Sentences with phrase «prevent such abuses of»

With just three scheduled days left in the legislative session and the corruption trial of several close associates of Governor Andrew Cuomo for their roles in a bid - rigging scandal scheduled to commence in October, the Legislature has yet to pass any meaningful legislation to prevent such abuses of the procurement process.

Ridding the system of the gross oversimplification that is the API and taking a broader approach would help to prevent such abuse of the data that allow school leaders to celebrate failure disguised as success and hoodwink an unsuspecting public.

Not exact matches

Grantees implement programs which teach parents and early education providers about ways to strengthen families and build protective factors (such as parenting skills and resilience in times of stress; building social connections and a support network; and knowledge of child development) in an effort to prevent child abuse and neglect before it begins.

CISLAC calls on the relevant Committees of the NASS to be more proactive in the exercise of her oversight responsibility over the processes and agencies in the Ministry of Petroleum Resources, so as to prevent the recurrences of such abuses.

«Together with our Department of Social Services, the Child Advocacy Center, the Sheriff's Office, the District Attorney's Office, local law enforcement and community partners such as the YWCA of the Mohawk Valley, we work diligently all year long to raise awareness of child abuse, prevent its tragic occurrence and support victims.

«Immediate reconstitution of the board of PPPRA and PEF for the management of the new price regime and the reconstitution and the re-strengthening of relevant agencies such as Standard Organization of Nigeria, DPR and the Nigeria Customs and Excise Department to prevent the abuse of the new framework of PMS supply and distributions.»

Picente said «Our community partners such as the Thea Bowman House and the Neighborhood Center as well as our department of Social Services do an amazing job working to prevent child abuse here in Oneida County.

«The persistence of abuse when organisations publicise such policies may in fact reinforce any feelings that employees may have that the organisation is to blame for their psychological state, as mistreatment from managers indicates that policies to prevent abuse are not working.»

Such a framework is capable of preventing any abuse of the science.»

This belief is shared by many others such as Ms Maggie Maunye, former Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs who stated that non-citizens prevent South Africans from enjoying the fruits of their freedoms and Ms Fatima Chohan, Deputy Minister of Home Affairs, who stated that given the huge influx of individuals abusing the asylum management system, the state can not allow refugees» access to national resources until the asylum system is reviewed and strengthened to ensure bogus asylum - seekers are detected, including the reviewing of the cases of those who were granted asylum.

The ALDF says such registries would help protect animals, pet guardians and communities by preventing repeat offenses from anyone with an established history of abusing animals.

At the end of the day, once the principle of massive surveillance schemes based on data mining mechanisms is considered to be acceptable as such, the standard of the «reasonable suspicion» is overrun and has to be replaced by principles and other guarantees preventing any abuse, provided that this is possible.

To prevent abuse, such as holding a Canadian passport out of convenience in order to benefit from generous taxpayer - funded benefits without contributing to Canadian society, permanent residents seeking citizenship would have to declare their intention to reside in Canada and make Canada their home before citizenship is granted.

Its terms of reference are «to consider the extent to which state and non state institutions have failed... to protect children from sexual abuse» and to identify steps required to prevent such abuse in the future.

The duty of care owed by a daycare center and its employees includes the duty not to sexually abuse children under the center's care and to take reasonable precautions to prevent the occurrence of such abuse.

Lord Carswell acknowledged that the House of Lord's decision might have this effect, but he added that the courts can prevent such an abuse if it is drawn to their attention.

But the operators of dozens of circuses around the country still featuring animals can expect advocates to continue pushing for new laws to prevent abuse or ban such acts altogether.

Planning for incapacity is often distasteful for people of all ages, but such careful planning works to prevent financial abuse in later years.

Whether the Defendant owes a duty of care to the Claimants, the scope of any such duty, and if so when any such duty was broken re its failure to prevent abuse to the Claimants which took place at (1) Stoke Place Mansion House and (2) Stoke Green

If so, what does it intend to do to prevent the abuse of immunity rights and defend the EU citizens» and employees» rights and the community acquis in organisations such as EPO which while exercising judicial functions is at the same time breaching the European legal order rules?

Through the provisions of § 164.512 (c), we recognize the unique circumstances surrounding abuse and domestic violence, and we seek to provide an appropriate balance between individual privacy interests and important societal interests such as preventing serious harm to other individuals.

However, in the case of domestic violence or potential abuse, the level of harm that can result from a disclosure of protected health information tips the balance in favor of requiring such restriction to prevent inadvertent disclosure.

