Sentences with phrase «quality group programs»

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Its tailored, world - class services that reduce overall pharmacy costs, reduce avoidable drug impacted medical costs, and optimize specialty drug spend while improving patient quality of life are for all plan sponsors — health plans, accountable care organizations (ACOs), exchanges, state Medicaid programs, and employer groups.

They want a large children's program and youth group, forty - five minutes of quality, heart - pounding music, and a dynamic speaker who takes them on an emotional roller coaster complete with side splitting jokes and tear jerking stories.

The restaurant group recently implemented a major back - of - the - house training program aimed at increasing consistency across locations and ensuring each dish meets the company's highest quality standards.

Program responsibilities include linking donor locations with food rescue groups or those feeding the needy, assisting in the development of product quality and handling standards, tax valuation, donation reporting and ongoing monitoring and follow - up to ensure program implementation and Program responsibilities include linking donor locations with food rescue groups or those feeding the needy, assisting in the development of product quality and handling standards, tax valuation, donation reporting and ongoing monitoring and follow - up to ensure program implementation and program implementation and growth.

Established in 2005, The Gluten - Free Certification Organization (GFCO), an industry program of the Gluten Intolerance Group (GIG), is dedicated to providing certification services to producers of gluten - free products using quality assessment and control measures throughout production, in order to provide assurance to consumers of the safety of their foods.

Northern California Volleyball Association, celebrating its 35th year, endeavors to promote participation in a quality program that provides a positive and safe athletic environment through a variety of developmental and competitive opportunities for junior players of all ages, skill levels, and diverse groups.

The group developed the first set of national standards for birth centers, conducted a two - year pilot program to develop and test the optimum mechanism for evaluating the quality of birth centers, and consulted with the Commissioner on the JACHO (currently the Joint Commission) on the best structures for the CABC (www.birthcenteraccreditation.org/about-commission-accreditation-birth-centers, 2013).

Once certified, CYSAs are part of an elite group of professionals that understand the core foundations of the administration of sports programs for children and have demonstrated that professional development is essential to the delivery of quality sports programs.

This distinguished group wants every parent to have confidence that their child's youth sports program meets a benchmark for quality.

CYSAs, who are a group of certified youth sports leaders from around the country, and the National Alliance for Youth Sports believe that every youth sports program should utilize the National Standards for Youth Sports to ensure quality, safety, consistency and predictability from program to program.

They can be a terrific source of support and encouragement, and most single parent support groups offer a wide range of high - quality programs for single moms and dads.

But one executive of the group said privately: «Boy, would I love to have their budget so I could set up some good quality programs with good professional leadership.

The Abbey Group strictly follows portion sizes, food quality and nutrition standards set by the USDA for the National School Lunch and National School Breakfast programs.

One 7 - year followup study showed that children enrolled in a high - quality home visiting program were more likely to participate in a gifted program and less likely to receive special education services or report skipping school than were children in the control group.

When compared to control group counterparts in randomized trials, infants and toddlers who participated in high - quality home visiting programs were shown to have more favorable scores for cognitive development and behavior, higher IQs and language scores, higher grade point averages and math and reading achievement test scores at age 9, and higher graduation rates from high school.

«The groups I fund — youth programs, senior centers, arts and music groups and others — all play a valuable role in our community and its quality of life.»

SPECTRUM NEWS VIDEO: The Community Science Institute in Ithaca, the Finger Lakes Institute in Geneva and the Project Watershed program in Syracuse gathered in an attempt to establish better communication between the groups as they monitor the qualities of streams in their respective regions.

At the time, school groups criticized the competitive - grant strategy, arguing that it limits schools» access to high - quality programs.

The Alliance for Quality Education and other groups complained about the current schedule, and representatives of upstate school districts said cash - flow problems would hinder their ability to apply for or set up new pre-K programs.

The award program, now in its 12th year, seeks to encourage the writing and publishing of high - quality science books that engage readers across all age groups and leave readers with a richer understanding of all corners of science.

Researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, in partnership with ORGANIZE — a non-for-profit organization based in New York which leverages health data to end the organ donor shortage by applying smarter technologies, utilizing social media, building more creative partnerships, and advocating for data - driven policies — The Bridgespan Group — a global nonprofit organization that collaborates with mission - driven leaders, organizations, and philanthropists to break cycles of poverty and dramatically improve the quality of life for those in need — and Gift of Life Donor Program — an OPO which serves the eastern half of Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey, and Delaware — evaluated the metrics and criteria used to measure OPOs across the country, and found significant discrepancies in how potential donors are evaluated and identified.

He is president of the Society for CSF Analysis and Clinical Neurochemistry, head of the Alzheimer's Association quality control program for cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) biomarkers, and chair of the International Federation of Clinical Chemistry (IFCC) working group for CSF proteins.

Dr. Yorks and her fellow researchers at the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine recruited 69 medical students — a group known for high levels of stress and self - reported low quality of life — and allowed them to self - select into a twelve - week exercise program, either within a group setting or as individuals.

ACOs are groups of providers that are held responsible for the care of defined populations of patients.The key notion is that the providers within the ACO receive financial rewards for both improving the quality of care and reducing the growth of costs.The Affordable Care Act established this new, voluntary federal program for Medicare, and many private insurers are adopting the model.

