay / neuter, veterinary care assistance programs for senior, disabled or ill pet owners, and other services) PAWS San Francisco: veterinary care assistance programs for senior, disabled or ill pet owners Peninsula CatWorks: veterinary care assistance for cats only Pet Assistance Foundation: Multiple Locations, Southern California (spay / neuter assistance for dogs, cats, and rabbits) Pet Orphans of Southern California: Van Nuys (veterinary care assistance) The Pet Rescue Center's Pet Pantry: Orange County (pet food, litter, and flea treatments for unemployed, senior, or disabled pet owners) Pets Are Wonderful Support: San Diego (pet food / litter, pet supplies, veterinary assistance, animal transport, temporary foster program, veterinary care assistance programs for senior, disabled or ill pet owners) Placer SPCA SOS Program: Placer County (rental deposits, temporary boarding, pet food and veterinary care assistance) Rescuing Unwanted Furry Friends (RUFF): Laguna Beach (pet food) Riverside County Department of Animal Services: Riverside (spay / neuter assistance) Sacramento SPCA: Sacramento (pet food, spay / neuter assistance) The Sam Simon Foundation: Los Angeles (free surgery for non-orthopedic procedures; free spay / neuter operations, including vaccinations, flea control, deworming, nail trims, and antibiotics) Sammie's Friends: Grass Valley (veterinary care assistance) San Francisco SPCA Animal Hospital: veterinary care assistance programs for senior, disabled or ill pet owners, spay / neuter assistance Santa Cruz SPCA: Santa Cruz (pet food, spay / neuter assistance) Santa Maria Valley Humane Society: Santa Maria (spay / neuter assistance, microchips, pet food bank) SEAACA: Downey (veterinary medical care assistance, spay / neuter, vaccination assistance) Sequoia Humane Society: Eureka (spay / neuter assistance) SHARE Marin Humane Society: veterinary care assistance programs for senior, disabled or ill pet owners Spay Neuter Animal Network (SPAN): Ventura (spay / neuter assistance) SPCA for Monterey County: Monterey (pet food, spay / neuter and vaccination assistance) Tony La Russa's Animal Rescue Foundation: Walnut Creek (pet food, spay / neuter assistance, emergency veterinary assistance) VET SOS: San Francisco (free veterinary care and supplies for pets of the homeless) Voice for the Animals Foundation: Santa Monica (veterinary care assispeople) Humane Society of San Bernardino Valley: San Bernardino (low - cost spay / neuter) Humane Society of Truckee - Tahoe: Truckee, Sierra County, Eastern Placer County or Eastern Nevada County (pet food pantry and low cost / free spay & neuter programs for Pit Bulls, Chihuahuas, and those that qualify) Keep Your Pet: Sacramento (behavior assistance, veterinary care assistance, services for seniors) LA Animal Services: Los Angeles (spay / neuter, vaccination and microchip assistance) Marin Humane Society: Novato (pet care assistance to low - income seniors, persons living with HIV / AIDS and those receiving hospice services; please see website for complete list of services) Mercy Crusade's Spay and Neuter Clinic: Oxnard (spay / neuter and vaccination assistance) Mojave Desert Animal Rescue: Western Mojave Desert (pet food & supplies and veterinary assistance for homeless, unemployed, disabled, and senior pet guardians) Mountains» Humane Society: Lake Arrowhead (pet food, spay / neuter assistance) Napa Humane: Napa (spay / neuter assistance) Ohlone Humane Society Special Assistance Program: Fremont, Union City, and Newark (veterinary care assistance, pet food, spay / neuter assistance) Orange County SPCA Animal Rescue Fund: Orange County (assistance for veterinary care including spay / neuter) Palo Alto Humane Society: Palo Alto (spay / neuter assistance, assistance for emergency veterinary care) PALS: Pets Are Loving Support (veterinary care assistance programs for senior, disabled or ill pet owners) Pasadena Humane Society: Pasadena (spay / neuter assistance) PAWS / LA: Hollywood (pet food and supplies, veterinary medical care assistance, grooming, spay / neuter, veterinary care assistance programs for senior, disabled or ill pet owners, and other services) PAWS San Francisco: veterinary care assistance programs for senior, disabled or ill pet owners Peninsula CatWorks: veterinary care assistance for cats only Pet Assistance Foundation: Multiple Locations, Southern California (spay / neuter assistance for dogs, cats, and rabbits) Pet Orphans of Southern California: Van Nuys (veterinary care assistance) The Pet Rescue Center's Pet Pantry: Orange County (pet food, litter, and flea treatments for unemployed, senior, or disabled pet owners) Pets Are Wonderful Support: San Diego (pet food / litter, pet supplies, veterinary assistance, animal transport, temporary foster program, veterinary care assistance programs for senior, disabled or ill pet owners) Placer SPCA SOS Program: Placer County (rental deposits, temporary boarding, pet food and veterinary care assistance) Rescuing Unwanted Furry Friends (RUFF): Laguna Beach (pet food) Riverside County Department of Animal Services: Riverside (spay / neuter assistance) Sacramento SPCA: Sacramento (pet food, spay / neuter assistance) The Sam Simon Foundation: Los Angeles (free surgery for non-orthopedic procedures; free spay / neuter operations, including vaccinations, flea control, deworming, nail trims, and antibiotics) Sammie's Friends: Grass Valley (veterinary care assistance) San Francisco SPCA Animal Hospital: veterinary care assistance programs for senior, disabled or ill pet owners, spay / neuter assistance Santa Cruz SPCA: Santa Cruz (pet food, spay / neuter assistance) Santa Maria Valley Humane Society: Santa Maria (spay / neuter assistance, microchips, pet food bank) SEAACA: Downey (veterinary medical care assistance, spay / neuter, vaccination assistance) Sequoia Humane Society: Eureka (spay / neuter assistance) SHARE Marin Humane Society: veterinary care assistance programs for senior, disabled or ill pet owners Spay Neuter Animal Network (SPAN): Ventura (spay / neuter assistance) SPCA for Monterey County: Monterey (pet food, spay / neuter and vaccination assistance) Tony La Russa's Animal Rescue Foundation: Walnut Creek (pet food, spay / neuter assistance, emergency veterinary assistance) VET SOS: San Francisco (free veterinary care and supplies for pets of the homeless) Voice for the Animals Foundation: Santa Monica (veterinary care assistance)

