Sentences with phrase «pilot programs in»

U.S. State Department The US State Department has awarded US$ 150,000 to support Lions Quest pilot programs in Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania and Uganda.

Professor Heckman's analysis of economic return is based on two long - running pilot programs in the United States, Perry Preschool and Abecedarian.

I have developed two pilot programs in my career, one which focused on empowering single mothers and the other to train master's level students to become therapists themselves.

And Amazon ships frozen and refrigerated items, a market which Google declined to pursue earlier this year after pilot programs in San Francisco and Los Angeles proved costlier than anticipated.

HSBC, UK's international banking giant, could be launching multiple pilot programs in a bid to transition to live blockchain transactions.

They will join pilot programs in major cities in the coming years.

Ryerson University and the University of Ottawa will be running the concurrent three - year pilot programs in English and French.

Sales of popular hemp items like non-dairy milk, shelled seed, soaps and lotions have continued to increase, complemented by successful hemp cultivation pilot programs in several states, and increasing grassroots pressure to allow hemp to be grown domestically on a commercial scale once again for U.S. processors and manufacturers.

Because these transformations are so large and complex, they will take time and often start small with pilot programs in niche areas of the business, but no one doubts their potential.

«Our pilot programs in Syracuse and Hartford are critical pieces of our overall effort to get people to realize distracted driving is dangerous and wrong.

The teams will continue to receive individual coaching as they roll out their family engagement strategic plans and pilot programs in their communities.

The eight districts promised to link teacher evaluations to student performance starting with pilot programs in 2014 - 15, and a full launch the following school year.

While a small fraction of the teaching force has had training in some elements through pilot programs in place for several years, the final system demands execution on a far larger scale.

ESEA would initially fund 10 pilot programs in states, with more states to follow.

We are pleased to announce that our UK partners at the Wallace Collection have just kicked off pilot programs in three London schools.

While it's common for districts to launch pilot programs in the fall, there are some advantages to launching a new pilot after the first of the year.

There have been a number of previous studies of financial incentive programs, including tests of pilot programs in Nashville, New York City and Chicago.

As with the other self - diagnosis tools, home use of Ozcan's cell phone blood imager is a ways off, but it is already being looked at for pilot programs in remote locations where doctors and lab equipment are in short supply.

She recently helped start pilot programs in Shanghai and nearby Jiangsu Province that offer economic incentives to industries, residents, and businesses to use energy - efficient technology.

To control greenhouse gases the Chinese government is experimenting with pilot programs in seven cities and regions that use carbon markets

At the end of her article, Janet says: «The Healthy, Hunger Free Kids Act authorizes pilot programs in individual schools and districts to experiment with universal free - meal approaches.»

The summit will also mark the launch of pilot programs in six communities around the country — each coordinated by a university - based athletic training educator, clinician and researcher — designed to test MomsTEAM's innovative SmartTeam ™ program.

Pilot programs in a number of states, including Queensland and South Australia, have shown that businesses that sell food can save money by diverting food waste at source.

Because these transformations are so large and complex, they will take time and often start small with pilot programs in niche areas of the business, but no one doubts their potential.

Of course, Uber is also outfitting its own fleet of self - driving cars and is conducting pilot programs in Pittsburgh and Arizona for that purpose.

Stasis has conducted a pilot program in India, with plans to fully launch by midyear.

Richmond and Tobey started in 2006 with a small pilot program in Oakland, serving healthy lunches in five schools.

Launched as a pilot program in Flint, Mich., the duplex structures aim to drive economic growth and revitalize beleaguered communities.

Uber last month launched a pilot program in Tempe, allowing passengers to hail a ride in a self - driving car through the Uber app.

Uber admitted, however, that it is considering increased monitoring of driver behavior and is using a pilot program in its Houston operations to check on drivers using GPS data and the accelerometer in drivers» smartphones.

The TransLoc and Uber integration will debut as a pilot program in mid-February in Memphis, Tennessee, and Raleigh - Durham, North Carolina.

Uber announced a new pilot program in four major cities, aiming to test stricter waiting time and cancelation charges.

Facebook has kicked off a new pilot program in India to give users more control over who can access and use their profile photo.

Our partnership with SHA will be in collaboration with a pilot program in Seattle to supplement housing vouchers to get families into better neighborhoods so that their children can experience more long - term success.

Tesla touched on the success of the pilot program in a Q1 shareholders letter, as reported by The Motley Fool:

Following early successes working with municipalities, school districts and corporate subscribers, US Solar plans to launch a residential pilot program in 2017.

In recent years, tech leaders have funded major projects in the space: Y Combinator Research piloted a program in Oakland that gave people $ 1,500 a month for a year, and Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes is funding a project in Stockton for working individuals.

Sarker he also added that MasterCard maintains a pilot program in Singapore and Australia systems of contactless payments.

«While our investigation is ongoing and we will inform the City if this conclusion changes, our review indicates that Uber has not used the Greyball technology with respect to regulators in Portland at any time during or since the implementation of Portland's [Transportation Network Company] regulations and pilot program in April 2015,» Uber wrote.

Right now, the financial institution is running a pilot program in Japan and Singapore.

After a successful pilot program in Las Vegas, Nevada and Orange County, California, El Pollo Loco has expanded its delivery feature to its system across the Los Angeles Market and 6 others.

Le Pain Quotidien ran a pilot program in New York City last year certifying 43 of its restaurants as CO2 Neutral, a CO2logic initiative.

I piloted the program in summer 2014 in my town of Brookline, MA for a group of eight girls, taking note of what they most enjoyed and revising the curriculum based on their own feedback.

Feed The Children is working on a number of initiatives to end child hunger, one of them being a pilot program in Oklahoma City.

The report describes a two - year pilot program in the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD), which comprises 85 schools and 37,000 students.

But that study helped stimulate a similar three - year pilot program in 15 schools statewide by the Illinois Nutrition Education and Training program, a division of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

In response to written questions, a Chicago Public Schools spokesman said that recent food service improvements include the elimination of trans fats and deep - fat fryers; a universal breakfast program aimed at reaching more students; a sliced - fruit pilot program in 31 schools featuring produce from farms within 150 miles of Chicago; and an initiative to serve local, frozen vegetables.

In 2013, she helped create a postpartum depression prevention pilot program in four community health centers in Massachusetts and currently provides comprehensive perinatal support at Southern Jamaica Plain Health Center.

School Nutrition Association is calling on USDA to turn this national mandate on meal prices into a pilot program in a limited number of schools with a report back to Congress before the provision becomes national policy.

When children have to take their water bottles home, they start forgetting to bring them back, and water consumption declines, according to a pilot program in a Los Angeles school.