Sentences with phrase «other council programs»

Mr. Ulvi has made significant financial contributions to support the PASS © partnership at Sandy Lane Elementary School and other Council programs.

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Program Sponsors are the California Statewide Communities Development Authority (CSCDA), the Western Riverside Council of Governments (WRCOG) and other municipalities.

Other highlights for the year included the introduction of GVBOT's Pillar Partners, the expansion of the Company of Young Professionals program to Richmond, North Vancouver, and the Tri-Cities, a new advocacy initiative with the Canadian Global Cities Council, and the WE FOR SHE Conference on gender diversity.

The C.D. Howe Institute's National Council brings together a distinguished group of Canadian business leaders, academics, former public officials, and other experts to provide strategic perspectives relevant to the Institute's overall research program.

The last meeting, Jens Weidmann, who is the president the Bundesbank, who sits on the Executive Council of the ECB, they're voicing their concern and others are joining to get the quantitative easing program has gone too far.

Network sustaining - time programs, produced by networks in association with the Jewish Theological Seminary, the Roman Catholic Church, the National Council of Churches, and several other recognized faiths and denominations.

We may as Christians think that the notion of peace has sufficiently penetrated the life and history of the Church to secure a satisfactory ethical basis for Christian conflict resolution, a peace ministry or to carry out the World Council of Churches» «Program to Overcome Violence» and that the Church, therefore, is not pressed for other alternatives.

Introduction The National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA, through its programs of mission and witness, seeks to join with others in defining and creating the conditions for a more just world order.

Through membership on planning and other types of public and private councils and boards, clergy and congregants can fill key roles in shaping and furthering community mental health programs.

Dedicated, knowledgeable churchmen have often seen the need to join forces with others in sparking a community - wide action program, coordinated by an Alcoholism Council.

In previous chapters I have suggested what concerned citizens can do to deal with television without censorship: create local television councils and community action to get stations to accept their responsibility for the public welfare; introduce media education courses in the schools and churches to create media literacy; organize community groups to develop programs relating to community issues on the «narrowcast» media of cable - TV, videocassettes, low - power TV, public - broadcasting facilities, and commercial side - band channels; employ stockholder action and other economic measures.

Kathleen Wood, moderator of The Food - service Council for Women panel presented the Beacon Award to City Harvest's CEO, Jilly Stephens for her hard work to deliver rescued food to 500 soup kitchens, food pantries and other community food programs in New York City - free of charge and focused on ensuring that high - need communities receive more fresh produce.

(Current ISEAL certification programs include Marine Stewardship Council, Rainforest Alliance, Forest Stewardship Council, among others.)

I spoke with several other students that I personally trained at the Honor Council's first ever Integrity Day about defining success in qualitative rather than quantitative ways, organized presentations for parents in the local community, wrote brochures explaining of the program for the teachers, and held discussions about how Challenge Success ties into Jewish values at my Hebrew School.

We thank the North American Registry of Midwives Board for helping facilitate the study; Tim Putt for help with layout of the data forms; Jennesse Oakhurst, Shannon Salisbury, and a team of five others for data entry; Adam Slade for computer programming support; Amelia Johnson, Phaedra Muirhead, Shannon Salisbury, Tanya Stotsky, Carrie Whelan, and Kim Yates for office support; Kelly Klick and Sheena Jardin for the satisfaction survey; members of our advisory council (Eugene Declerq (Boston University School of Public Health), Susan Hodges (Citizens for Midwifery and consumer panel of the Cochrane Collaboration's Pregnancy and Childbirth Group), Jonathan Kotch (University of North Carolina Department of Maternal and Child Health), Patricia Aikins Murphy (University of Utah College of Nursing), and Lawrence Oppenheimer (University of Ottawa Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine); and the midwives and mothers who agreed to participate in the study.

Assemblyman Mark Gjonaj is seen as the front - runner and is not participating in the campaign finance program, allowing him to raise and spend far more than any other Council candidates.

CITY HALL — The City Council doesn't have the power to reign in the NYPD's controversial stop - and - frisk program, the Bloomberg administration argued Wednesday during a heated hearing that had members at each other's throats.

New York City Council Speaker Cory Johnson and Majority Leader Laurie Cumbo announced the package of 10 bills on Sunday and said the measures would be introduced this week... The proposals include: Requiring businesses with more than 15 employees to provide lactation spaces and refrigerators to store breast milk, Requiring lactation rooms in all schools, police precincts, and jails that house women or allow women visitors, Assessing the need for free and low - cost doula services in the city, Creating a report on maternal mortality, Requiring that inmates be able to choose the gender of their doctor, Requiring the city to provide diapers at shelters, subsidized child care centers and other locations, Creating a study and pilot program for on - site childcare for city employees, Allowing campaign funds to be used for certain childcare costs of candidates who are primary caregivers» http://bit.ly/2jTiAtZ

Other elected officials attending, but not participating in the program, were Assembly Members Phil Goldfeder, David Weprin, Richard Gottfried, Nily Rozic, Ed Braunstein and Chuck Lavine, and Council Member Mark Weprin.

