Sentences with phrase «public programs led»

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The University of Toronto Master's of Public Policy (MPP) program allows second - year students to spend a semester at leading partner schools, like the Paris School of International Affairs, the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin, and the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy in Singapore.

«Pavement Patty,» as she's been dubbed, is part of a $ 15,000 safety program led by the BCAA Traffic Safety Foundation and the public awareness group Preventable.ca, and she will remain in place until Sept. 22.

In addition, as you probably know, there are a multitude of sources and public statements that show the CIA's position that their interrogation program led to bin Laden, a storyline the film depicts.

To that end, the YEC has led various public campaigns to improve access to and policy around entrepreneurship, from the FixYoungAmerica grassroots campaign to the Youth Entrepreneurship Act and, more recently, the launch of BusinessCollective, a virtual mentorship program (in partnership with Citi) that helps millions of aspiring and current entrepreneurs launch and grow new businesses.

Canadian Council of Chief Executives The Canadian Council of Chief Executives (CCCE) is a not - for - profit, non-partisan organization composed of the CEOs of Canada's leading enterprises engaged in an active program of public policy research, consultation and advocacy.

Connecticut's Green Bank is a widely praised program, and a public bank campaign in Vermont fell short of establishing a true public bank but led to the establishment of a loan program, funded through state reserves, for energy investments, weatherization, and other local projects.

However, critics point out that the program is very expensive (largely paid for by the public), that the technologies are risky, that the threat rationale isn't very strong and that this will affect international relations, and could lead to an arms race.

It shows that assertions questioning the capacity of the FEDERAL government to pay for programs, usually prefaced with the call for â $ ˜â $ ˜adult conversationsâ $ ™ â $ ™, and couched in terms such as fiscal sustainability, solvency, and unfunded liabilities, are red - herrings that will lead to needless reductions and privatizations of public programs in health care, elder care, pensions and so on.»

The Charlotte Chamber is a membership, volunteer - led organization that creates competitive advantage by growing the economy, advocating pro-business public policies and delivering innovative programs and services.

The GOD, POLITICS AND THE JEWISH TRADITION SEMINAR is two - week program for advanced undergraduate and graduate students interested in the relevance of Judaism's political and theological dimensions to public life, led by Leora Batnitzky (Princeton University) and David Novak (University of Toronto).

In mid-June Garrison Keillor departs his weekly public radio program «A Prairie Home Companion» and heads for Denmark, with the hope of returning to the obscurity necessary for leading the literary life.

Spelled out in a lengthy lead editorial entitled «Evangelicals in the Social Struggle,» as well as in books such as Aspects of Christian Social Ethics, Henry's understanding of Christian social responsibility stressed (a) society's need for the spiritual regeneration of all men and women, (b) an interim social program of humanitarian care, ethical proclamation, and personal, structural application, and (c) a theory of limited government centering on certain «freedom rights,» e. g., the rights to public property, free speech, and so on.18 Though the shape of this social ethic thus closely parallels that of the present editorial position of Moody Monthly, it must be distinguished from its counterpart by the time period involved (it pushed others like Moody Monthly into a more active involvement in the social arena), by the intensity of its commitment to social responsibility, by the sophistication of its insight into political theory and practice, and by its willingness to offer structural critique on the American political system.

The power of public opinion was the force that created departments of environment in practically every country in the world and led to worldwide conservation programs culminating in the worldwide Conservation Strategy of the United Nations Environmental Programme.

AGRA coordinator Mr Harry Sandy Ame said that the public - private partnership program Partnership for Indonesia Sustainable Agriculture or PISAgro only led to the increase in corporate control of the Indonesia's agriculture.

Some of America's leading private and public schools have ditched the AP program because many of the courses were deemed by teachers to be too superficial, racing through a mountain of material in a short span of time.

They are activities that have a specific learning objective, a particular content, or a selected instructional strategy,» said Faith Grinder, the early childhood lead trainer at SPARK, a research - based, public health organization dedicated to creating, implementing, and evaluating programs that promote lifelong wellness.

