Sentences with phrase «of economic disadvantage»

It makes several changes to the DBE program, concerning such subjects as uniform application and reporting forms; implementing a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Small Business Administration (SBA); substantive amendments to provisions concerning personal net worth, retainage, size standard, proof of ethnicity, confidentiality, proof of economic disadvantage, DBE credit for trucking firms, and eligibility of firms owned by Alaska Native Corporations (ANCs); and clarifications concerning multi-year project goals and the use of the new North American Industrial Classification System («NAICS»).

Finally, this document proposes substantive changes to several provisions, including: Personal net worth, retainage, the size standard, proof of ethnicity, confidentiality, proof of economic disadvantage, and DBE credit for trucking firms.

A key feature of our data generating process is that student achievement depends on a continuous measure of economic disadvantage.

«We must ensure that changes being made to our qualifications system do not unfairly disadvantage specific groups of students, including those with special educational needs or those from backgrounds of economic disadvantage.»

Better measures of economic disadvantage can help us better understand the variation in outcomes within the population of children who are eligible for subsidized meals

Policies that place schools at center stage have the potential to disrupt the cycle of economic disadvantage to ensure that children born into poverty aren't excluded from the American dream.

The problem starts with the use of the free - and - reduced - price lunch program (FRL) as a marker of economic disadvantage.

«We recommended that some type of economic disadvantage requirement was advisable,» said Colette Holt, a member of the team that put together a 2010 report on the status of the MWBE program in New York.

The court disagreed, saying that the law requires accommodation for actual physical handicaps, «not the alleviation of economic disadvantages that may be correlated with having handicaps.»

The court agreed with the landlord, ruling that the Act doesn't require the «alleviation of economic disadvantages that may be correlated with having handicaps.»

Not exact matches

That's an economic disadvantage for each of the 21 municipalities and for British Columbia,» says Greg D'Avignon, president and CEO of the Business Council of B.C..

Individuals claiming economic disadvantage can not have a personal net worth in excess of $ 250,000, no matter what their origins are.

When looking at the data we saw that people with a lower IQ were less likely to be happier because of higher levels of socio - economic disadvantage such as lower income.

«This shows that we have a strong, vibrant bilateral economic relationship, and yet we still need to focus on leveling the playing field because U.S. companies continue to be disadvantaged doing business in China,» said William Zarit, chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce in China.

The consequences of this national travesty are well documented — postpartum depression, higher infant mortality and illness and persistent educational and economic disadvantages.

My conclusion is that developments in the global economy during the past 50 years have greatly reduced the economic disadvantages of small nations enumerated for his time by Hamilton.

By: Martin Creamer 26th January 2018 Project delivery and engineering consultancy WorleyParsons RSA is once again answering the call for transformation and broader economic participation of previously disadvantaged South Africans.

One study concluded: «The achievement growth rates of Catholic school attendance are especially strong for students who are in one way or another disadvantaged: lower socio - economic status, black, or Hispanic.»

We've actually lost or tied more wars than we've won and our economic prosperity has been on the backs of the poor and disadvantaged.

«But the turning around of those deep - seated economic forces that have so disadvantaged most, but particularly poorer families, isn't going to be achieved in the short term.

We want a pluralism of approaches, adapted to the complexity of the objects and to the uncertainty surrounding most of the big questions in economics (unemployment, inequalities, the place of financial markets, the advantages and disadvantages of free - trade, globalization, economic development, etc).

Although they do not face the disadvantages of women in Third World countries, and although they have sophisticated facilities (access to the best medical help, committed husbands or partners, advanced educations, good health and economic comforts) they are unhappy, shell - shocked and angry.

Second, with our world in economic, political, sociological and psychological turmoil, are we Christians willing to place the needs and welfare of disadvantaged peoples ahead of maintaining our own plush standard of living?

The council's policy did not support groups that «discriminate on the basis of ancestry, nationality, creed, philosophy, economic disadvantage, physical disability, mental illness or disorders, political affiliation, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation or gender identity.»

This appalling rate of food insecurity shows that our Federal and state governments are in breach of their obligations to ensure that all Australians, and especially the most disadvantaged, enjoy the fundamental human right to adequate and culturally appropriate food, guaranteed by Article 10 of the United Nations Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.

The existence of these farms also has a social value: our cheese industry keeps these mountain communities alive and creates economic spin - off in disadvantaged areas.

In visiting the various organisations and projects, my aim is to engage in open and wide - ranging discussions, including broader issues of socio - economic context and structural disadvantage.