The Business Council and other business organizations have raised concerns about the ongoing implementation of the state's MWBE contracting program, and are calling for reforms as part of any extension legislation in 2018.

The Council also continues to emphasize that, with multi-year, multi-billion budget deficits, New York needs to more fully examine its spending practices, especially in major programs such as Medicaid and education, and determine why are our costs are so much higher than other states without the results to match.»

Other charges say she snookered the council out of another $ 11,400 in 2015 - 17, and also milked the city's post-Sandy Build It Back program.

Other council members appealed to Mr. Fuleihan for improvements to existing city agencies, notably jobs programs to employ city youth over the summer months.

Other sustainability and development programs that have been initiated or reformed over the last six years under Governor Cuomo include: · Cleaner, Greener Regional Sustainability Plans · Regional Economic Development Councils · Land Bank Act to convert vacant properties · Legislation to combat zombie properties · Complete Streets design initiative · Upstate Revitalization Initiative · Hudson Valley Farmland Preservation and Southern Tier Agricultural Industry Enhancement Programs · Clean Energy Communities · Brownfield Redevelopment Reform · Historic Preservation Tax Credit · Climate Smart Communities Grants · Community Risk and Resiliency Act Elaine Kamarck, Founding Director of the Center for Effective Public Management at the Brookings Institution and Author of Why Presidents Fail and How They Can Succeed Again said, «Whenever I get a chance to come home I'm always impressed at the rapid progress being made here in the Fingeprograms that have been initiated or reformed over the last six years under Governor Cuomo include: · Cleaner, Greener Regional Sustainability Plans · Regional Economic Development Councils · Land Bank Act to convert vacant properties · Legislation to combat zombie properties · Complete Streets design initiative · Upstate Revitalization Initiative · Hudson Valley Farmland Preservation and Southern Tier Agricultural Industry Enhancement Programs · Clean Energy Communities · Brownfield Redevelopment Reform · Historic Preservation Tax Credit · Climate Smart Communities Grants · Community Risk and Resiliency Act Elaine Kamarck, Founding Director of the Center for Effective Public Management at the Brookings Institution and Author of Why Presidents Fail and How They Can Succeed Again said, «Whenever I get a chance to come home I'm always impressed at the rapid progress being made here in the FingePrograms · Clean Energy Communities · Brownfield Redevelopment Reform · Historic Preservation Tax Credit · Climate Smart Communities Grants · Community Risk and Resiliency Act Elaine Kamarck, Founding Director of the Center for Effective Public Management at the Brookings Institution and Author of Why Presidents Fail and How They Can Succeed Again said, «Whenever I get a chance to come home I'm always impressed at the rapid progress being made here in the Finger Lakes.

Off topic questions included a Department of Investigations report detailing problems with corrections officers at Rikers Island, de Blasio's message to protestors resuming anti-NYPD protests, his relationship with police unions, a call by the head of the Lieutentants Benevolent Association to strengthen laws concerning resisting arrest, an increase in police protection for Jewish organizations and sites and Dov Hikind's claim of a decrease in police presence, delays in the implementation of the City's municipal ID card program, his message to PBA members dissatisfied with their union leadership, his position on a city council plan to fund the purchase of additional bullet - proof vests for police officers, whether the Democratic National Committee has expressed concerns around the recent protests as it considers whether to hold the 2016 convention in Brooklyn, whether his «thoughts» on the anti-NYPD protests have «evolved» and whether he will direct the NYPD to change its FOIL request process to accept email or other electronic requests.

After lobbying by Greenfield and several other Council members, the program is to be continued until the end of the calendar year, both news sources reported.

It's one part of a series of measures that would establish more oversight of Cuomo's business subsidy programs — others would require financial disclosures on regional economic development councils and mandate more reporting on tax - free zones that critics say are under - performing — that have cropped up, but not advanced.

City Council candidate Heidi Harrison Chain's announcement last week that she will decline public matching funds has prompted others in the race for Councilwoman Melinda Katz's (D - Forest Hills) seat to criticize the move, saying she is ditching a program meant to level the financial playing field and could now far outspend her opponents.

The program included a breakfast celebration for 200 parents, principals, school administrators, Community Education Councils and other education leaders.

Empire State Development runs the Regional Economic Development Council awards program, the Startup - NY tax incentives and issues other tax breaks to spur business expansion and job growth.

Cincinnati's City Council recently approved a photo ID program for the city's immigrants, homeless and others.