CCM was founded in 1982 by a coalition led by the Junior League of Chicago in response to program cutbacks in the city's public schools.

In this role, she is responsible for leading the efforts to improve public policies to end hunger, reduce poverty, promote nutrition and increase the availability of healthy affordable food in low - income areas; maximize participation in all federal nutrition programs (SNAP, school meals, early childhood nutrition, WIC, and summer meals); and educate the public about both the stark reality of hunger's existence in the nation's capital and the real opportunities for effective solutions.

In their current state of development, home visitation programs do not appear to represent the low - cost solution to child health and developmental problems that policymakers and the public have hoped for.5 However, information that is accumulating about long - term outcomes and effective practices may lead to the development of replicable programs that are capable of producing modest but consistent and positive results for participating target families.

At Save the Children, she built a media program in a newly created public affairs department, and led the U.S. agency's media response to major humanitarian crises, including post-9 / 11, the Indian Ocean Tsunami and Haiti Earthquake as well as the agency's first advocacy - awareness campaign, Every Mother, Every Child and its signature research report, The State of the World's Mothers.

More organizations in Great Britain are supportive and Canadian provinces are currently transitioning to midwifery, said study lead author Patricia Janssen, director of the Master of Public Health Program at the University of British Columbia.

However, a spike in enrollment because of the scholarship program could lead to negative side effects for both the state and city public college systems, the report found.

Our delegation has led the fight to pass legislation and fund the rebuilding of Yonkers Public Schools (YPS), brought in $ 21 million in capital resources, including funding for a new football field, additional funding for arts and after school programming in Yonkers.

The awards are the leading African recognition program honoring excellence in the private and public sector.

In upcoming releases leading up to the September 10 primary and the November general election, voters will be able to make contributions to the candidates using the system, and the tool will also indicate how much that contribution is worth through the city's public financing program.

The DOE also has long had problems tracking IEPs through its custom - made program Special Education Student Education System (SESIS), which led to a lawsuit from the Public Advocate's office.

The charges contained in the report prompted an investigation by the office of state Inspector General Joseph Fisch, and led the local public radio station WAMC to suspend the pathologist's weekly program «In Our Backyard.»

A rash of criticism led Governor Andrew Cuomo's counsel Alphonso David to say the suspension of the ammo registry program was a gesture meant to assure the public that it would not move forward prematurely.

A public - private «green partnership» between the county's Lead Primary Prevention Pilot Program and Gro - West, Inc., will again be offering a series of instructional classes on window replacement prior to new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations mandating lead... Read Lead Primary Prevention Pilot Program and Gro - West, Inc., will again be offering a series of instructional classes on window replacement prior to new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations mandating lead... Read lead... Read more

The New York State Department of Agriculture and markets and the Erie County Community Development Block Grant program provided key funding for the project, and the Erie County Department of Environment and Planning led the local effort to gather and assess public input with guidance from the Erie County Agricultural and Farmland Protection Board;

Since 1982, Just Buffalo has led the way for literary arts education in Western New York, bringing professional writers into Buffalo Public Schools and other communities through creative writing programs that reach 2,500 students per year.

Poloncarz» proposal would add a new senior investigating public health sanitarian along with 5 investigating public health sanitarians, a registered nurse to provide case management for children with lower but still elevated blood lead levels, and a clerk to handle the large amounts of legal paperwork generated by these programs.

The second «leading contenders» debate is scheduled for November 1 and it remains to be seen if Dietl — who is not automatically included in the debate since he is not a participant in the CFB's public matching funds program — will be invited by the debate sponsors.

If New York had continued to implement a very flawed Secure Communities program throughout the state, and especially in New York City, it would have led to the routine separation of immigrant families as well as the widespread distrust of law enforcement in immigrant communities throughout the state, creating a public safety crisis for communities like the ones we represent.

