Sentences with phrase «providing vulnerable populations»

Public justice education remains an important means of providing vulnerable populations with tools necessary to navigate terrain often understood to be colonial, alien and stacked against them.

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«[I] t appears that the effort to restructure the Medicaid program will have the effect of making significant reductions in a program that provides services to our most vulnerable populations, and already pays providers significantly less than the cost of providing care,» wrote AHA president and CEO Richard Pollack.

Our aid has uplifted vulnerable populations worldwide, providing children and families basic health care with cheap medication and nutrition.

Since 2008, IRRI through its Hybrid Rice Development Consortium (HRDC) has been promoting hybrid rice research and providing access to new germplasm with the goal of filling in yield gaps that have been compounded by climate change, and have made rice - consuming populations increasingly vulnerable.

Food donations are an important strategy for feeding vulnerable populations in need and providing access to safe, healthy food.

The Food Bank's «Baby Supply Cupboard» targets one of the most vulnerable populations — infants and toddlers whose parents lack the resources to adequately provide for them.

It is simply unacceptable to continue using toxic chemicals to make products meant to provide safety to our most vulnerable population, our children.

Currently ECPC is working with the following organizations to provide parenting support and education to their vulnerable populations:

KID empowers communities by providing resources to speakers of other languages and other vulnerable populations.

Supportive housing enhances the quality of life for these clients in the near term and provides better health outcomes for vulnerable high - risk populations.

«Cutting Pell Grants and Medicaid funding without addressing the underlying causes of rising higher education and healthcare costs, simply represents a shift of costs to state and local governments who would be overburdened and unable to provide for vulnerable populations.»

The conference is responding to an ongoing push from direct care workers and a coalition of organizations that provide support to the state's vulnerable population.

The money is aimed at providing wage increases over the next six years to direct care workers, who provide support for the developmentally disabled and other vulnerable populations.

«If Gov. Cuomo is resorting to fear tactics for political purposes, he is also admitting that other forms of state spending are more important than providing healthcare to vulnerable populations,» said upstate lawmakers in a joint statement.

I commend Senator Klein for providing a long overdue roadmap for Albany's reinvestment in NYCHA and common sense reforms to ensure public housing is accessible to New York's most vulnerable populations.»

Our plan also revitalizes public housing with vital upgrades and repairs while holding NYCHA accountable, enhances funding for much - needed middle income housing and provides increased housing support for our seniors and other vulnerable populations.»

As a first step, in 2012, nations that are party to the convention will provide data on two measurable indicators: the proportion of the population in vulnerable areas living above the poverty line and the area of land covered by vegetation.

The 52 - room NICU was designed to give each baby and his or her family a private room, with the idea that it would not only provide a better patient experience, but also prevent the spread of infection among this vulnerable population.

Our goal for this new program is to provide in - depth and customized education in ethical issues that arise in research conducted with human subjects, such as informed consent, genetics research, and in the study of vulnerable populations.

The research shows the growing importance of non-trauma cases in the emergency department (ED), the authors said, and it provides an opportunity to better understand the health of people as well as shifting patterns of care, especially among vulnerable populations.

«Only when we provide them with a climate that does that will we begin to see suicidality drop off in this vulnerable population.»

In a study published in IOP Publishing's journal Environmental Research Letters, the researchers provide evidence to suggest that urban populations have grown more rapidly than the expansion of urban areas, leading to increased population densities in some of the most populated yet vulnerable regions in the world.

«Community health centers have the unique ability to help fulfill the promise of health reform by providing much - needed primary care to our nation's most vulnerable populations,» said Feygele Jacobs, president and CEO of the RCHN Community Health Foundation.

«Community health centers can only fulfill the promise of health reform if they have the resources to provide much - needed care to our nation's most vulnerable populations,» said Feygele Jacobs, president and CEO of the RCHN Community Health Foundation.

Providing comprehensive, state of the art transplant care to a vulnerable population with advanced kidney disease.

-- In providing assistance under this section, the Administrator of USAID shall give priority to countries, including the most vulnerable communities and populations therein, that are most vulnerable to the adverse impacts of climate change, determined by the likelihood and severity of such impacts and the country's capacity to adapt to such impacts.

Since 2008, IRRI through the HRDC has been promoting hybrid rice research and providing access to new germplasm with the goal of filling in yield gaps that have been compounded by climate change, and have made rice - consuming populations increasingly vulnerable.

