Sentences with phrase «raise families out»

If people are moving to the suburbs and exurbs because they're getting older and want to buy homes and raise families out there, like generations before them, then the question becomes how to address transportation and education needs these commuters and families have.

In these remarks, delivered at Speaker Nancy Pelosi's National Summit on America's Children on May 22, MDRC President Gordon Berlin summarizes rigorous research evidence showing that supplementing the earnings of parents helps raise families out of poverty and improves the school performance of young children.

Smaller family sizes can help raise families out of poverty.

Not exact matches

The DPJ's platform included doling out money to disadvantaged farmers and families, raising minimum wages and eradicating highway tolls.

Bring a few Family Investors along for the ride if you believe the relationship can survive it, and mix in a good set of Once Removed Investors to round out the raise.

They raised $ 25,000 from friends and family to build it out, and applied to the TechStars incubator.

So even though the minimum wage has been raised in Massachusetts and out West, when the minimum wage level is raised, that means the families that have been living on food stamps while they've been working at McDonald's or at other low - wage companies don't qualify anymore.

, pointing out that Canada potentially stands to benefit as workers worldwide seek a safe, inclusive place to live and raise families.

In a sermon called «Unleashed as a Family - Raising and Releasing the Next Gen of Kingdom Builders» at the Chinese Missions Convention, the Christian author said: «A few weeks ago I was in Brazil and I was having lunch with a pastor out there.

We now know that, in all socioeconomic groups, children raised outside of intact two - parent families are significantly more likely than their peers to drop out of high school, end up in prison and experience serious psychological distress.

To be clear, many children raised in single - parent or blended - families turn out okay.

I've been in full time ministry, got fired, struggled for decades with my self - identity as a construction worker to raise a family, and ended up joining a Church where I had a snowball's chance in hell of getting ordained but still held out hope, but it has never happened after 14 years now.

One good thing that came out of it was my sister and family moved to Texas soon afterward and raised her family close to the rest of us.

Sure, there'd be legal stuff to work out to make sure no one is getting any «special» benefits legally, but when you see it in action and realize that the children raised in such a family never lack for parental guidance, have high grades and are very creative, how can you deny it would be a good thing?

As a Jew raised by a Turkish Jewish father, with an agnostic / atheist American mom who shared in all the religious practices out of respect and love I see immense beauty in this family and their tolerance, acceptance, and embracing of their heritages.

My in - laws raise chickens each year, then butcher them and dole them out among the family.

Otherwise, Nestlé's engagement in social media is likely to be nothing more than a whitewash, where those with the knowledge and evidence to show Nestlé is not telling the truth are either shut out and ignored, or accused of being «nasty» and «attacking people» simply for raising the uncomfortable truth that Nestlé is a highly unethical company that puts its own profits before the health and well - being of babies and their families.

Their are so many factors involved that I believe the money should be spent on helping at risk families get and or stay on their feet, but out right trying to control the way society as a whole raises babies is not appropriate.

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After reading and hearing about some of my friends * doing fund - raising and volunteering for the Obama campaign, last weekend while out running errands, the family and I stopped in our local Democrat headquarters and I inquired as to what I could do to help.

Even though I've written a book about parenting, the process of building a happy family continues to evolve, and after raising four children over a period of thirty - six years, there are a few things that stand out as lessons learned.

We also have some great articles to help dads out with raising a family so check out our fatherhood section for some great advice.

What a shame to have lost our partner's ideas and perspectives when ultimately we could benefit and celebrate the fact that we have someone who is as interested and committed to the raising of our children as we are — someone who is willing to go out on a limb and share a new perspective that could benefit the whole family.

An educator and researcher turned mother raising four children (born 2006, 2007, 2009, and 2012), she blogs at Mama Smiles about crafts, outings, and educational activities that her family enjoys.

My hope is that Jesus, The Gentle Parent: Gentle Christian Parenting will release Christian parents from the hold these punitive, graceless ideas have over mainstream Christianity so that they can study and pray and listen for God's leading on their parenting journeys, and I hope that the next generation of children raised by Christian parents will spend their childhood having the concept of grace lived out in their homes and families.

As you pointed out in your Sept 20, 2011 post (http://www.thelunchtray.com/school-lunch-prices-on-the-rise-nationwide/), Paid Meal Equity forced many school districts to raise prices on families regardless of the school meal program's financial solvency.

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Allowing expecting parents to choose the family that they would want to raise their children, she took some of the fear and taboo out of adoption.

