Sentences with phrase «more federal assistance»

Year over year, states and communities seek far more Federal assistance through the Small Community Air Service Development Program (SCASDP) than the funds appropriated for it by Congress, demonstrating the need and demand for this program.

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And he built on that concept on Thursday, announcing that his firm will bolster its patient assistance programs for more than 40 drugs, including by helping people who make up to four times the federal poverty level buy their treatments for free.

These risks and uncertainties include: Gilead's ability to achieve its anticipated full year 2018 financial results; Gilead's ability to sustain growth in revenues for its antiviral and other programs; the risk that private and public payers may be reluctant to provide, or continue to provide, coverage or reimbursement for new products, including Vosevi, Yescarta, Epclusa, Harvoni, Genvoya, Odefsey, Descovy, Biktarvy and Vemlidy ®; austerity measures in European countries that may increase the amount of discount required on Gilead's products; an increase in discounts, chargebacks and rebates due to ongoing contracts and future negotiations with commercial and government payers; a larger than anticipated shift in payer mix to more highly discounted payer segments and geographic regions and decreases in treatment duration; availability of funding for state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs); continued fluctuations in ADAP purchases driven by federal and state grant cycles which may not mirror patient demand and may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; market share and price erosion caused by the introduction of generic versions of Viread and Truvada, an uncertain global macroeconomic environment; and potential amendments to the Affordable Care Act or other government action that could have the effect of lowering prices or reducing the number of insured patients; the possibility of unfavorable results from clinical trials involving investigational compounds; Gilead's ability to initiate clinical trials in its currently anticipated timeframes; the levels of inventory held by wholesalers and retailers which may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; Kite's ability to develop and commercialize cell therapies utilizing the zinc finger nuclease technology platform and realize the benefits of the Sangamo partnership; Gilead's ability to submit new drug applications for new product candidates in the timelines currently anticipated; Gilead's ability to receive regulatory approvals in a timely manner or at all, for new and current products, including Biktarvy; Gilead's ability to successfully commercialize its products, including Biktarvy; the risk that physicians and patients may not see advantages of these products over other therapies and may therefore be reluctant to prescribe the products; Gilead's ability to successfully develop its hematology / oncology and inflammation / respiratory programs; safety and efficacy data from clinical studies may not warrant further development of Gilead's product candidates, including GS - 9620 and Yescarta in combination with Pfizer's utomilumab; Gilead's ability to pay dividends or complete its share repurchase program due to changes in its stock price, corporate or other market conditions; fluctuations in the foreign exchange rate of the U.S. dollar that may cause an unfavorable foreign currency exchange impact on Gilead's future revenues and pre-tax earnings; and other risks identified from time to time in Gilead's reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC).

(The Federal Housing Administration has estimated that losses on mortgages that relied on seller - funded down payment assistance programs funded by homebuilders may end up costing FHA more than $ 15 billion).

America itself, facing an era where more and more citizens without adequate financial resources will seek assistance from local, state and federal governments (precisely at a time when such governments are already strained), needs the fiduciary standard.

He reminds us, for example, that «5.3 million households in 1995 consisted of «very low - income renters» who received no federal housing assistance and either lived in severely substandard housing or paid half or more of their reported income for rent.»

Fifty - nine percent of food - insecure households in the survey reported that in the previous month they had participated in one or more of the three largest Federal food and nutrition assistance programs: SNAP, WIC, and school lunch.

Yet because 80 % or more of HISD students qualify for free or reduced price meals, I've often wondered if stigma is really an issue in my district; in other words, if most kids qualify for federal assistance, maybe there's less shame in taking advantage of those benefits.

«As our federal government continues to flounder, New York is taking action to deliver critical housing assistance, resources, and the workforce needed to accelerate rebuilding efforts and construct more resilient homes for residents throughout Puerto Rico.»

More recently, Albany took $ 16.7 million in dedicated transit tax revenue to make up for a shortfall in federal Medicaid assistance.

According to Mauro, a much more important finding of Moynihan's report for New York State's Congressional candidates, is that our state ranks near the bottom in the distribution of so - called «discretionary» federal spending — 48th in per capita military spending and 42nd in per capita non-defense discretionary spending — but first per capita when it comes to means - tested assistance programs, including Medicaid, AFDC, Food Stamps, Housing Assistance, and Unemployment assistance programs, including Medicaid, AFDC, Food Stamps, Housing Assistance, and Unemployment Assistance, and Unemployment Insurance.

Advocates for Low - Income New Yorkers held a press conference today at the Legislative Office Building to urge Governor Pataki to stop playing politics with over $ 1 billion in federal Temporary Assistance to... (read more)

The state currently provides more than $ 1 billion for the Tuition Assistance Program, and the federal government provides further assistance through Pell grants that also help students pay for other expenses, lAssistance Program, and the federal government provides further assistance through Pell grants that also help students pay for other expenses, lassistance through Pell grants that also help students pay for other expenses, like books.

NEW YORK, NY — The New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA) today announced that more than $ 7 million has been awarded to help provide legal assistance to people who have been denied federal disabilityAssistance (OTDA) today announced that more than $ 7 million has been awarded to help provide legal assistance to people who have been denied federal disabilityassistance to people who have been denied federal disability benefits.

Betty Rosa, the Regents chancellor, said in answer to a reporter's question that the board is more concerned with getting federal financial assistance for the state's schools than in how schools may be labeled under the new federal guidelines.

In New York, 840,000 children are lifted above the poverty line each year by safety net programs; 597,000 residents were lifted out of poverty by the earned income tax credit and child tax credit from 2011 — 2013; 576,000 low - income households rely on federal rental assistance; 2,968,000 residents received SNAP in FY 2016; and hundreds of thousands more rely on investments in job training, education, and other social services.