Our study illustrates that even species as abundant as the passenger pigeon can be vulnerable to human threats if they are subject to dramatic population fluctuations, and provides a new perspective on the greatest human - caused extinction in recorded history.

For this reason, UNESCO provided funding to bring 30 representatives to the workshop from countries in Africa, Asia and South America whose populations are especially vulnerable to the effects of climate change.

Dr. Romy Quijano, a medical doctor who heads the Philippine Action Network, also believes that the sensible approach to preventing vitamin A deficiency is to see that the vulnerable sectors of the population are empowered enough to access natural sources of vitamin A. «Effective nutrition education is much better than adding yet another source of vitamin A which most likely will not be equitably distributed anyway; improving livelihood; providing better health care system; addressing malnutrition, communicable diseases and other illnesses that make children more vulnerable to vitamin A deficiency.

Katherine's areas of expertise and passion lie within the realm of providing wellness education to people who are faced with complex and multi-faceted stress and causes to their suffering as well as training other health professionals in understanding how to effectively work with such vulnerable populations.

Some like TNTP, Education Leaders of Color (EdLoC) and others have provided resources to support our school communities in being just, responsive, and communal for some of our most vulnerable populations.

To serve the pets and pet owners of the homeless community and other vulnerable and low - income populations by providing pet food, supplies, and medical care; to promote positive and responsible pet ownership (including spay and neuter); to identify and provide pet owners useful and low - cost information on pet resources.

Banfield Charitable Trust Pet Advocacy Grants provides help for vulnerable populations (including domestic violence victims) to keep their pets.

(1) to provide new and additional assistance from the United States to the most vulnerable developing countries, including the most vulnerable communities and populations therein, in order to support the development and implementation of climate change adaptation programs and activities that reduce the vulnerability and increase the resilience of communities to climate change impacts, including impacts on water availability, agricultural productivity, flood risk, coastal resources, timing of seasons, biodiversity, economic livelihoods, health and diseases, and human migration; and

This manual provides a set of tools and methods to assess existing structures and capacities of national, district and local institutions with responsibilities for Disaster Risk Management (DRM) in order to improve their effectiveness and the integration of DRM concerns into development planning, with particular reference to disaster - prone areas, vulnerable sectors and population groups.

While the IPCC report provides sobering statistics on the impacts we may face in the not - so - distant future, it also offers insights on how vulnerable populations can adapt to these changes.

Data gaps exist in some vulnerable parts of the globe undermining the ability to provide precise early warning for countries and populations at risk.

The isolation of prisoners is a standard managerial technique that can be used for a range of legitimate reasons, including: to separate prisoners who have a conflict with one another; to provide temporary protection for prisoners who are vulnerable in the open population; and to isolate those with communicable diseases.

By providing legal advice and assistance on these issues, CLSMF helps Central Florida's families, veterans, seniors and other vulnerable members of population stay in their homes and avoid homelessness.

Central to our work is providing support for low - income individuals and families, as well as for special, vulnerable populations, including the elderly, those with language, cultural, or educational barriers, those with disabilities, and veterans.

Each of the four MLC clinics provide free legal services to the most vulnerable populations — including people with disabilities and chronic illness, members of the LGBTQ community, undocumented immigrants and refugees, children and youth in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems, and people involved with the criminal justice system.

HIAS Pennsylvania prioritizes providing services to vulnerable populations including survivors of interpersonal violence and unaccompanied and abused youth.

«This project, made possible with a grant from the ABA Enterprise Fund, shows how we can harness the power and reach of the ABA to improve access to justice by providing much - needed legal assistance to vulnerable populations.»

Shulman also describes the fascinating and creative multi-disciplinary efforts in both Boston and New York to provide early «legal checkups» for vulnerable populations.

By making a donation to Equal Justice Works, you are supporting our work to mobilize the next generation of public interest lawyers and provide effective representation to vulnerable populations.

Provided confidential administrative support for the Hospital Preparedness Program (HPP) and for the Vulnerable Populations Project

These things allow us to provide world - class primary care and coordinated care to the most vulnerable population moderate - to low - income seniors who have complex chronic diseases.

Canada's example also provides salient lessons for Australia, New Zealand and other countries with vulnerable indigenous populations.

The reinstatement of the Bush - era policy would once again cripple the ability of organizations around the globe to provide lifesaving care to the most vulnerable populations in the world.