As Lunetta explained to us, low - income housing given to people facing homelessness is often inadequate and unsafe:

If climate change were to continue under this scenario, ~ 3,400 million people will live in countries facing reductions of 30 % or more suitable plant growing days; of those people, ~ 2,900 million are highly dependent on plant - related goods and services, and ~ 2,100 million of those are in low - income countries (S3 Table).

We coordinate with community partners to address issues that low - income people face.

Regional Offices: 17 regional offices provide extended legal advocacy and representation in the most pressing and difficult cases facing low - income people across the state.

As a result, the vast majority of low - income people are forced to face their civil legal problems alone — with more than three - quarters (76 %) of individuals who face these problems not receiving desperately needed legal assistance.

Social mobility in particular is such an important issue as young people trying to qualify face enormous hurdles including student debt, unpaid or low income work experience placements, and fewer legal aid firms offering training contracts.»

The Bar Examination's goal of ensuring that new lawyers are minimally competent to enter the profession also requires that new lawyers are prepared to solve the civil problems most often faced by low and middle income people.

[2] The United States Department of Justice describes civil legal aid as a program that offers «free legal advocacy and legal information for low - and middle - income people to help address the civil legal problems they may face.»

Focusing on common legal problems faced by people with low or moderate incomes, Steps to Justice also aims to assist first - contact community workers, who are often the trusted intermediaries for many experiencing legal problems.

The people I want to help are the potential clients (most of them with middle class incomes and lower) who, despite their incomes, can not currently afford a barrister, for those potential clients are the ones who face, by far by a factor of 200 to 1, the highest barrier.

«They understand the need for the Commonwealth to invest in providing legal services for low - income people facing critical civil legal problems and have been consistent supporters of that investment.»

[4] The Legal Needs Study revealed, «low - income people face more than 85 percent of their legal problems without help from an attorney.»

The Brennan Center estimates that 80 % of low - income people face a barrier to accessing the civil court system.

Civil legal aid is the last resort for low - income people when they face critical civil legal problems, such as loss of housing, domestic violence, access to veterans» benefits, unemployment appeals, and wage and hour disputes.

In addition, «large percentages of low - income people did not get help because they did not understand that the problems they face have a legal dimension or because legal help was not available.»

Faced with providing legal direction to more than 11 million people in a fast - changing area of law, IAN has developed multilingual websites and mobile apps to help low and moderate - income people to answer questions about their eligibility for citizenship, to better understand the naturalization process, and to prepare for the naturalization tests.

The Executive Director will uphold a culture of collaboration and transparency to ensure operations consistently support exceptional quality services, which in turn meet the civil legal needs of low - income people, empower them to transform their lives and assure equal access to opportunities and justice with an appreciation for the barriers low - income people face.

Driver licensing sanctions and fines enforcement can be particularly detrimental for people living in regional and remote communities that have limited access to public transport, people on a low income and people who face barriers to driver licensing, all of which Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are over-represented — this points to inherent inequity within the licensing and justice system.

That's largely people who already face barriers to accessing health care as people with low incomes, people of color, people who live in rural areas — who make up the majority of Planned Parenthood's patients.

People with low incomes and communities of color are two groups that have historically faced systemic barriers in accessing quality health care, are less likely to have health insurance, and who benefit most from these protections.

This includes communities of color and people with low incomes, two groups that historically face more barriers to care and are less likely to have health insurance.

These barriers to care especially hurt people who already face inequities and barriers in the health care system — including people of color, people who live in rural areas, people with low incomes, and immigrant communities.

Those hurt most by this political attack will be patients who already face barriers to care, particularly people of color, people with low incomes, and people in rural communities.

The research, «What's (Not) Wrong With Low - Income Marriages» by Thomas E. Trail and Benjamin R. Karney of the University of California at Los Angeles, suggests that government efforts to strengthen marriage among poor people should move beyond promoting marriage and concentrate on the actual problems that low - income couples face, such as money problems, drinking and drug uLow - Income Marriages» by Thomas E. Trail and Benjamin R. Karney of the University of California at Los Angeles, suggests that government efforts to strengthen marriage among poor people should move beyond promoting marriage and concentrate on the actual problems that low - income couples face, such as money problems, drinking and druIncome Marriages» by Thomas E. Trail and Benjamin R. Karney of the University of California at Los Angeles, suggests that government efforts to strengthen marriage among poor people should move beyond promoting marriage and concentrate on the actual problems that low - income couples face, such as money problems, drinking and drug ulow - income couples face, such as money problems, drinking and druincome couples face, such as money problems, drinking and drug use.

The Australian Council for International Development (ACFID), the peak body for Australia's aid groups, has published a detailed analysis, saying Australia's aid contribution as a share of gross national income in 2017 - 18 will be 0.22 per cent, «once again plunging aid to new all - time low levels of generosity» and failing to match - up to the reality of global challenges, like climate change, food crises and the insecurity faced by displaced people.

These barriers are hardest on those who already face challenges to accessing care: young people, women of color, those who live in rural areas and people with low incomes.

People with low incomes and communities of color are two groups that have historically faced systemic barriers in accessing quality health care, and who benefit most from the new rule's protections.