Panelists include: George Bliss, biker and owner of Hudson Urban Bicycles (HUB0 and an advocate for safer bikes; Steve Vaccaro, biker and lawyer dealing with the legal aspects of bike - riding in the city; Caroline Samponaro of Transportation Alternatives and the Bike Share Program; Council Speaker Christine Quinn's office with pending legislation dealing with electric bikes and other relevant issues.

Recently, CVH released a statement with dozens of high profile New York elected officials and other allies, such as District Council 37 and Transit Workers Union Local 100, calling for the expansion of the Transitional Jobs program in New York City and the termination of the Work Experience Pprogram in New York City and the termination of the Work Experience ProgramProgram.

«The Council also continues to emphasize that, with multi-year, multi-billion (dollar) budget deficits, New York needs to more fully examine its spending practices, especially in major programs such as Medicaid and education, and determine why are our costs are so much higher than other states without the results to match,» said Business Council President Heather Briccetti.

These are potential sources of funding for teacher positions, he told the standing - room - only Council hearing, at a time when the city is facing a looming crisis in education, child care, afterschool programs and other family and children's services.

The fair is a collaborative effort of the Utica Municipal Housing Authority; City of Utica; Norstar Development USA; Utica Public Library; Workforce Development Board; Mohawk Valley Community College Youthbuild Program; Oneida County Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES); Central New York Labor Council; and other partners to connect residents interested in construction employment with local training programs and employers.

De Blasio and his liberal allies created IDNYC to provide proof of identity to individuals lacking other forms of government paperwork, and the City Council deliberately wrote a legislative trap door into the bill that established the program to grant the city the right to purge the files at the end of 2016 should a deportation - happy regime assume power in Washington.

The mayor and City Council created the IDNYC cards to grant a government credential to people lacking other forms of paperwork — and planned to purge the program's records at the end of last year to prevent a hostile administration from using them as a deportation database.

The Council expects the city to bring in more tax revenue than the mayor estimates and projects lower costs for other city programs, saying the budget will still have a $ 258 million surplus even with its additions.

Based on Synapse's commitment to earn the highest rating from the U.S. Green Building Council, the project was entitled to the same tax break given other projects under the city's «green» payment in lieu of taxes program.

The County Executive was joined by Rockland County Director of Tourism and Economic Growth Lucy Redzeposki, ArtsWestchester CEO Janet Langsam, ArtsWestchester Associate Director of Programs, Sue Abbott, Leanne Tintori Wells, Arts Program Director, New York State Council on the Arts and others.

The letter, signed by Senators Andrea Stewart - Cousins, Liz Krueger, City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito and Assemblywomen Addie Russell and Nily Rozic, among others, noted that New York's Democratic majority in the Assembly has passed proposals for paid family leave programs multiple times.

«As a national model, we must maintain our upward momentum to end gender and racial inequality through public policy that celebrates our diversity,» Council Member Cumbo said at the rally, pointing to other city and state efforts like the municipal identification card program and a higher minimum wage.

In addition to guiding all aspects of NISC Secretariat operations, Jamie is currently providing the leadership necessary to develop an Arctic Invasive Alien Species (ARIAS) Strategy and Action Plan under the Arctic Council's Conservation of Flora and Fauna (CAFF) and Protection of the Marine Environment (PAME) working groups; produce a documentary on invasive species entitled, Protecting What Matters; establish an annual Innovation Summit to advance U.S. scientific and technical capacities to address the most pressing invasive species issues; and raise the capacity of other governments to more effectively institutionalize invasive species programs.

But he pointed out that «in other sciences, in the past half century the Master's degree has been relatively undervalued in favor of the Ph.D.» Carol Lynch, director of Professional Master's Programs at the Council of Graduate Schools, elaborated on that idea.

If an agreement can not be reached — and» [t] he window of opportunity in which to reach an association agreement is small and closing fast (we are talking about days, not weeks),» a European Commission official tells ScienceInsider in an email — Swiss scientists may not be eligible for funding from, among other programs, the European Research Council, which saw it's research budget increase dramatically in the Horizon 2020 program.

Research shows that hiring diversity managers and launching diversity task forces also increase the effectiveness of other programs, such as employee network groups that help people from underrepresented groups to feel less isolated and diversity councils that address specific issues, such as the retention and development of employees from underrepresented groups.

In addition, the Committee may (i) recommend to the Council appropriate changes in the Constitution and Bylaws; (ii) establish, charge, and, when appropriate, terminate committees to report to the Council on any aspect of Association policy or program or on other matters affecting the advancement of science; (iii) recommend to the Council that it establish and, when appropriate, terminate such committees.

The review encompasses the operations of CIHR and the nation's two other granting councils, as well as programs like the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Canada Research Chairs, and Genome Canada.

«We're working closely with Kaiser Permanente, Agilent Technologies, Santa Rosa Junior College, Technical Instruments, the Press Democrat, the engineering firm GHD, the North Bay Leadership Council and a host of other regional organizations to make this program a success,» she added.