Sentences with phrase «public assistance funds»

Observational Skills: Welfare fraud investigators are able to identify irregularities in the management of social service and public assistance funds

Traditionally, public assistance funds such as SNAP (formerly known as food stamps) may not be used to purchase diapers.

They serve a population of women who don't always have the money for diapers they need and whose public assistance funds are not always applicable for diapers.

As «Taking Care of Our Caretakers» shows, raising home and healthcare worker wages to $ 15 per hour will do more than just raise the wage — it will raise up New York's economy, save the state and local municipalities $ 330 million in public assistance funding, and halt the high turnover of workers in this critically important field.

Public assistance funding under Title IV - A of the Social Security Act in which custodial parent applicants are automatically referred to their state IV - D agency in order to identify and locate the non-custodial parent, establish parentage (paternity) and / or enforce a child support order for the purpose of assisting the state to recoup or defray some of its public assistance expenditures with funds from the non-custodial parent.

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These risks and uncertainties include: Gilead's ability to achieve its anticipated full year 2018 financial results; Gilead's ability to sustain growth in revenues for its antiviral and other programs; the risk that private and public payers may be reluctant to provide, or continue to provide, coverage or reimbursement for new products, including Vosevi, Yescarta, Epclusa, Harvoni, Genvoya, Odefsey, Descovy, Biktarvy and Vemlidy ®; austerity measures in European countries that may increase the amount of discount required on Gilead's products; an increase in discounts, chargebacks and rebates due to ongoing contracts and future negotiations with commercial and government payers; a larger than anticipated shift in payer mix to more highly discounted payer segments and geographic regions and decreases in treatment duration; availability of funding for state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs); continued fluctuations in ADAP purchases driven by federal and state grant cycles which may not mirror patient demand and may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; market share and price erosion caused by the introduction of generic versions of Viread and Truvada, an uncertain global macroeconomic environment; and potential amendments to the Affordable Care Act or other government action that could have the effect of lowering prices or reducing the number of insured patients; the possibility of unfavorable results from clinical trials involving investigational compounds; Gilead's ability to initiate clinical trials in its currently anticipated timeframes; the levels of inventory held by wholesalers and retailers which may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; Kite's ability to develop and commercialize cell therapies utilizing the zinc finger nuclease technology platform and realize the benefits of the Sangamo partnership; Gilead's ability to submit new drug applications for new product candidates in the timelines currently anticipated; Gilead's ability to receive regulatory approvals in a timely manner or at all, for new and current products, including Biktarvy; Gilead's ability to successfully commercialize its products, including Biktarvy; the risk that physicians and patients may not see advantages of these products over other therapies and may therefore be reluctant to prescribe the products; Gilead's ability to successfully develop its hematology / oncology and inflammation / respiratory programs; safety and efficacy data from clinical studies may not warrant further development of Gilead's product candidates, including GS - 9620 and Yescarta in combination with Pfizer's utomilumab; Gilead's ability to pay dividends or complete its share repurchase program due to changes in its stock price, corporate or other market conditions; fluctuations in the foreign exchange rate of the U.S. dollar that may cause an unfavorable foreign currency exchange impact on Gilead's future revenues and pre-tax earnings; and other risks identified from time to time in Gilead's reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC).

«Permanent Work funding from FEMA is the main source of federal assistance to help a community repair and rebuild its public infrastructure after a natural disaster, and there should be absolutely no ambiguity that the federal government intends to provide this crucial assistance to help Puerto Rico build back after Hurricane Maria,» they wrote.

Clearly one group wants the rich to say rich, and the poor to stay poor, and it OBVIOUSLY isn't the party suggesting increases in public assistance programs, funding for education, and increased taxes for the rich.

A third example of public / private cooperation is one in which local government contributes block - grant funds or technical assistance to a project directed by church groups.

Among other proposals, the budget would slash of one - third of Environmental Protection Agency's discretionary budget, totally eliminate the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the National Endowment for the Arts, and end the grants that currently fund food assistance to the elderly via Meals on Wheels.

l Includes housing choice vouchers, Section 8 project - based rental assistance and housing certificate fund, public - housing operating subsidies, public - housing capital subsidies, and rural rental assistance program.