The issue is whether divorced couples can raise children who fare better in life as adults as opposed to unhappy couples who stay together and stick it out in an effort to keep the family intact.

Raising your voice, swearing, or getting out of control tends to teach the child that yelling, anger, and violence are acceptable in their relationships with friends and family.

When I was growing up, my parents encouraged me and my siblings to be active, but raising a family of six almost forced them out of necessity to let our talents develop naturally.

Susan Stiffelman is the author of Parenting Without Power Struggles: Raising Joyful, Resilient Kids While Staying Cool, Calm and Connected, the weekly advice columnist for Huffington Post Parents, and a family therapist and parent educator based out of Malibu, California.

The traditional married couple family with children under 18 represented one out of every four total households, while 3.5 % of the total households are headed by single parents raising children under 18.

There have been numerous studies that prove that children raised in LGBT or modern families, or what Carson would call «non-traditional families,» turn out just fine, and in many instance, better than fine.

Kids in non-traditional families like single parent families, kids raised by grandparents, or those with same - sex parents or parents of non-conforming gender identities might feel left out on such holidays like Mother's and Father's Day.

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Instead of lumping groups of people together under vague terms like «alternative,» we should try to be specific — and respectful — about the many different ways to raise our kids, so that we can figure out who might have some new - to - us parenting intel that could make our families» lives way better.

Latimer's record of consistently raising taxes — including the job - killing MTA payroll tax and his opposition the property tax cap — and taking positions wildly out of the mainstream have put him out of touch with the average middle class family in Westchester.

The two major unions that pulled out of the party, Local 32BJ and Communication Workers of America Local 1, say Cuomo has delivered for working people by raising the minimum wage to $ 15 an hour and passing paid family leave.

Former state veterans affairs commissioner Sean Connolly staked out centerist positions on several key economic issues, including raising the minimum wage and paid family and medical leave.

The proposals set out today are in danger of appearing meaningless and may in fact raise false hopes among older people, their careers and families.

Mr Miliband said the tax could help reverse the effects of ComDem housing benefit cuts that will drive hard - up families out of more expensive neighbourhoods — including large swathes of London.The annual mansion tax would raise # 1.7 billion — # 400million more than the ConDems are saving from benefit cuts, the Shadow Foreign Secretary said.

The document said the Conservatives would take the family home out of inheritance tax for all but the richest by raising the effective threshold for married couples and civil partners to # 1million.

The Erie County Department of Social Services will join other members of the Lackawanna Stakeholders Coalition to host «Family Night Out» on Monday, March 27 at Catholic Charities in Lackawanna, an event designed to raise awareness among the public of the human needs - based services and resources available to them while bringing the partners providing those services together as well.

For juvenile offenders, the Cuomo - appointed Commission on Youth, Public Safety and Justice is recommending raising the age of criminal responsibility in New York from 16 to 18, shifting nonviolent offenses for those under 18 to family court, and keeping young people out of adult jails, WCBS 880's Paul Murnane reported.

Thursday's City Council schedule will include a meeting of the Committee on Governmental Operations for its preliminary budget oversight hearing; a meeting of the Committee on Veterans to consider a resolution «calling upon the New York State Legislature to pass and the Governor to sign S. 752, the Veterans» Education Through SUNY Credits Act»; and a meeting of the Committee on Education to consider multiple resolutions, including one «calling upon the New York State Legislature to reject any attempt to raise the cap on the number of charter schools,» one «calling upon the Department of Education to amend its Parent's Bill of Rights and Responsibilities to include information about opting out of high - stakes testing and distribute this document at the beginning of every school year, to every family, in every grade,» and one «calling upon the New York State Legislature to eliminate the Governor's receivership proposal in the executive budget for New York City.»

«David's background is one millions of Londoners can relate to — he and his four siblings were raised by his mum after their father walked out on the family, and David had to find work wherever he could.

«Raising the city's living wage — and expanding it to include thousands more workers — will spur economic activity and growth while lifting working families out of poverty,» Councilwoman Debi Rose (D - North Shore) said.

But Reed and Horton questioned the decision to raise the personal allowance by # 1,000 to # 7,475 that Clegg's party had called for to pull poor families out of tax.

«Over the course of the campaign, I will lay out my vision to make New York a great place to work, live, raise a family and ultimately retire, and I will do so with honesty and the willingness to take the fight directly to Andrew Cuomo,» DeFrancisco said.