Sentences with phrase «public income support»

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Those include investment income, gifts, research grants and, for public universities, state support.

Governments, both national and local, may face rising demands for social services and income support from poorer retirees at a time when public finances are stretched,» McKinsey noted.

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This includes the splitting of pension income for seniors, (to make amends for breaking its promise on the taxation of family trusts); special tax preferences to support participation of youth in sports activities, arts and cultural activities; tax breaks for people who take public transit; and, tax breaks to help volunteer firemen.

There is less public support for raising taxes on higher - income households.

Specific policies include a Canada Employment Credit and Tax Fairness Plan to reduce taxes for working families and seniors; tax credits for public transit, kid's sports, textbooks, tools, and apprentices; increased support to the provinces and territories to create new child care spaces; increasing the Senior Age Credit amount by an additional $ 1,000; and allowing income splitting for caregivers of family members with disabilities.

I don't disagree with John. Personally, I have a long list of things I'd like to see more public spending on (i.e. child care, non-profit housing, income support, public transit, student financial aid, etc.).

The platform planks for «32 embodied a number of Century concerns: U.S. adherence to the World Court protocol; U.S. entry into the League of Nations, provided that its covenant be amended to eliminate military sanctions; U.S. recognition of the Soviet Union (which was granted a year later); the safeguarding of the rights of conscientious objectors (including those denied citizenship, such as Canadian - born theologian D. C. Macintosh of Yale Divinity School); the abolition of compulsory military training in state - supported educational institutions other than military and naval academies; emergency measures for relief and public - works employment; the securing of constitutional rights for minorities; the reduction of gross inequality of income by steeply progressive rates of taxation on large incomes; «progressive socialization of the ownership and control of natural resources, public utilities and basic industries»; «the nationalization of our entire banking system»; and so on (June 8, 1932).

And Pew Research surveys find that the public believes that a father's greatest role is to provide values to his children, followed by emotional support, discipline and income support.

Stakeholders» input was integrated into development of A Healthy Start for Minnesota Children: Supporting Opportunities for Life - Long Health, a theory of change that depicts how public understanding, health in all policies, and community innovation lead to 1) safe, stable, nurturing relationships and environments and 2) social and economic security, which in turn will help the state achieve its ultimate outcome — that every Minnesota child, prenatal to age three years, will thrive in their family and community and achieve their full potential regardless of their race, where they live, or their family's income.

You will need to report income from public assistance, child support, and alimony as well.

Austin Public Health and Mom's Place WIC Breastfeeding Clinic are currently assessing lactation support needs at Austin - area shelters for incoming Hurricane Harvey evacuees.

Today's Q poll also finds New Yorkers oppose (51 - 40) the idea of public campaign financing, which Cuomo supports, and back — albeit narrowly, 48 - 42 — the full disclosure of outside income by state lawmakers.

And how do you think greater income equality could best be achieved with public support?

She says she hopes to run a campaign on the issue of more support for public schools and infrastructure, and reducing income disparities.

Hawkins» platform includes tax reform that would create a city income tax, anti-poverty initiatives, state - supported worker co-ops for poor and working - class people, public ownership of utilities and desegregation of schools and housing.

Meanwhile, the party supports the idea that the Scottish Parliament should use its new income tax powers to raise rates in order to have more money to spend on public services (a far cry from their Westminster colleagues» advocacy of lower income tax when they were in coalition with the Conservatives).

Ms. Reiter said the governor's appointees would support a meaningful raise only if the Legislature — which is not due back in the capital until early January — held a special session before the end of this year to pass legislation that would «address the public's concern and opposition by making the position effectively full - time and limiting outside income.»

This report details the context for the cuts — a decade of underinvestment — and makes the economic case for supporting public higher education: it helps families through the current crisis, stimulates growth in the local economy, narrows racial gaps in income and education, and helps build a solid middle class for New York's future.

It also comes as mainline Democrats show support for the Occupy movement, a more or less grassroots demonstration that captured public sentiment on income inequality and taxes after more traditional liberal groups failed to do so.

This made $ 2.5 billion available nationally to help public assistance recipients and other low - income families meet basic living needs with a job that is supported by the subsidized employment programs.

«Feedback to LITRG staff and volunteers from members of the public strongly suggests that government departments are failing to provide the necessary quality of guidance and levels of support to ensure that unrepresented individuals on low incomes can fully comply with their obligations or understand their entitlements under the tax and related welfare systems.

What the Liberal Democrats and Conservatives have done to our public services in government since 2010 and the cuts to support for those on low incomes, the disabled and others in need is utterly unforgivable.

