Sentences with phrase «nonprofit workers in»

The New Organizing Institute, which trains campaign and nonprofit workers in the dark arts of online politics, is having a throwdown and fundraiser after Saturday's RootsCampDC.

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Jessica Vaughan, director of policy studies for the nonprofit Center for Immigration Studies think tank, told Polis's local paper The Daily Camera that «there is a much stronger case» for Start - up Visas than, say, for expanding guest worker programs or family - based immigration, both of which are included in the larger reform bill.

So the group committed to making that a reality — working with their Global Forum colleagues and others in the private and nonprofit sectors to fund a corps of 750,000 community health workers in sub-Saharan Africa and other underserved rural areas of the globe.

According to a new study for the Labor Department conducted by Sanat Monica, California - based nonprofit research firm the RAND Corporation, nearly half of U.S. employers with a minimum of 50 workers offered workplace wellness programs in 2012, while 90 percent of companies with greater than 50,000 workers offered the programs over the same period.

«The labor shortage is getting worse as demand is getting stronger,» said John Courson, chief executive of the Home Builders Institute, a national nonprofit that trains workers in the construction field.

After working with her for 18 months, I was proficient enough in the language to do volunteer personal - finance counseling at a nonprofit for migrant workers.

Michele Meagher, age 66, appreciates the way she's treated as an older worker by her employer, Tufts Health Plan, a nonprofit health insurance organization in Watertown, Massachusetts.

The nonprofit organization Samasource sends data - entry work to marginalized individuals in the developing world, where tiny jobs lasting just minutes and paying just pennies give workers an economic boost while creating substantial savings for clients.

How much better to employ microspecialists — such as the workers recruited by Samasource, a nonprofit based in San Francisco.

At those levels, CEOs last year were paid 303 times what workers in their industries earned, compared with a ratio of 59 times in 1989, according to the Economic Policy Institute, a Washington - based nonprofit.

The award, in its second year, recognizes New York City businesses and nonprofit organizations who use policies and practices that help to hire, retain, and engage four generations of workers.

The Rainforest Alliance is an international nonprofit organization working to build a future in which nature is protected and biodiversity flourishes, where farmers, workers, and communities prosper, and where sustainable land use and responsible business practices are the norm.

Sarah Best, a licensed master social worker and a psychotherapist at the Seleni Institute, a nonprofit maternal mental health center in New York, contributed to this article.

I volunteer 3 times a week at a local, nonprofit bakery that is part of St. Joe's House of Hospitality in Rochester, NY... and part of the larger Catholic Worker Movement.

In New York City, nonprofits — health and human services and cultural organizations — employ nearly 500,000 workers, just over 15 percent of the total.

He allegedly steered about $ 300,000 in funds to a Queens nonprofit, then used the group's workers to collect signatures and register voters for his 2006 campaign for the state Senate.

DNAinfo New York has reported in a series of stories that the nonprofit Bushwick Economic Development Corp., or BEDCO, is a tax deadbeat that has been accused of bribing city workers, failing to fix violations at its city - funded shelters and falling deeply into debt with landlords.

De Blasio's nonprofit took in $ 200,000 from a food - service union on the same day a mayoral ally in the City Council submitted legislation to protect the union workers» jobs.

He said Heastie is also negotiating to include in the state budget more funding for nonprofits - especially those involved in healthcare - so that they can pay their workers $ 15 an hour.

The Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies, Fiscal Policy Institute and the Human Services Council are leading a robust statewide coalition of nonprofit providers to call for Governor Cuomo to: Raise the minimum wage to $ 15 per hour for all workers in New York State, including human services workers AND Amend government human services contracts to fund the wage increase.

Teaming with 1199 - SEIU, the health care workers union, and 32BJ - SEIU, the buildings workers union, Cuomo made campaign stops in an RV paid for by the nonprofit, which was funded largely by unions.

The fact is, 100,000 people who provide support, guidance, and quality care to about 130,000 individuals with developmental disabilities in New York state are left out of Cuomo's campaign of «raising opportunity for workers and their families,» because, as it stands, the governor's plan doesn't include the necessary funding for nonprofits to support it, jeopardizing their staff, services and programs.

At the University of Connecticut's Nancy A. Humphreys Institute for Political Social Work, we believe that social workers and nonprofit agencies play an important role in bipartisan voter registration and civic engagement.

Extending New Yorkers» Legal Right to Sick Leave: 3,400,000 private and nonprofit sector workers have access to paid sick leave thanks to an expansion created in partnership with the Council and the Mayor's robust education campaign.

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.

Culture workers from the nonprofit community can use their fellowship to pursue a program of reading, writing, and thinking or engage in a specific project with the support of center staff, faculty, and students.

Obese workers cost private sector employers in the U.S. an estimated $ 45 billion annually in medical expenditures and lost productivity, according to a 2008 report co-authored by Barrington and produced by the Conference Board, a nonprofit business research organization based in New York City.

The nonprofit gives farmers, workers and communities in developing nations the tools they need to leverage the free market and live fair, healthy and sustainable lives.

The Felt Robin with Beret is finely handcrafted of wool by artisans in Nepal and is certified by Fair Trade USA, a nonprofit organization that helps workers in developing nations live fair,...