The Jamaica experiment makes a strong economic case for the potential effectiveness of some kind of home - visiting intervention with disadvantaged parents.

Conversely, she asserts that natural growth parenting, largely the result of a lack of economic resources, serves to perpetuate economic disadvantage.

Though I wrote these words eight years ago, I don't think the concerns of sports moms have changed all that much and that what I said then largely still hold true today, although I think, if I were to update the list of concerns, I would probably add two more: fifth, that mothers want a more inclusive youth sports experience that is affordable to all families, regardless of socio - economic status or whether they live in a wealthy suburb or an economically disadvantaged inner city neighborhood, and sixth, that mothers want a better balance between sports and family life (a problem I explored in the book and on these pages, but that, if anything, has gotten worse, not better, in the last eight years).

«[The proposed approach is to have] public bodies ensure their policies «reduce the inequalities of outcome which result from socio - economic disadvantage.»

Father engagement reduces the frequency of behavioral problems in boys while also decreasing delinquency and economic disadvantage in low - income families.

Many of them have a low socio - economic status (SES) and live in disadvantaged areas of the city [23].

«While most of the regulation springs from good intention, much of it in practice acts as a disadvantage to economic activity.»

Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, said: «Since 2010, the UK Government has made «boosting economic development» its number one priority for international aid and development, in spite of evidence which indicates that this might further disadvantage the world's poorest children.

«Cabinet Ministers agreed that an effective industrial strategy must build on the advantages and recognise the disadvantages of different places and establish how areas of the country that have not shared in recent industrial success can have a positive economic future.

«Given the important role public policies and services play in supporting individuals to make the most of their talents, we will consider legislating to make clear that tackling socio - economic disadvantage and narrowing gaps in outcomes for people from different backgrounds is a core function of public services,» the white paper stated.

He also spoke of a need for unity in New York City, where the privileged and disadvantaged alike are given a fair shot at economic success, good schools, affordable housing, and safe neighborhoods, and where people «don't have to worry about being stopped and frisked because you happen to be the wrong color.»

Acting Director Rob Williams declared in a letter this week that the Upstate New York Gaming Economic Development Act of 2013 is supposed to «provide maximum benefit to the state through bringing economic benefit to municipalities that have been economically disadvantagedEconomic Development Act of 2013 is supposed to «provide maximum benefit to the state through bringing economic benefit to municipalities that have been economically disadvantagedeconomic benefit to municipalities that have been economically disadvantaged.»

He said «It is time to move beyond the unequal exchange of cheap raw materials for expensive finished goods that disadvantages Africa, to one that ensures technology transfer and sustainable economic development, huge economic returns for investors and creates new jobs for both sides.»

«We saw Empire Zones move to cater to where businesses wanted to be rather than have them come to economically disadvantaged areas,» Deutsch said of an economic development program that was a hallmark of Republican Governor George Pataki.

To start off with, this grouping will cover four policy areas — promoting local economic growth, reducing crime, bettering the lot of disadvantaged children, and looking after the elderly — that amount to # 200 billion - worth of public spending.

«As social democrats, the NDC believes that it is the duty of the Government to pull the marginalized, disadvantaged and the poor into the mainstream of the socio - economic order.

WHEREAS, small businesses, without assistance, can not afford to purchase health insurance coverage for their workers, nearly 800,000 of whom have lost employer - sponsored coverage over the last decade, and thus face a major competitive disadvantage that inhibits their ability to grow, create jobs and otherwise support the State's economic development;

A worker's economic standing or disadvantaged status will be judged by their income, Social Services benefits, length of unemployment or their post-incarceration status.

For universities, a major benefit of active learning is lower failure rates and possible increased retention of science students, including underrepresented minorities and students with economic disadvantages.

Previous research has demonstrated that criminal behavior is impacted by genetics, childhood mistreatment, low self - esteem during adolescence, lack of parental support, social and economic disadvantage, and racial discrimination.

Steele writes that many Americans have come to view the disadvantages associated with being black as disadvantages primarily of social and economic resources and opportunity.

«Poverty and the many stresses that come with social disadvantage have long been linked to cardiovascular disease, but how we live, work, and play has a great impact on heart health for people from a broad range of economic and cultural backgrounds,» explains David Siscovick, MD, MPH, Senior Vice President for Research at The New York Academy of Medicine and Chair of the American Heart Association's (AHA) Council on Epidemiology and Prevention.

«Evolutionary biology projects are very disadvantaged in that kind of funding climate because it's very difficult to identify a private - sector funder that would be interested in putting money into a project that doesn't have a clear economic spin off,» he says.