Horanburg and Syracuse admitted litigation is a bit of last gasp and still believe a solution is more likely with assistance from their federal representatives.

Under the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Public Assistance, the state, local and tribal governments, and specific non-profits will be eligible for more funding.

These numbers are even more sobering when you consider that they only reflect our present risk and a small portion of the total amount of federal disaster assistance paid out in the nine states most at risk from Hurricane Joaquin.

Financially, he says the cuts will have «some effect» on New York's government, but more on people who lose needed federal assistance.

Murphy asks Trump for federal aid to N.J. following March winter storm Gov. Phil Murphy has asked President Donald Trump for federal assistance to help the state clean up after the March winter storm, and the entire New Jersey congressional delegation has lined up behind his request NJ.com Read more

Simply raising the shelter allowance wouldn't work because it would reduce federal food stamp funding that would offset any rental help and force more people onto public assistance, he said.

But with cuts looming in spending on Medicaid, which is paid for by state and federal governments, the people who most need help may end up not getting much more assistance after all.

A new study, from Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at the University of Utah, shows for the first time that childhood cancer survivors, diagnosed between 1970 and 1986, are more than five times as likely to have been enrolled on a federal social security disability assistance program as compared to individuals without a cancer history.

The Federal government offers Magnet Schools Assistance grants to districts as a way to promote this more positive school choice option that meets the unique needs of the learners who attend them.

«The ESEA of 1965 may have offered money without much education accountability, but the NCLB Act demands heavy accountability without much greater federal financial and technical assistance — an approach no more likely to succeed.»

Moreover, states and local districts ought to be given more flexibility in deciding how to spend federal funds designated for technical assistance.

Specifically, we could shift some of the federal aid budget to performance - based grants and make the assistance a student receives more conditional on both income and performance.

The federal government has tried to soften the impact of these increases on families and students by providing more assistance in the form of loans, grants, and tax credits.

To qualify for the Opportunity Scholarship Program, students must either receive benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) or have a family earning no more than 185 percent of the federal poverty level when they enter the program ($ 43,568 for a family of four in 2013 — 2014).

We at Magnet Schools of America hope that when the Trump administration release a more detailed version of this budget, it will include critical $ 200 million in funding for the Magnet Schools Assistance Program — the only federal education grant designed specifically to promote innovation, choice and diversity in the classroom.

Rather than giving schools more money based on the number of students who qualify for free or reduced lunch, as in the past, complexity money will be awarded based on children whose families qualify for one of three federal low - income services — foster care, the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (food stamps) or Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF).

The grant awarded to Partners for Breakfast in the Classroom is one of 11 grants awarded to national nonprofit organizations totaling more than $ 33 million to fund nutrition education and meal programs for youth, and increase families» access to fruits and vegetables through state and federal nutrition assistance programs.

Under new state and federal policies, most high - need schools we work with at the Community Training and Assistance Center are implementing more rigorous approaches to teacher support and evaluation.

The report looks at data from the 20 states that received more than $ 1 billion in federal aid to make quality education accessible to high - needs preschool children — those from low - income families or those in need of special assistance, including children with disabilities or developmental delays.

However, in such cases for (x) TIFIA credit assistance, the maximum credit subsidy to be paid by the Federal Government may not be more than 10 percent of the principal amount of the TIFIA credit assistance, and the obligor is responsible to pay any remaining subsidy cost, and (y) for RRIF credit assistance, the DOT may impose limitations on the waiver of nonsubordination requirements if it determines that such limitations would be in the financial interest of the Federal Government.

Mr. Callender oversees a portfolio that encompasses over $ 27 billion in Federal credit assistance to intermodal, highway, transit and rail projects totaling more than $ 92 billion of infrastructure investment in the U.S. Prior to his current position, he held positions in DOT's Office of Budget and Programs where he was responsible for oversight of the Maritime Administration budget, in DOT's Inspector General's Office and the Budget Office of the District of Columbia's Metropolitan Police Department.

The West Central SBTRC advocates, on behalf of small businesses, provides technical assistance training programs to small and disadvantaged businesses with the mission of making them more competitive when bidding for federal transportation contracts.

When it comes to repayment after graduation, many private student loan lenders will offer payment assistance if it's needed, but the available options are more limited than federal loans.

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Wisconsin Representative Paul Ryan, partly inspired by the «universal credit» reforms of Britain's Conservative government, proposes allowing states to combine different forms of federal anti-poverty funding — food stamps, housing assistance, and more — into a single funding stream.

This makes paying for college more difficult than ever, especially if you're limiting yourself to federal assistance.

The reimbursement is often light years ahead of federal assistance funds and can help you recover much more quickly following an earthquake.

The Senate substituted a more comprehensive version for HR 3858, which would grant FEMA the authority to assist in developing disaster plans and make financial contributions to state and local authorities to procure or construct emergency animal shelters, and allow the federal government to provide direct assistance during a disaster to help people with companion animals and service animals, as well as the animals themselves, following a major disaster.

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The President will direct federal agencies to identify and remove barriers to making climate - resilient investments; identify and remove counterproductive policies that increase vulnerabilities; and encourage and support smarter, more resilient investments, including through agency grants, technical assistance, and other programs, in sectors from transportation and water management to conservation and disaster relief.

Even more detrimental to those in disproportionate need of work, Obama is going to cut federal assistance for grassroots organizations that aid the impoverished:

Flooding during 2010 resulted in a major disaster declaration and required more than $ 4.2 million in federal assistance for recovery efforts.

More than $ 6.8 million in Federal assistance for recovery was provided to West Virginia.

President Obama declared a major disaster in Oklahoma due to the 2012 Freedom Wildfires, which impacted 423 residences and required more than $ 10 million in federal assistance for recovery efforts.