The NPRM would have allowed covered entities to disclose protected health information without individual authorization to: (1) A public health authority authorized by law to collect or receive such information for the purpose of preventing or controlling disease, injury, or disability, including, but not limited to, the reporting of disease, injury, vital events such as birth or death, and the conduct of public health surveillance, public health investigations, and public health interventions; (2) a public health authority or other appropriate authority authorized by law to receive reports of child abuse or neglect; (3) a person or entity other than a governmental authority that could demonstrate or demonstrated that it was acting to comply with requirements or direction of a public health authority; or (4) a person who may have been exposed to a communicable disease or may otherwise be at risk of contracting or spreading a disease or condition and was authorized by law to be notified as necessary in the conduct of a public health intervention or investigation.

He argues that political violence must be treated as criminal in order to protect the liberty of the least powerful and to ensure that basic rules of justice are met, such as «open justice; a presumption of innocence; careful rules of evidence to prevent abuse; an independent system of sentencing, and much else besides».

The heart of the matter is how an app created by Dr Aleksandr Kogan was able to access so much data that could be used by groups for nefarious purposes, despite apparent guardrails Facebook had put in place to prevent such abuse.

Such efforts may prevent teen pregnancy and the intergenerational transmission of child abuse and domestic violence.

Advances in prevention in public health2 provide a model for prevention of adolescent health - risk behaviors by focusing on risk and protective factors predictive of these behaviors.3, 4 Research on the predictors of school failure, delinquency, drug abuse, teen pregnancy, and violence indicates that many of the same factors predict these different outcomes.5, 6 Recent research has shown that bonding to school and family protects against a broad range of health - risk behaviors in adoles cence.6 Yet, prevention studies typically have focused narrowly on a specific outcome, such as preventing substance abuse, and on attitudes and social influences that predict that outcome.7, 8 Previous studies on prevention have not sought to address the shared risk and protective factors for diverse health - risk behaviors that are the main threats to adolescent health.

Community approaches, such as home visitation, have been shown to be highly successful in changing the behavior of parents at risk for perpetrating maltreatment.18 Targeted programs for mothers with affective disorders and substance abuse have also been shown to be useful in preventing psychological maltreatment.19, 20

The promising Triple P work in South Carolina, based on decades of development, argues the need to strongly consider such a redirection of the limited parent training resources now available for preventing and responding to child behavior problems and child abuse.

«I believe that government and the courts need to recognise parental alienation as a form of emotional abuse and as such they need to step up efforts to prevent it occurring and in some circumstances punish the perpetrators,» Danczuk said.

Similarly, although there are a broad range of programs being used to prevent recurrence, there is little evidence currently about their effectiveness, and existing evidence - based programs such as PCIT have shown benefits for physical abuse but not neglect.

This may include structured psychological therapy, such as interpersonal rhythm therapy, family - focussed therapy, cognitive — behavioural therapy or acceptance and commitment therapy.45 These have been shown to sustain health and prevent relapse, in conjunction with pharmacotherapy.7 Substance abuse is highly prevalent in this population and should be recognised as a potential trigger, alongside signs of a shift in mood and / or coping.46 Psychoeducation is therefore important for managing medication and promoting adherence, also managing the disease long term.45 Regular 12 - month follow - up appointments with the clinician can serve to provide interepisode support as well as screening for any noteworthy symptoms or disruption to functioning, from the disease or medication regime.44

Developed by Dr. David Hawkins and Dr. Richard Catalano of the Social Development Research Group in Seattle, Washington and facilitated by the U.S. Department of Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), the CTC system is a way for members of a community to work together to efficiently and effectively promote positive youth development and prevent youth problem behaviors such as substance abuse, delinquency, teen pregnancy, school drop - out and violAbuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), the CTC system is a way for members of a community to work together to efficiently and effectively promote positive youth development and prevent youth problem behaviors such as substance abuse, delinquency, teen pregnancy, school drop - out and violabuse, delinquency, teen pregnancy, school drop - out and violence.

-- In conducting the statewide needs assessment required under paragraph (1), the State shall coordinate with, and take into account, other appropriate needs assessments conducted by the State, as determined by the Secretary, including the needs assessment required under section 505 (a)(both the most recently completed assessment and any such assessment in progress), the communitywide strategic planning and needs assessments conducted in accordance with section 640 (g)(1)(C) of the Head Start Act, and the inventory of current unmet needs and current community - based and prevention - focused programs and activities to prevent child abuse and neglect, and other family resource services operating in the State required under section 205 (3) of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatmentabuse and neglect, and other family resource services operating in the State required under section 205 (3) of the Child Abuse Prevention and TreatmentAbuse Prevention and Treatment Act.

For example, in the case of Mr. and Mrs. L in Part I, the custody evaluator and others observed that the mother timed her suspected abuse report to authorities in such a way as to prevent father's visitation from going forward.

It can take the form of verbal abuse, offensive or threatening conduct and behaviors (including nonverbal), humiliation or intimidation, and work interference, such as sabotage that prevents business from getting done.