Sentences with phrase «putting millions of children»

The passage of H.R. 2 is particularly important for children's health because without additional funds the current funding will expire at the end of September, putting millions of children at risk of losing their health insurance.

With her comments, she has decided for perceived expediency's sake to line up with the government to risk putting millions of children into poverty.

Would you have put these millions of children into adoptions and foster care?

Not exact matches

In the United States alone, 76 million children were born between the years 1945 and 1964, putting them today between the ages of 47 and 65.

A myth fed by millions of pennies put in thousands of church plates by little children to support the missionaries in their work in this exotic land which was lusting for Christianity.

You can not put violent acts of rage and vengeance that killed millions of people, including innocent children, infants and babes in the womb on one side of a balance and then claim that the loving God presented by Jesus makes the sides equal.

To put the point another way, if 9/11 drove to church for weeks on end millions of Americans who had not darkened that doorstep in years — as it did — imagine the even deeper impact on ordinary mothers and fathers of a sick child or the similarly powerful desire of a devoted spouse on the brink of losing the other.

«We had set out way back in... 2015 that our strategic goal would be putting those children at the core of our work, increasing protection [and] their participation in building the nation of Kenya and ensuring that the wellbeing of 2.6 million vulnerable children is taken into consideration.»

Putting dads in the data: why the UK needs a rethink on family statistics The Government should review data collection on families by all publicly - funded bodies, which currently risk failing millions of children because they typically gather such weak information about fathers.

Similarly, the GOP's own estimates of the costs of requiring more fruits and vegetables, whole grains and low - fat dairy in school meals is $ 7 billion over five years, but the direct cost of obesity - related diseases in this country is pegged at $ 147 million (putting aside the other benefits of feeding children well, apart from curbing obesity.)

«Telling parents that there is one simple way to get kids to behave is, well, let's just put it like this: This type of parenting is part of this whole swing to the right all over the country,» says pediatrician and Harvard professor T. Berry Brazelton, known to millions of American parents and grandparents as the author of «Touchpoints» (Addison - Wesley) and numerous other bestselling books on parenting and child development.

Official government estimates put the number of «orphans» (the term is used loosely to include children who have been abandoned, and in fact have one or both parents still living — the Chinese term for orphan, gu'er (孤儿)-- literally «solitary / lonely child» accommodates this) in China at over half a million as of 2011.

The global refugee crisis and there are 65 million refugees across the world that crisis is a challenge, much of which is on the borders of Europe and that challenge can be met by co-ordinating with our European neighbours, both to crack down on the people smugglers who put men, women and children to sea in unseaworthy vessels.

This weekend, Timothy Cardinal Dolan is sending a plea to 2 million churchgoers, urging them to ask Gov. Cuomo to «put children ahead of politics and fight for the Education Investment Tax Credit.»

«The $ 51 million deficit still puts thousands of children in New York City at risk,» said Tammie Miller, the chair of the UFT Family Child Care Providers Chapter.

So I say to the chancellor: put this broken system on hold, so it can be fixed, and keep a million more children out of poverty.»

The FDA Monitoring Program data set, which includes only 19 spiny dogfish specimens, puts the average mercury concentration in dogfish over 0.5 parts per million — high enough to result in an advisory for women of reproductive age and children in many states.

Theresa Cedillo of Yuma in Arizona puts a human face to the half - million or so American families living with autistic children.

Almost 180 million children across the globe are stunted, a severe, disabling consequence of malnutrition and repeated childhood infections that puts them at risk for cognitive impairment and disease.

There are over 160 million undernourished children in this region, putting them at high risk for a range of health and developmental problems.

It's got great assorted flavours that your child will enjoy and around 500 million CFU's will be put into their bodies, a good little hit of daily probiotics.

The Bishops who convened at the Third Plenary Council of Baltimore in 1884 determined to write a catechism for Catholic children — the famous Baltimore Catechism, which was a standard text in Catholic schools for the next 80 years, its questions and answers about the Church and God learned, by rote, by millions of children, in a fashion that might put Muslim madrassas to shame — and then issued what today would be considered a terribly draconian and medieval (parochial?)

It would put the parents of approximately 30 million children directly into the education marketplace, each of them armed with a $ 500 grant, thereby encouraging choice and competition.

According to the LGA, councils have traditionally received # 450 million to cover these duties and Richard Watts, chair of the LGA's Children and Young People Board, says this loss of funding «risks the long term work and planning that has been put in place».

There are 1.9 million more children in good or outstanding schools than in 2010, 9 out of 10 schools were given this rating at their last inspection and our recent rise up the international rankings for reading and literacy puts England's achievements on a global scale.

To put it in perspective, there about three million identified gifted children in U.S. schools - or 6 percent of the student population.

The task of ensuring that millions of children learn English — and succeed academically — is putting pressure on states and school districts as they push to boost student achievement overall.

But when the superintendents of Florida put their justified fear of political retribution aside to do the right thing for the three million public school children who are counting on us, it's a good day.