Shedd Aquarium's bus fund program, sponsored in part by Target, offers field trip assistance to economically disadvantaged schools in the Chicago Public Schools system.

An Office of Family Assistance (OFA) funded national resource for fathers, practitioners, programs / Federal grantees, states, and the public at - large who are serving or interested in supporting strong fathers and families.

Our request meets the requirements of Proclamation 7750 because grand corruption in Nigeria including the alleged stealing of public funds meant to fight Boko Haram, has had serious adverse effects on U.S. foreign assistance goals in the country and undermined the stability of democratic institutions.»

Has received $ 169,204 in supplemental funding from the New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance to continue the operation of its highly successful Wage Subsidy Program aimed at helping public assistance recipients in the tri-county...Assistance to continue the operation of its highly successful Wage Subsidy Program aimed at helping public assistance recipients in the tri-county...assistance recipients in the tri-county... Read more

This is in sharp contrast to, say, letting state - funded organisations from enforcing their faith (and by extension, the bigotries and inequalities of that particular faith) with the assistance of public money and state support.

A new report issued by the Public Policy and Education Fund of New York with the assistance of the Fiscal Policy Institute.

Cuomo said his plans to extend public tuition assistance to undocumented immigrants — the Dream Act — and a plan proposed tax credit offsetting donations to private and parochial school scholarship funds (as well as public schools) were «highly likely» to fall out of talks because the State Senate and Assembly were «dug in» in their respective opposition.

[18][19] In 1992 when asked during parliamentary discussions of the Armley Asbestos Disaster for financial assistance in surveying local housing in the Armley area for residual asbestos, Young responded that the government would not provide financial assistance to the home owners or the council to pay for decontamination as this «would not be a justifiable use of public funds».

Under the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Public Assistance, the state, local and tribal governments, and specific non-profits will be eligible for more funding.

The budget also increases state tuition assistance funding for public and private college students, though not those who are the children of undocumented immigrants.

The budget also increases state tuition assistance funding for public and private college students, though not for those who are the children of undocumented immigrants.

David Bloomfield, a professor of education at Brooklyn College and the CUNY Graduate Center, said going to the Capitol for funding assistance is a «predictable and potentially successful strategy in that it doesn't implicate New York City public school buildings.»

He has also proposed extending college tuition assistance to undocumented immigrants — a proposal known as the Dream Act — as well as creating a new tax credit to offset donations to private and parochial school scholarship funds and public schools.

«For many in The Bronx, and in fact across the country, the «America's College Promise» and the «American Technical Training Fund» proposals would be of great assistance for future college students saving money, especially as the cost of higher education continues to skyrocket — both at public institutions as well as private colleges and universities.

Senate Republicans, while opposing the DREAM Act, which would allow taxpayer - funded state tuition assistance programs to be used on the colege kids of illegal immigrants, support the education tax credit that would provide a benefit for those who donate to private and public schools.

The amicus brief argues that the DOJ denying sanctuary cities the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant, a prominent federal funding source for local enfacement agencies, is against federal law, seizes local control in public safety policy and «poses serious challenges for local governments.»

But simply raising the shelter allowance wouldn't work because it would reduce federally - funded food stamp funding that would offset any rental help and force more people onto public assistance, he said.

Saratoga County Industrial Development Agency — As a sister organization to the Partnership, the Agency's primary role is to provide financial assistance and incentive to the business community in order to maximize private capital investment in the economy of Saratoga County and to develop opportunities for job creations and job retention within the County through the use of its own assets, public funds and private investment.

Simply raising the shelter allowance wouldn't work because it would reduce federal food stamp funding that would offset any rental help and force more people onto public assistance, he said.

Some funding for such work is available from the European Commission's Technical Assistance to the Commonwealth of Independent States (TACIS) fund, set up to provide aid for nuclear safety, distribution and public sector projects in the former Soviet Union.

In recent years we've seen states cut funding for public universities at the same time those schools are taking on additional students, which has furthered the need for federal financial assistance to offset this shift in costs.

Funds are distributed to providers and families through mechanisms such as federally funded Head Start programs, public pre-kindergarten programs that are funded primarily by states or local jurisdictions, and state Child Care Assistance Programs, which tend to target resources to low - income families, as well as tax preferences that benefit middle - and upper - income families.