And even if the law leads to no prosecution of conversion therapy programs in Erie County, he said, it educates the public, makes a statement about the values of leaders in this community and could lead to a decline in the suicide rate locally.

In early October, as part of the Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program, Heather Williams - Pudlak, an ECDOH Investigating Public Health Sanitarian was seeking the source of an Elevated Blood Lead («EBL») level in a local child.

NEW YORK, NY (05/11/2012)(readMedia)-- Early this afternoon, a team of welfare recipients, unemployed New Yorkers looking for work, public housing residents, and people living with HIV / AIDS — members of the grassroots organizing groups Community Voices Heard (CVH) and Voices of Community Activists and Leaders (VOCAL - NY)-- led other New York residents in a series of actions in Lower Manhattan to highlight the inequality prevalent in our City today, and lift up the need to restore critical programs currently proposed to be cut in Mayor Bloomberg's Fiscal Year 2013 budget.

Along with this work experience, my local volunteer service as chair of the New Paltz Clean Water and Open Space Protection Commission and advisor to the village in the creation of a revolving loan program has led to my interest in taking my public service to the next level by representing my community as a county legislator.

New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito called Mario Cuomo a «trailblazer and inspiration to all New Yorkers,» and credited him with overhauling the state's aging infrastructure, improving public health programs, and leading the nation with the country's first seat belt laws.

June 15, 2017 - The Buffalo & Erie County Public Library is honored to have been selected as one of three 2017 awardees of a «Heart of the Community» national grant, the signature outreach program of Southwest Airlines and its lead partner, Project for Public Spaces.

Though she is a participant in the public matching funds program, which matches certain eligible donations at a 6 - to - 1 ratio, Malliotakis has not hit the matching claims threshold of $ 250,000 of qualifying funds needed to unlock the additional money, and her lack of a primary opponent would render her ineligible to receive funds yet even if she did hit it, leading her campaign to stress it is not a concern at this time.

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Both eventually led, Reilly said, to the establishment of the center's Science Education for New Civic Engagements and Responsibilities program, which provides teaching resources to encourage faculty to frame courses around civic challenges such as public health disparities, inequality and environmental issues.

David Johnson, a postdoctoral research associate with Rice's Religion and Public Life Program and the lead author of «Conservative Protestantism and Anti-Evolution Curricular Challenges Across States,» studied the relationship between religious characteristics of states and anti-evolution bills passing through state education committees across the country.

«I think one of the main things that we can take away from this is children are a really critical audience for environmental programs,» said lead author Hilary Boudet of Oregon State University's School of Public Policy.

In a report of their findings, published in the December issue of the American Journal of Public Health, the researchers say the program was designed to prevent suffering at a time when adolescent depression rates are on the rise and many believe awareness, early recognition and effective therapies can lead to better outcomes.

Researchers surveyed 66 head soccer and basketball coaches from 15 Oregon high schools and found that only 21 percent of the coaches were using an injury prevention program, and less than 10 percent were using the program exactly as designed, said the study's lead author, Marc Norcross, an assistant professor of exercise and sport science in OSU's College of Public Health and Human Sciences.

«We found that less than half of children's exposure to ads for food and beverage products comes from children's programming, meaning that a significant portion of exposure is not subject to self - regulation,» said Lisa Powell, professor of health policy and administration in the UIC School of Public Health and lead author of the study.

Dr. Mona Hanna - Attisha, a pediatrician, director of a pediatric residency program in Flint, Mich. and the first person to raise public concerns about elevated lead levels in the blood of Flint area children, talked about the consequences of sounding the alarm over her research that found Flint's water system was leaching lead into drinking water and making her young patients sick.

Dr Paula Johnson, the lead author of the paper and leader of the California Safe Cosmetics Program at the California Department of Public Health, said: «Consumers generally seem to believe that products available for purchase are proven to be safe, and that the government would prevent unsafe products from being sold to us.