Given that the average suspension is conservatively put at 3.5 days, we estimate that U.S. public school children lost nearly 18 million days of instruction in just one school year because of exclusionary discipline.

The numbers speak for themselves in terms of the crisis of hunger among kids in the United States: More than 16 million children — one in five — live in households that struggle to put food on the table.

In his State of the Union Address this year, President Barack Obama proposed an expensive new preschool program that would use state and federal funding to put more than one million children into new preschool slots.

Or maybe they've somehow justified it in their minds — something along the lines of «We're revolutionizing public education and will help millions of children» — so somehow putting milliions into their own pockets is only fair.

On behalf of the nation's elementary and middle level principals who serve over 33 million children from prekindergarten to the eighth grade, NAESP calls on Congress to put the Every Child Achieves Act on the Senate Floor and make America's students a priority.

Now, in addition to its catalogue of 4 million books, Kobo has built in integrations with Pocket, new reading - focused storefronts (starting with a store for children's books and one for magazines), and two new Android feautures, a launcher Kobo calls «Reading Life» and a new Reading Mode, both designed to put reading front and center on tablets more than it has ever been done on tablets before.

«Worldreader is committed to putting a digital library in the hands of all children throughout the world's developing countries, and we're thrilled with the support of FC Barcelona to send 1 million e — books to students in Africa,» said David Risher, CEO and Co-Founder of Worldreader, in a press release issued today.

As Jamie Iannone, President of Digital Products, Barnes & Noble puts it: «We created NOOK Color for people who love to read everything — books, magazines, children's books and more — in rich, beautiful color, and are continually adding terrific new content our customers have asked for — from ESPN The Magazine and The Economist to children's stories featuring favorite Nickelodeon and Disney characters,» before also adding, «With more than two million digital titles to browse, download and enjoy in seconds, NOOK Color customers repeatedly tell us how much they appreciate the ability to virtually turn the page on their favorite monthly, dive into a bestseller, and bring story time to life for their children — all using one device.

The annual events reach more than 25 million students and families and help put more than 100 million books in the hands of children.

The popularity of his books have put him in the Kindle million - seller club with well - known bestselling authors James Patterson, Lee Child, Nora Roberts, Michael Connelly, Suzanne Collins, Charlaine Harris, Janet Evanovich and Kathryn Stockett.

The goal is to help put a spotlight on the fact that, nationally, more than 4.7 million Americans — half of them children — suffer from dog bite injuries every year.

«Turner Contemporary, since it opened nearly six years ago, has been such a force for good in Margate — bringing over two million visitors to the town, as well as working with community groups and school children, and putting iconic pieces of art on our doorstep.»

Yes, we should be doing things like finding ways to reduce lung damage from interior fires (I've heard this one specifically given as an argument to NOT put money in CO2 emmission reductions since millions of children are dying now exposed to interior smoke fires in developing countries, and the money would be more effective in providing gas cookers).

When millions of children were put at risk by lead paint in Mattel toys, Jeff filed suit against Mattel to force the company to finance lead - testing procedures for affected children.

The BC Provincial Government released its budget today and, after years of taking millions of dollars in child support payments from those children who need it most, have finally put a stop to the practice.

The Gift of Adoption Fund is a national 501 (c) 3 that inspires adoptions by giving grants that put adoption in reach: in reach for the 140 million children worldwide in need of families, for qualified parents yearning to adopt, and for those of us who want to do something concrete to move a child from a dire situation into a life of hope and promise.

Estimates of the number of parents and their children who use the system vary wildly: the Family Justice Review panel's interim report stated that half a million mothers, fathers and children go through the family courts every year (Family Justice Review Panel, 2011a); Harriet Harman put the figure at over 1 million (Harman, 2006); senior family judge Sir Paul Coleridge estimated that at any one time «3.8 m children are to a greater or lesser extent caught up in the family justice system» (Coleridge P., 2012).

Information and communication technologies (ICT) including the Internet and mobile phones have brought benefits to millions of children, but at the same time ICTs can put young people at risk of violence, exploitation and abuse.

So rather than make divorce harder for couples with small children, and rather than spend millions on promoting marriage as a way to get people out of poverty (which doesn't work, by the way), why not put that energy into helping people get college degrees?

Some of us have committed rape, beaten children, tattooed swastikas on our bodies, abused animals, bilked the government out of millions of tax dollars, lied under oath, cheated on previous spouses, dishonored our fathers and mothers, failed to keep the Sabbath holy, mowed down pedestrians in our SUVs while intoxicated, coveted our neighbor's stuff, gotten ourselves put on death row, sold military secrets to the Chinese, urinated in public places, beaten up people who looked or sounded different than us, but we're straight.

Having moved in with boyfriend Liam Payne (of One Direction fame) in February, in preparation for the birth of their first child, Cheryl has put her Hertfordshire mansion on the market for # 5 million.