The Ohio House Public Utilities Commission held a hearing on Tuesday to discuss House Bill 114 — which in summary is intended to «revise the provisions governing renewable energy, energy efficiency, and peak demand reduction and to alter funding allocations under the Home Energy Assistance Program.»

The sun is shining on public schools throughout the United States thanks to federal, state, and local government funding and incentives and private assistance for installing solar - power systems.

I find evidence that state funding of universal kindergarten lowered high - school dropout and institutionalization rates among whites, but not among African Americans, and detect no impact of state funding for children of either race on grade retention, public assistance receipt, employment or earnings.

The poor, so this logic goes, need government assistance if they are to get a good education, which helps explain why, in the United States, many school choice enthusiasts believe that the only way the poor can get the education they deserve is through vouchers or charter schools, proxies for those better private or independent schools, paid for with public funds.

Provide technical assistance to support the development of organizational capacity in collaborating project teams to allow for scaling (e.g., development of a business plan, legal assistance with intellectual property issues and incorporation as a non-profit or for - profit entity, as indicated) and help resolving issues such as costing, packaging of programs to fit system needs, and identification of sustainable public or private sources of funding.

The DoED might also provide modest funding and technical assistance to help demographically similar states work together to improve their public education systems.

The rise of private schools in the South and the diversion of public funds to those private schools through vouchers was a direct response of white communities to desegregation requirements.42 In Louisiana, the state established the Louisiana Financial Assistance Commission, which offered vouchers of $ 360 for students attending private school but only provided $ 257 per student to those attending public schools.43 Over the commission's lifespan, the state devoted more than $ 15 million in vouchers through its tuition grant program, with the initial $ 2.5 million coming from Louisiana's Public Welfarepublic funds to those private schools through vouchers was a direct response of white communities to desegregation requirements.42 In Louisiana, the state established the Louisiana Financial Assistance Commission, which offered vouchers of $ 360 for students attending private school but only provided $ 257 per student to those attending public schools.43 Over the commission's lifespan, the state devoted more than $ 15 million in vouchers through its tuition grant program, with the initial $ 2.5 million coming from Louisiana's Public Welfarepublic schools.43 Over the commission's lifespan, the state devoted more than $ 15 million in vouchers through its tuition grant program, with the initial $ 2.5 million coming from Louisiana's Public WelfarePublic Welfare Fund.

Finally, in September 1959, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ordered the County to «take immediate steps» toward integrating its schools, bringing the situation in the County to a breaking point.13 The county board of supervisors, with assistance from the Virginia General Assembly, took additional measures to undermine funding for integrated public schools.

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Senior Corps» Foster Grandparents program provides an opportunity for volunteers age 55 and older to serve as mentors and tutors for students.39 In 2016, an estimated 24,000 Foster Grandparents volunteers served approximately 200,000 students.40 Similarly, in 2016, AmeriCorps VISTA volunteers were approved to provide capacity - building assistance to more than 2,900 education - related project sites.41 Cutting funding for the CNCS would mean eliminating a substantial amount of necessary support for traditional public and public charter schools and would hurt low - income students across the country.

Two new studies question federal funding formulas for public assistance.

The advocacy also purports to offer a closer look at «public school options» available to students nationwide, including in its count 310,000 students in full - time virtual schools and 190,000 receiving «tuition assistance from tax - credit funded scholarship programs.»

Over a span of ten years, the Great Public Schools Fund will support innovative projects and ideas proposed by educators, including peer assistance and review programs, teacher mentoring, school safety, technology, and, of course, Common Core implementation.

The Department of Education and district school boards may, and are encouraged to, enter into public - private partnerships in order to increase the total amount of Florida Teachers Classroom Supply Assistance Programs funds available to classroom teachers.

Director, Bay Area Facilities 510-344-7263 [email protected] Aron leads CCSA's facilities policy and advocacy work in the San Francisco Bay Area, providing support and assistance to charter schools seeking high quality public and private facilities options, and working to secure equitable facilities funding for Bay Area charter schools.

For example, the Washington Supreme Court has barred a blind student from using vocational rehabilitation funds to pursue seminary studies [xxxii]; forbidden a program that provided textbook and tuition assistance grants for needy students at public and private, including religious, schools [xxxiii]; and struck down a program that allowed students from private, including religious, schools to ride public school buses.

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