Public sector austerity and government spending cuts have hit women harder than men and increased relative disadvantage in ways that reduce incomes and childcare support, and may cut back women's employment and opportunities more broadly.

The projects must meet State housing goals, including the creation of mixed - income housing, proximity to public transportation, placement in strong school districts, or the provision of support services for formerly homeless individuals or those with special needs.

When he broached the income inequality discussion, he framed it not as a matter of the very rich versus the very poor, but the zeroed in on the need to reform public education in the state, casting the teachers unions (generally supported by Democrats) as the villains in this telling.

At the hour - long presentation of his $ 88.67 billion preliminary budget for fiscal year 2019 at City Hall on Thursday afternoon, Mayor Bill de Blasio said the $ 700 million figure includes a loss of $ 400 million a year to NYC Health + Hospitals — the city's public hospital system — if Congress does not reinstate Disproportionate Share Hospital funding payments, which support low - income and uninsured patients.

City Mental Health Plans: First Lady Chirlane McCray, Chair of the Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City, announced a $ 30 million public - private partnership to support the new Connections to Care program, which will «integrate mental health services into programs already serving low - income communities.»

«While offering free college tuition to low - income families is laudable, the reality is that many students» paths to college are limited because their local K - 12 public schools lack the resources to support them,» said Jasmine Gripper, Legislative and Policy Director of the Alliance for Quality Education in a statement.

Cuomo proposes to extend a system of public campaign finance to all statewide offices and legislative races, ban the use of campaign funds for personal expenses, require the disclosure of outside income and the clients who supported it and change the state Constitution to allow prosecutors to claw back the pensions of officials convicted of public corruption.

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.»

Hawkins said the initial plans of the Syracuse Housing Authority to redevelop its properties near Interstate 81 as a mixed - income, mixed - use community well - served by public transportation is the kind of public housing design he supports.

His support for NYCHA, where about half a million low - income New Yorkers live, has set him apart from his predecessors, Michael Bloomberg and Rudy Giuliani, neither of whom matched de Blasio's financial and programmatic commitment to the city's public housing authority and residents, according to documents and experts.

Although it had previously been opposed to giving Holyrood greater tax powers amid concerns it could diminish the role of Scottish MPs at Westminster and lead to «independence by the back door», Labour confirmed its intention to support income tax devolution shortly before details of the Commission's report were made public.

For such students, the most realistic chance of funding comes from another public source, such as support for students from low - income families.

In addition, public support for income redistribution through higher taxes on the wealthy has now reached historic peak levels: according to Gallup polls in 2013 and 2014, a majority (52 %) of Americans agree that the government should redistribute wealth through heavier taxes on the rich.

Those with higher family incomes are especially strong in their support for a requirement that all children be vaccinated against MMR in order to attend public schools.

Actions identified to support snow leopard conservation in Uzbekistan are resolution of herder conflict, public awareness and education programs, introduction of ecotourism income for local communities and increase protection against illegal hunting.

New York, NY About Blog The GO Project shapes the futures of low - income New York City public school children by providing critical academic, social and emotional support starting in the early elementary years.

Now, according to a poll just released by Associated Press and the National Opinion Research Center, vouchers that use taxpayer funds for low - income students to attend private schools gathered support from 43 % of the public, with only 31 % opposed.

When asked about support for a proposal «that would allow low - and moderate - income four - year - old children to be given the opportunity to attend a preschool program, with the government paying the tuition,» no less than 60 percent of the public responded favorably, with just 27 percent voicing opposition.

To sum up, in three of the four phrasings of the voucher question — the two that emphasize choice and the one that emphasizes the use of government funds to support low - income families — we find a decline in public opposition.

◦ Trend: Public support for school vouchers targeted toward low - income families has dropped by 12 percentage points since 2012 — a major shift in public opPublic support for school vouchers targeted toward low - income families has dropped by 12 percentage points since 2012 — a major shift in public oppublic opinion.

This shift has been stimulated by a combination of influences, including greater demand by families at all economic levels, increased public understanding of the importance of early learning, greater support for investment in programs for low income children as a matter of equity, and growing concern about the threat of economic globalization and the need to enhance the nation's human capital by building a strong foundation early in life

Attitudes: support for diversity (racial integration), a perception of inequity (that the public schools provide a lower quality education for low - income and minority kids), support for voluntary prayer in the schools, support for greater parent influence, desire for smaller schools, belief in what I call the «public school ideology» (which measures a normative attachment to public schooling and its ideals), a belief in markets (that choice and competition are likely to make schools more effective), and a concern that moral values are poorly taught in the public schools.