Release: Friday, March 17, 2017 [Theater] Written by: James Gunn Directed by: Greg McLean Office workers at a mysterious nonprofit organization on the outskirts of the Colombian capital of Bogotá participate, let's call it reluctantly, in a twisted social experiment wherein they must murder a certain number of their colleagues within a certain timeframe or else everyone in the building goes... Continue reading The Belko Experiment

Issa Rae cocreated and stars in the story of the personal and professional tribulations of a nonprofit worker named Issa (Rae) and her best friend, Molly (Yvonne Orji), a lawyer in this show inspired by Rae's YouTube series The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl.

Valor's SEL work is based on ideas that Daren Dickson developed throughout his career as a social worker, clinical and program director, and social justice advocate, including work he did at the nonprofit Seneca Center in the San Francisco Bay Area with vulnerable young people and communities.

This past January, master's candidates in the International Education Policy (IEP) Program traveled to Sri Lanka to conduct field interviews with tea plantation workers, government ministers, and leaders of international nonprofits for a research capstone project.

Kronholz went on to take a close look at some tools that schools, courts, social workers, nonprofits and the police have used to try to get truants back in school.

In an initiative now being piloted in six cities across the country, communities are working to redesign their municipal systems and form new citywide partnerships so that everyone — elected officials, nonprofit leaders, healthcare professionals, social workers, parents, business owners, and educators — takes on the responsibility of supporting children and closing the opportunity gaIn an initiative now being piloted in six cities across the country, communities are working to redesign their municipal systems and form new citywide partnerships so that everyone — elected officials, nonprofit leaders, healthcare professionals, social workers, parents, business owners, and educators — takes on the responsibility of supporting children and closing the opportunity gain six cities across the country, communities are working to redesign their municipal systems and form new citywide partnerships so that everyone — elected officials, nonprofit leaders, healthcare professionals, social workers, parents, business owners, and educators — takes on the responsibility of supporting children and closing the opportunity gap.

At the same time, the characteristics of staff members in community - based prekindergarten programs, operated by private nonprofit and for - profit groups, more closely resemble those of workers in child - care...

In instances when smaller organizations or nonprofits can not compete with large or private sector organizations, many organizations offer unique benefits — such as comprehensive medical insurance plans, flexible schedules, or financial planning services — to entice employees.44 Alpert Jewish Family and Children's Service, or AJFCS, a nationally accredited social services agency in Palm Beach, Florida, uses innovative benefits to recruit and retain talent — especially workers in the later stages of their careerIn instances when smaller organizations or nonprofits can not compete with large or private sector organizations, many organizations offer unique benefits — such as comprehensive medical insurance plans, flexible schedules, or financial planning services — to entice employees.44 Alpert Jewish Family and Children's Service, or AJFCS, a nationally accredited social services agency in Palm Beach, Florida, uses innovative benefits to recruit and retain talent — especially workers in the later stages of their careerin Palm Beach, Florida, uses innovative benefits to recruit and retain talent — especially workers in the later stages of their careerin the later stages of their careers.

Prior to this role, Ms. Belai co-founded a successful nonprofit skill - training program for ex-commercial sex workers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

A small group of education advocates and researchers have been beating the drum about chronic absenteeism for years, gathering evidence that not only is attendance directly linked to achievement, but that comprehensive community efforts — including schools, nonprofit groups, social workers and community health organizations — can yield substantial improvements in school attendance.

Nearly two - thirds of today's workers need advanced reading, writing, mathematical and critical - thinking skills to compete in the global economy, compared to 15 percent of workers 20 years ago, according to Achieve, a nonprofit educational reform group.

In interviews with several hundred business, nonprofit, philanthropic, and education leaders, the author identified seven «survival skills» that 21st century students need to succeed as workers and citizens: (1) critical thinking and problem - solving; (2) collaboration and leadership; (3) ability and adaptability; (4) initiative and entrepreneurialism; (5) effective oral and written communication; (6) accessing and analyzing information; and (7) curiosity and imagination.

After teaching, she attended Harvard Law School as a Paul and Daisy Soros Fellow, and worked legal aid at a nonprofit for Spanish - speaking immigrants in the Fruitvale district of Oakland, California, on a Skadden Fellowship, with a focus on tenants» and workers» rights.

Learn how workers in a nonprofit organization can pay Social Security and Medicare taxes and earn entitlement to benefits.

While some studies suggest that most millennials have a good handle on s tudent loan debt, the majority of millennials have some of the highest student loan debt rates in history, according to a study conducted by the American Student Assistance — a nonprofit dedicated to eliminating financial barriers to attending college recently released the Young Workers and Student Debt survey.

That may leave many workers questioning whether or not they will ultimately be eligible for loan forgiveness after all — even if they work in the nonprofit or public sector.

He then sent in an official Employer Certification Form to be sure that his work for the National Association of Social Workers — a nonprofit organization that is in a tax category known as 501 (c)(6)-- qualified as public service.

Public school teachers, church staff, not - for - profit hospital workers and other employees of nonprofits are eligible to sock away thousands of dollars each year in a 403 (b) retirement plan at work.

After 10 years of income - based repayment for workers in government or at nonprofits, and 25 years for others, the loans are forgiven.

Paws of Hope Puerto Rico is a nonprofit organization located in Salinas, Puerto Rico, formed by rescue workers, animals lovers, fosters, and business professionals.

All the volunteers and workers at the Cat House firmly believe in the mission of the nonprofit.