Beneficiaries enrolled in Accountable Care Organizations, a payment model that allows provider groups to share in the savings when they reduce Medicare patient spending and improve quality of care, reported improved satisfaction with their care in the first year of the program.

The overarching goal of the NIGMS Postdoctoral Research Associate (PRAT) Program is to provide high quality postdoctoral research training in the basic biomedical sciences, in NIH intramural research laboratories, to a diverse group of postdoctoral fellows to prepare them for leadership positions in biomedical careers.

He is on leave from Stony Brook University where he founded a Sustainability Studies Program and directed a Geochemistry research group focused on mineral reactivity and water quality.

«Hope is helpful, even if it doesn't add a second to your life, because it adds to the quality of your life,» says Robin Hershkowitz, program director for women's cancers at CancerCare, a national nonprofit support - services group based in New York City.

These are all wonderful qualities, but now it's time to work on the most important part — putting it all together and designing a safe, balanced, and efficient program for your individual clients and group classes.

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Grouped under three major headings — State and Federal Policy, System Resources, and Quality Programming — the recommendations and workshop summaries cover local, state, and national elements required for a high - quality Quality Programming — the recommendations and workshop summaries cover local, state, and national elements required for a high - quality quality system.

«Given the particularly large impacts for Latinos, a group that tends to be underenrolled in preschool programs, efforts to increase the enrollment of Latino children in high - quality prekindergarten programs such as the one studied here may be beneficial,» Weiland added.

The Teacher Education Accreditation Council, the self - described renegade that allows programs seeking its approval to set their own standards of quality, has now won a key endorsement: recognition as a national accrediting body by a Washington - based watchdog group.

Nicky won an Australian Government Quality Teacher Program Grant and Positive Schools teacher nomination in 2013 and is a member of the NSW Wellbeing Australia advisory group.

In 2006, a statement called the «Broader, Bolder Approach to Education» was created and signed by a diverse, bipartisan group of individuals stating that education policy has failed and calling for a much broader approach to education by incorporating high - quality early childhood and afterschool / summer programs, and adequate healthcare for all children.

At its annual conference in Washington this month, the group released «Reaching the Full Cost of Quality in Early - Childhood Programs,» a guide to spur community action and support.

The formula divides institutions into categories according to the length of their accreditation term (a proxy for quality) and then sets the regulated tuition for each group and each study program.

Indeed, a coalition of civil rights groups recently raised concerns about new federal CTE legislation because of what they see as a too - limited role for Uncle Sam in ensuring underserved populations don't get tracked into low - quality «voc - tech» programs.

In its latest «report card» on the subject, the health watchdog group graded the nutritional quality of the elementary school lunches served in 18 of the largest school districts participating in the federally funded National School Lunch Program.

The Quality Education for Minorities Network, a Washington - based advocacy group, announced the program this month; it was planned in partnership with several organizations, including the American Federation of Teachers and the National Urban League.

In addition to her full schedule of classes in the International Education Policy Program (IEP), Chan interned at UNICEF, participated in a study group on educational access and quality that applied their coursework to evaluations of a teacher accreditation program in Mexico, was on IEP's advisory board, and led a number of outreach activities connecting her peers to the young students they hope toProgram (IEP), Chan interned at UNICEF, participated in a study group on educational access and quality that applied their coursework to evaluations of a teacher accreditation program in Mexico, was on IEP's advisory board, and led a number of outreach activities connecting her peers to the young students they hope toprogram in Mexico, was on IEP's advisory board, and led a number of outreach activities connecting her peers to the young students they hope to serve.

To make accurate decisions about the quality of teaching and the impact of school programs, Willett and Singer urge policymakers to examine not what different classes of children know at each grade level, but how the knowledge and skills of specific groups change over time.

You could even slice the graph into groups of programs that look as if they have similar quality, such as «effective» programs, «low - performing» programs, and «at risk» programs.

Quality parental involvement in education takes many forms — at home, parent organizations, after - school activities, tutoring programs, and co-curricular groups.

Work Group Recommendations to the CDE After School Division As recommended by the Work Group on Quality Standards (Phase I), the Quality Standards Work Group (Phase II) created Standards in Action and A Crosswalk Between Quality Standards for Expanded Learning and Program Quality Assessment Tools.

The PD Online series incorporates multimedia and high - quality digital content that fits the needs of almost any type and size of learning group — ranging from individual learners to state - wide deployments and integration with university programs.

Even thought this group of non-federal stakeholders failed to reach consensus, we are pleased to see they came together behind the idea of tying teacher preparation program quality directly to the student outcomes of their graduates.

This budget language has the effect of allowing school divisions to carry - over, for appropriation in fiscal year 2003, state fund balances for any Direct Aid to Public Education account with the exception of the SOL Algebra Readiness program and those required to meet the Standards of Quality (i.e., Basic Aid, Textbooks, Vocational EducationSOQ, Gifted Education, Special EducationSOQ, Remedial EducationSOQ, VRS Retirement, Social Security, and VRS Group Life).

«There are a lot of factors that go into a teacher's performance in the classroom, and certainly some of those do happen after teachers leave the preparation program,» said Sarah Almy, director of teacher quality at the Education Trust, a Washington D.C. - based advocacy group that pushes for more accountability in education.

The PD Online series incorporates multimedia and high - quality digital content that fits the needs of almost any type and size of learning group, ranging from individual learners to statewide deployments and integration with university programs.