Sentences with phrase «nonprofit program called»

But in 2003, a nonprofit program called Digital Equalizer created a computer lab at the local high school, giving Hemant and his peers access to eight computers, a dot - matrix printer, and a digital camera.

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«It's like a venture capital firm without a profit motive,» says Russell Shilling, a former Darpa program manager who now develops educational tech at a nonprofit called Digital Promise.

Through the new initiative, called the Community Diaper Program, e-commerce company Jet has offered to use its warehouse and logistics network to sell nonprofit groups bulk diapers with free two - day shipping.

For apartments in the city's so - called cluster site program, the city pays on average $ 3,027 per unit per month, which covers social services provided to occupants by nonprofit organizations and the rent paid to the landlord.

«a repudiation of the way [Gov. Cuomo's] prized upstate economic development programs were managed» — have sparked calls not just to scrap the dubious practice at the heart of the scandal (channeling hundreds of millions of public dollars through «private,» state - created nonprofits) but also to rein in or rethink New York's aggressive business subsidization practices.

His 2016 agenda calls for investing $ 25 million in programs like Oswego County's that join government and nonprofit entities on projects aimed at improving the quality and efficiency of services that address poverty.

More than 100 nonprofit human services organizations from across the state are calling on legislators to reject proposed federal cuts to social services programs.

Since 2007 nonprofit CHF International has been mapping urban poverty in areas of India and Africa through a program called Slum Communities Achieving Livable Environments with Urban Partners (SCALE - UP)(pdf).

Ron Pollack, executive director of Families USA, a nonprofit organization in Washington, D.C., pushing for affordable health care for all Americans, calls the measure «a step in the right direction,» but notes that ultimately the feds need «to extend public programs or provide subsidies, such as refundable tax credits or some other means» to have truly universal health coverage.

The committee assembled a panel of expert witnesses — tech entrepreneur Vivek Wadhwa of San Francisco, California; demographics researcher Michael Teitelbaum of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in New York City; and Puneet Arora of Minneapolis, Minnesota, who is vice-president of the nonprofit organization Immigration Voice — to discuss so - called high - skill immigration, green cards, the H - 1B visa program, and other foreign - worker visa programs affecting science and technical work.

The program, which is called SOAR (Summer Opportunity for Adult Readiness) is sponsored by the nonprofit Autism After 21 with funding from Kessler Foundation.

'» This festival session will include a panel featuring Johnson as well as Carrington Jackson, the Yoga in Action coordinator for Off the Mat Into the World, a nonprofit that bridges yoga and activism through trainings and opportunities for activism; Kerri Kelly, founder of CTZNWELL, a movement to mobilize the wellness community into a powerful force for change; and Chelsea Jackson Roberts, who founded a community program for teen girls called Yoga, Literature, and Art Camp at Spelman College in Atlanta.

In September 2012, Kelley called Steve Dunbar, director of the American Mathematics Competitions, or AMC, an elite program sponsored by the nonprofit Mathematical Association of America, with the idea of a competition based on AMC problems.

Two of the fastest - growing trends in online education converge in the Performance Learning Center project, which is why I called Communities in Schools, a nonprofit dropout - prevention program that devised the model in Georgia in 2002.

Arenas leads Hoover's after - school Garden Nutrition classes, one of several programs comprising the educational outreach of the People's Grocery, a nonprofit West Oakland organization that, in addition to providing the community with access to high - quality, affordable food, aims to educate children and adults about nutrition and what it calls «food justice,» or «the human right to healthy food.»

The program is called eMINTS and is produced by a nonprofit, Missouri - based professional - development organization of the same name.

According to the Catholic Review, «(Gov. - elect) Hogan called himself «a strong supporter» of the implementation of a tax credit (scholarship program) for businesses that donate to nonprofit organizations that assist lower - income students, and said he would include a measure to create it in his administration's first legislative package.

Although the FFEL program is federal, it is mostly administered through state or private nonprofit agencies called guaranty agencies.

If you find yourself overwhelmed by monthly bills, call a nonprofit credit counseling agency and consider enrolling in a debt management program.

The nonprofit Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF) is calling on PETA to either end its hypocritical angel - of - death program, or stop its senseless condemnation of Americans who believe it's perfectly ethical to use animals for food, clothing, and critical medical research.

The Mayor's Alliance, a nonprofit liaison between city agencies, major animal protection organizations and smaller neighborhood groups, has a program called the NYC Feral Cat Initiative providing information, education and some services, like transport and traps.

After living in South Carolina, she was inspired to start a 501C3 nonprofit called the Pet Union Project, Inc. (PUPI) which transported dogs from Southern states as well as accepted dogs from the then PILOT program.

Stockholm, Sweden — 8 February 2018 — Stugan, the nonprofit games accelerator formed by Sweden games industry veterans, has today opened the call for applications for their fourth annual indie game accelerator program.

The prize, awarded from an open call for proposals of site - specific work from artists between the ages of twenty - five and forty, is part of the fair's nonprofit programming, Frieze Projects.

Gallery Route One (CA), Call for Northern California Artists: Road Maps Deadline: December 31st, 2017 GRO / Gallery Route One, founded in 1983, is a nonprofit art organization, presenting changing exhibitions year round, and offering community support programs.

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We partnered with a nonprofit called Coalfield Development Corporation to develop a program to build the solar workforce in West Virginia.

The FCC should encourage nonprofit organizations to be part of the solution, Settles added, pointing to a program called Mobile Beacon, which has 75 library systems participating throughout the country.