Sentences with phrase «more program efforts»

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Workplace literacy and essential skills (WLES) strategies can range from as simple as a company supporting an employee's voluntary skills upgrading at a local literacy centre to more sophisticated efforts, such as a custom - made WLES program delivered in - house by staff educators.

Part of the reason is that it can take years to access prison rehabilitation programs if you have a longer sentence because people with shorter sentences get priority; despite recent national efforts to make opioid antidotes and addiction treatments more widely accessible, many prisons still don't have these programs in place, leaving addicts who make it out of prison far more susceptible to relapse.

More than just donating money, your company can be a platform for serving others who can benefit from your company's existence, whether it's the efforts and labor of your staff, the distribution of profits (check out Life is Good's Playmakers program), or just spreading important messages to your customers (for example, Patagonia, which has encouraged its customers to repair products, rather than replace them).

An advocate for both small - business owners and workers, Perry oversees efforts that have included offering more than $ 600 million in financing and technical assistance programs to promote business growth and job creation in economically depressed areas of L.A.

To drive traffic to the stores we direct our efforts in guiding you to implement a variety of marketing tactics and the development of a Local Store Marketing plan which includes proven tactics such as on - site sampling, direct mail campaigns, bounce back coupons, loyalty programs and more.

If we can train people for skilled jobs in computer graphics and programming, skilled trades like electricians and carpenters, or running complex machines, companies can and should pay them much more for their efforts.

That effort largely focuses on reducing Energy Department spending energy subsidies and stopping the agency from issuing any more loan guarantees — the same program that funded Solyndra.

In an effort to bring more equity into the capital acquisitions area, the Small Business Administration's Women's Prequalification Pilot Loan Program was developed.

But I'm talking about undertaking a more focused, strategic marketing effort, not gutting your marketing programs and budget wholesale.

OC Weekly's R. Scott Moxley characterizes the more extensive program shown in the new filings as an effort «to sidestep the U.S. Constitution's prohibition against warrantless invasions of private property.»

The decision by the SNB to call time on its efforts to prevent the euro from trading below 1.20 francs was a huge surprise and came amid mounting speculation that the European Central Bank will next week back a big stimulus program that will put more euros in circulation which would further dilute their value.

Through relief flights, the transportation of emergency supplies, airline employee volunteer efforts and fundraising programs facilitated through airline mileage programs, U.S. cargo and passenger carriers transported more than 4.5 million pounds of life - saving food, water and supplies, accommodated more than 6,500 evacuees, relocated hundreds of stranded pets and relaxed travel policies to more than 80 airports in the path of the hurricanes.

In more recent years, our advocacy efforts have also focused on regional issues, from our very public role in the 2015 transit and transportation plebiscite, to our work around Metro Vancouver's proposed Bylaw 280 and regional waste management, our longstanding calls for a mobile business licence program across Greater Vancouver, and our advocacy at all levels of government to invest in roads, bridges, and Pacific Gateway trade infrastructure across the region.

As Nielsen continues its efforts to truly grasp the bifurcated and fragmented methods Americans are viewing TV programming (via linear TV, OTT devices, and more), the search for a new standard currency has been a major point of contention across the media ecosystem.

However, Bank of America does have a unique program to help you save more money with less effort, something that may prove useful if you're looking to increase the amount you put away.

«Their generous philanthropic efforts have enabled Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children to fund cutting edge pediatric research, purchase life - saving equipment and fund pediatric programs like Child Life, where we provide therapy through medical play, visual arts, dance, music and more,» continued Nantais.

They say things like, «Sure, they've made things better and we even have more predictability, but is the energy and effort to execute these programs really worth it?»

While buyer - initiated programs have their benefits, supply chain finance is so much more than just large global banks» centering their efforts on top - tier, large - volume markets and clients.

Based on some of the arguments Grossman made about how administrative efforts to prevent sexually transmitted disease actually lead to more sexual activity, more disease, and more psychological distress, Nava penned an op / ed for the Daily Princetonian questioning the campus's programs on condom distribution and sexual health titled «Princeton's Latex Lies.»

Presidential debates, increased public affairs, innovations in news coverage, fewer commercials on children «s programs, more female and minority on - air employment, greater minority ownership of stations, «free speech messages» in many cities, greater responsiveness to viewer «s letters, and a temporary reduction in violent programs — all were brought about through the efforts of the broadcast reform groups.9.

When I was first reading the article I thought to myself, «This is one of the things JW, Damian and I discussed not too long ago, an legit effort to combat LGBT hate and actually embrace them in the new millenium» until I reached the end where the church is still getting condemed which makes me wonder, is this program a lot more malignant than I thought and what exactly is it?

An awareness of this requirement resulted in a program for the «Decade of Spiritual Renewal of the Nation,» open letters by Cardinal Tomasek, and the effort at a new and more positive evaluation of Jan Hus.

All the demands for unneeded preference in admissions and hiring, all the absurd litigation, all the efforts at speech control and thought control, and most important, all the programs to manage and «improve» the behavior of the men in her life, whether husband, boss, roommate, or date, have left her more disaffected and more mentally self - indulgent than before.

Evangelical and fundamentalist mission agencies have grown in proportion, while mainline bodies have focused more on assisting indigenous ministries, supplying social services, lobbying for social justice through political channels, and even turning the cultural conduit around by sponsoring reverse missionary programs.14 Viewed from only the American context, it appears that mainstream Protestantism has suffered a serious decline in its missionary efforts.

One of Hi - Lo's most recent efforts to give shoppers more value for their money is the chain's Smart Shopper program.

The goals of these meetings are to help improve CAC's grower outreach and education efforts and to learn more about the issues growers are struggling with to better inform CAC's production research program.

The federal government made a huge stride in our effort to bring more franchisees into the Harvest program with the passing of the PATH Act in December 2015.

Engaging efforts with experts from 47 IDFA member companies and cooperation from other parts of the dairy industry, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and state regulators, IDFA advocated for, among other things: reasonable regulations in the Pasteurized Milk Ordinance (PMO) that align the Interstate Milk Shippers program with the requirements of the Food Safety Modernization Act's (FSMA) Preventive Controls for Human Food (PCHF) rule; harmonizing the PMO with an FDA rule on higher fortification levels of vitamin D3 and requiring FDA to be more transparent in the determination of foreign country regulatory equivalence with the U.S. Grade «A» program.

Sustainability Kennesaw State University (Kennesaw, Ga.) The University's 5,000 guest / day dining operation incorporates a comprehensive, closed - loop waste management program through a variety of efforts including a robust organic «Farm - to - Campus - to - Farm» program, water reclamation, aerobic digestion, composting / recycling programs, oil - to - biodiesel conversion and more to significantly reduce costs, minimize environmental impact and qualify the facility for a gold LEED certification.

He opened practices up to media, made more in - season recruiting trips and made a concerted effort to reach out to former players and make them feel welcome around the program.

While my efforts to persuade the Board of Selectmen, the town manager, and the Rec Department director to allocate permits in a more equitable fashion, and to use their power to make sure that the programs using town - owned facilities met minimum standards for inclusiveness and safety, fell on deaf ears (we ended up being forced to use for our home games a dusty field the high school had essentially abandoned), I returned to a discussion of the «power of the venue permit» 10 years later in my 2006 book, Home Team Advantage: The Critical Role of Mothers in Youth Sports, where I suggested that one of the best ways for youth sports parents to improve the safety of privately - run sports programs in their communities was to lobby their elected officials to utilize that power to «reform youth sports by exercising public oversight over the use of taxpayer - funded fields, diamonds, tracks, pools, and courts, [and] deny permits to programs that fail to abide by a [youth sports] charter» covering such topics as background checks, and codes of conduct for coaches, players, and parents.

If you're running a program that has one, or MAYBE two lunch options per day, then yes — the paperwork is greater but it's possible to make it work with a little more effort.

In an effort to provide a forum for parents to ask questions and learn more about the transition taking place within the Arlington Heights Park District Soccer program, the community is invited to attend an informational meeting.

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Farm - to - school programs a hot topic at the moment, thanks to USDA's new, $ 5 million farm - to - school grant announcement, which means we will be hearing a lot more about farm - to - school efforts in the new year.

Last year, No Kid Hungry's efforts served 177 million free meals at 47,816 sites across the U.S. through the Summer Food Service Program and they hope to reach many more this year.

Last summer the American Heart Association conducted a workshop for the food managers of the 12 Chicago school districts under the AHA's Hearty School Lunch Program, a national effort to educate lunchroom staff in creating more healthful meals.

«The amazing thing is how the school smells like real food, like delicious roasting chicken,» said Stanley, of School Food Focus, which launched a similar program in St. Paul, Minn., public schools before taking on the pilot effort in Chicago, whose school district is more than six times bigger.

Learn more about their reach and impact below, and click on the program name to find out more about each effort.

My kids especially love that each year contains work in each of the science disciplines (many classical - approach history programs do biology one year, chemistry the next, etc.) The format is not step - by - step, so this curriculum requires a bit more planning than some others, but it's well worth the effort.

Pueblo of San Felipe developed a Child Passport to use across all programs in an effort to streamline services for families, offer more timely referrals, and ensure continuity of care.

When a troubled teen fails to respond to outpatient treatment or efforts by the authority figures in his life, it may be time to consider a more intensive program such as a therapeutic boarding school.

Learn more about our Community Partners Program, a unique way for businesses and nonprofit organizations to offer great benefits for their employees, while supporting this wildlife sanctuary and Mass Audubon's statewide efforts to protect wildlife and wild lands.

And the program has reached more people in less time than some of the state's other safe - sleep efforts, McCans says.

If SNS put even a fraction of that effort into community engagement around getting more kids to eat school breakfast, for example, it would yield immediate benefits for the program.

Fruscher ominously notes that a «much more significant downsizing of our entire workforce lies ahead,» but the OTB is awaiting legislative approval for an early - retirement incentive program and a joint effort with the union that represents most of the operation's workforce in accordance with a MOU.

Even though the Bush administration authorised the TARP program in order to address the subprime mortgage crisis, Republicans resisted the Obama administration's efforts to resolve the financial crisis as it meant more spending, more debt and, most egregiously to the neo-liberal generation of Republicans, more government!

The House NY initiative works in tandem with other HCR affordable housing programs and the HCR Office of Rent Administration's vigorous efforts to protect more than two million rent - regulated tenants.

The Oneida County STOP DWI Program honored local law enforcement members Thursday for their 2016 DWI enforcement efforts at the 23rd Annual Selective Law Enforcement Recognition Breakfast at Mohawk Valley... Read more

Also at 2 p.m., NYC First Lady Chirlane McCray will visit South Brooklyn Community High School's Learning to Work program to see and hear more about their efforts to support youth in transitioning to secondary education or employment, 173 Conover St., Brooklyn.