Sentences with phrase «of affordable education»

President Obama brought his message of affordable education for the middle class to Syracuse yesterday.

Not exact matches

Capital Impact Partners is among the largest of the roughly 1,000 CDFI's in the U.S., having invested $ 1.8 billion in senior care, affordable housing, education and public nutrition projects in distressed and low - income communities across the country.

Higher education needs to be affordable and accessible for the growing number of people who find it unaffordable and inaccessible.

The Healthcare Reform Law, including The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and The Healthcare and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, could have a material adverse effect on Humana's results of operations, including restricting revenue, enrollment and premium growth in certain products and market segments, restricting the company's ability to expand into new markets, increasing the company's medical and operating costs by, among other things, requiring a minimum benefit ratio on insured products, lowering the company's Medicare payment rates and increasing the company's expenses associated with a non-deductible health insurance industry fee and other assessments; the company's financial position, including the company's ability to maintain the value of its goodwill; and the company's cash flows.

Earlier this year, Alison Johnston, 25, her brother, Dan, 22, and a friend, 25 - year - old Joey Shurtleff, founded InstaEDU with the goal of making one - on - one education affordable and accessible to students everywhere.

«What we really need is a more flexible and accessible system of post-secondary education that's affordable, that allows people to shift between fields while they're in study, to train or retrain as market demands change, and right now, it's quite difficult to do that because of high tuition and high student debt,» said McCormick.

As the # 1 provider of education to the U.S. military, our mission is to provide an affordable, flexible, and relevant education to all those who serve.

The sensible way to fund the social good of higher education is pay - as - you - go: with affordable tuition, donations and government money.

Specific policies include the 30 - 50 Plan to Fight Poverty, which is committed to reducing the number of people living below the poverty line by 30 percent and the number of children by 50 percent; an Affordable Housing Plan; pursing the long - term goal of a national high - quality, universal, community - based, early education and child care system; increasing the Guaranteed Income Supplement by $ 600 per year for low - income seniors; and creating a new relationship with Canada's First Nation, Inuit and Métis peoples, including re-instating the Kelowna Accord.

Some of Clinton's plans include guaranteeing 12 weeks of paid family and medical leave, expanding early childhood education, capping childcare expenses at 10 percent of a household's income, helping the families of children with autism and other special needs get access to more resources and support, and insuring more families through the Affordable Care Act.

Top priority of the campaign is to call on elected officials to create legislation that supports economic justice, anti-racism and anti-white supremacy policies, women's rights, the ending of voter suppression, immigrant rights, LGBTQ rights, as well as affordable quality housing, healthcare and education.

Such is the world to which Padre Manuel Freire has given the past 20 years of his life, in an effort to bring affordable, relevant education to La Chala, an extremely poor neighborhood in Guayaquil.

Now this doesn't mean that the Republicans should do NOTHING on immigration, but it does mean that their economic agenda should focus on issues that would help people in the two middle quartiles (and the last quartile) get what Reihan Salam called «the basics of a dignified middle - class life — affordable high - quality medical care, education, and housing» With that in mind, here is a partial (and I'm not sure totally compatible) list of policies that Republicans should be looking at:

Here is THE question of our time: «Millennials who are facing the erosion of access to affordable quality education and meaningful employment and who stand to inherit from their elders a great deal of debt and environmental destruction want to know why and how faith matters.»

Millennials who are facing the erosion of access to affordable, quality education and meaningful employment and who stand to inherit from their elders a great deal of debt and environmental destruction want to know why and how faith matters.

And to think that healthy products will soon be as affordable as mass - produced, chemical - laden crap is to ignore the important nuances of production, conscious business, fair trade, meaningful partnerships, sustainability, certifications, education and more that make natural products so beneficial to our health and our environment.

Jilly was instrumental in the creation and expansion of Healthy Neighborhoods, an extension of City Harvest's anti-hunger work designed to respond to the need for emergency food, improve access to fruits and vegetables for residents in low - income communities and provide nutrition education to inspire affordable, healthy meal choices.

Affordable continuing education points — each conference we offer 20 + CERPs, CMEs, CNEs and Australian College of Midwives CPD points.

Home visiting has been demonstrated to be an effective method of supporting families, particularly as part of a comprehensive and coordinated system of high - quality, affordable early care and education, health and mental health, and family support services for families of children from the prenatal through the pre-kindergarten stages.

An industry leader in breastfeeding education and support, Kangaroo Kids offers a wide variety of affordable classes and free nursing moms» groups.

In this role, Thornton has been responsible for improving the health and well - being of Americans by expanding access to nutritious, affordable food and providing dietary guidance, nutrition policy coordination, and nutrition education across USDA's 15 nutrition assistance programs.

The adoption of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), Section 2952: Support, Education, and Research for Postpartum Depression mandated ongoing research to better understand the frequency and course of postpartum depression, address differences in treatment needs among racial and ethnic groups, and develop culturally competent evidence - based treatment approaches (U.S. Department of Labor, 2012).

Silver reiterated that the issues of key importance to his conference are restoring some of his education aid cuts and safeguarding an «affordable» SUNY / CUNY system that is «available to all residents of New York; If we go away from that mission, we're doing a disservice to this state.»

Gallant said he will focus on education, jobs and challenging the repeal of the Affordable Care Act.

«These candidates have a history of standing up for working people, immigrant rights, good public education, affordable housing, criminal justice, police reform and other issues that are important to our members and their families.

«She will be an invaluable member of the Senate Democratic Conference and with her support we will be able to finally take action on ensuring New Yorkers have access to good paying jobs, real mandate and tax relief, high - quality public education, and affordable health care,» Stewart - Cousins said.

During his two terms representing New York Senate's 15th district, Senator Addabbo has fought for the issues that matter most to his constituents including the creation of jobs, access to affordable health care, stronger gun control laws, senior services, and quality education.

Our state can be an inspiring example of full employment at living wages, health care for all, affordable housing, quality public education, and 100 percent clean, climate - stabilizing energy.

Negotiations in Albany were also bogged down over how to divide increased education funding, the details of an affordable housing and development tax credit in New York City and whether to increase the number of authorized charter schools.

That means remaining vigilant and not losing sight of our duty to families across this state that are relying on us to deliver a stronger minimum wage, quality education that meets the needs of our students and other basic necessities like an affordable home.

Members of the Assembly's Democratic majority have sponsored similar proposals in the past, said spokesman Michael Whyland, who called affordable higher education a priority.

Teachout believes that several of her positions — including on the topics of affordable housing, Long Island College Hospital (LICH) and public education — should especially resonate with Brooklyn voters.

Mr Brown told MPs his first government will prioritise the health service, education and the lack of affordable housing, all of which will be reformed to «meet people's aspirations».

«It's one of the things that really attracted me to the position, the ability to work toward making higher education more affordable,» she said.

The ordinary Ghanaian needs education, clean water, affordable and accessible health care, opportunities to work and earn a decent living and take care of their families, governance without corruption; peace and stability; a safe and clean environment; a justice system that works, nothing fancy, nothing complex.

He told Newsday those issues include «major infrastructure investments to create jobs, affordable higher education, criminal justice reforms and more funding for scientific research,» the paper wrote in its endorsement of him.

Having blown past their deadline for the April 1 fiscal year start, the sides have been stuck on a number of topics, including criminal justice, education and affordable housing.

Pat Purcell, a member of UP4NYC and the executive director of the Great NY Laborers - Employers Cooperation & Education Trust with the Laborers, said Mr. de Blasio's plan «will not provide middle class wages to the workers employed on what will remain mostly taxpayer subsidized luxury housing, and it will not significantly increase affordable housing production for New Yorkers who need it most.»

Queens Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras - Copeland, who chairs the powerful Committee on Finance, suggested the city could lose precious monies for the NYPD for its non-cooperation on immigration issues, while the public hospital network could suffer if the president repeals the Obama - era Affordable Care Act and the school system might lose funding under the policies of U.S. Secretary of Education - designate Betsy DeVos.

As the future congressman from this great district, I know Keith stands ready to deliver on the same fundamental issues he has fought for alongside me in the legislature — bringing more affordable housing to our neighborhoods, pushing through meaningful criminal justice reform and ensuring that all of our children have every chance to succeed with the promise of a first - rate education.

We must find ways to keep public education affordable and a tuition increase would hurt far too many of WCC's students.»

«We propose a budget that prioritizes an affordable and high quality education for Westchester Community College's students and families,» said Dr. Belinda S. Miles, president of Westchester Community College.

Tony's stance on key issues such as job creation (bringing jobs back to the New York State), access to affordable and quality health care for all, improving the quality of education for students, and holding state officials accountable for how they spend taxpayers» money is aligned with the Coalition's point of views.

He doesn't have finely honed positions on issues; he'd like to abolish parts of the Affordable Care Act, abolish most of the U.S. Department of Education and give younger people another choice for retirement savings besides Social Security.

It was deemed more important than education issues, creating more affordable housing, combating heroin addictions, increasing cancer screening, or deciding if mayoral control of New York City's schools should continue.

Government of Ogbeni RaufAregbesola reiterates its commitment to promoting functional and affordable education, the manifestation of which is the improvement in the standard of education inthe state».

Jan. 19, 2011: The «Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act» would have repealed all of the Affordable Care Act.

The Countryside Alliance believes a vibrant countryside needs five key changes and calls on the Government to: SERVICES — Ensure an accessible and reliable rural transport and broadband network HOUSING — Promote local solutions to the lack of affordable rural housing EDUCATION — Enable all children to gain a practical understanding of the countryside FARMING — Support British farmers and producers COUNTRY PURSUITS — Repeal the Hunting Act and champion country pursuits For more information or to arrange interviews please call the Countryside Alliance press office on 0207 840 9220 or 07500 834 163

«Instead of reaching out to union leaders to gain consensus on an affordable housing program that ensures middle - class wages for workers, (de Blasio) coordinated with a lobbying group — led by billionaire developers — to run an anti-union campaign that would lead to unsafe job sites and a low - wage workforce,» The Greater New York Laborers - Employers Cooperation and Education Trust and the New York City and Vicinity Carpenters Labor Management Corporation said in a joint statement.

«Despite the progress outlined in this tentative deal there is clearly a lot of work ahead of us, including stronger criminal justice reforms; full funding for our state's public education system; ensuring affordable college for all New Yorkers, including DREAMers; additional support for Planned Parenthood; and ethics and voting reforms,» said Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins.