Sentences with phrase «serving low income people»

I am not talking about serving low income people by offering affordable, low quality housing.

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LeapFrog estimates its portfolio of companies serve nearly 25 million people across Africa, Asia and Latin America — 19.5 million of whom are low - income.

They do not include, for example, Catholic Charities» extensive network of 1,400 charitable agencies serving 18 million people; the Catholic Health Association's 600 hospitals and 300 long term care facilities serving 20 million people; or the Campaign for Human Development's efforts to organize and empower the poor, with 200 local antipoverty groups working to improve policies, practices and laws affecting low - income people.

p.s. my town has a great community health clinic to serve low - income uninsured people.

Many nonprofits serving low - income New Yorkers agree with Cuomo and say more people will seek badly needed assistance if fingerprinting ends.

Together these programs serve more than a hundred million of the nation's most vulnerable people — low - income children and adults, people with disabilities, and older persons.

In addition to her work at Zoosk, Kelly also serves on the board of Episcopal Community Services of San Francisco (ECS), which helps provides housing, jobs, shelter, and essential services to homeless and low - income people in San Francisco.

Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) Coordinating TANF & WIOA: High Interest, Slow Progress During Early Days of WIOA This report presents findings from the survey TANF and WIOA agency leaders about their level of coordination between programs along with federal and state policy recommendations to improve coordination and better serve low - income people.

By teaching civics in tandem with experiential learning, YES Prep teachers, more often than traditional public or private school teachers, were «very confident» that their students learned «[t] o be tolerant of people and groups who are different from themselves,» «[t] o understand concepts such as federalism, separation of powers, and checks and balances,» and «[t] o develop habits of community service such as volunteering and raising money for causes,» according to 2010 American Enterprise Institute Program on American Citizenship survey.30 As a charter network serving low - income students, its service - centered mission serves both the students and their communities.

Since 2003, Teach First has recruited, trained and placed 11,000 teachers in schools serving low - income communities, reaching over one million young people.

Madeline Pérez echoes this comment in her dissertation proclaiming a school will only «fulfill its espoused theory of ensuring choice and equity when educational administrators cease to operate a process that serves a majority of low - income people of color based solely on white middle - class assumptions and redesign appropriately.»

«This year's awardees have worked to address geographic gaps in services, partnered with other organizations to expand access and made a special effort to serve people with low incomes, seniors, and persons with disabilities,» said FTA Acting Administrator Flowers.

To make sure that its programs serve low and moderate - income people, FHA sets limits on the dollar value of the mortgage loan.

To make sure that its programs serve moderate and low income people, FHA sets limits on the dollar value of the mortgage loan.

To make sure that its programs serve low - and moderate - income people, FHA sets limits on the dollar value of the mortgage.

People in low - income and under - served communities are even less likely to look to shelters as a source of pets.

Sparks has served on a variety of boards and advisory committees, including the Credit Committee and the Capital Formation Committee for Living Cities, a philanthropic collaborative of 22 of the world's largest foundations and financial institutions, focused on improving the lives of low - income people and the urban areas where they live.

So why does the majority of LSUC's membership tolerate such preference given to the interests of benchers of law firms that serve large institutions and potential investors and not to solving the unaffordable legal services problems of middle and lower income people?

MLSA advocates serve as a voice for low - income people in litigation and broad - based advocacy approaches.

Thanks to our efforts, the Legislature passed a one - time appropriation of $ 280,000 to replace and upgrade the antiquated technology of NJP's statewide legal aid hotline — C.L.E.A.R. C.L.E.A.R. serves as Washington's gateway for thousands of low - income people to secure legal representation, advice, and referral.

Those problems make it tougher for lower - income people to serve on juries.

If lower - income people are less able to serve, that translates into juries that are not only higher income but whiter.

«aspiring lawyers from diverse backgrounds are finding it harder than ever to forge a career in legal aid... those from low - income families can not afford to become legal aid lawyers and the legal aid profession is therefore becoming less and less representative of the people it serves: those without means».

Develop relationships and community partnerships to better serve low - income people, increase awareness about civil legal aid, and enhance fundraising capabilities

Serve more low - income and vulnerable people by creating efficiency and avoiding duplicate services

The recommendations would teach new and junior lawyers practical skills and professionalism, ease their transition into practice, and at the same time, help them serve the unmet needs of poor and low - income people through pro bono work.

The LSC participated in the inaugural training programme and its enlarged role in the forthcoming round of fellows has the enthusiastic backing of President Jim Sandman: «This collaboration places smart, creative, and entrepreneurial law students with legal aid programs that are developing new technologies to serve low - income people... It also exposes the law student fellows to the needs of people who can not afford to pay for legal assistance and will help cultivate a new generation of access - to - justice advocates.»

DuPage Bar Legal Aid Service 126 S. County Farm Rd. Wheaton, IL 60187 [phone] [email protected] Service Area (s): family law, appellate advocacy, bankruptcy, guardianship, adoption, wills, not - for - profit corporate advice for charities serving low - income persons, tort defense, collection defense, criminal misdemeanor, Social Security cases; 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m., Monday through Friday

Nicole Nelson is executive director of the nonprofit Alaska Legal Services, which serves low income and disadvantaged people.

«Indiana Legal Services, which serves low - income people in every county here, received $ 7.3 million from the Legal Services Corporation in 2015,» the ABA president said.

As poverty moved, «Some clinics were finding that they had to serve this great number of people but they didn't have the same financial resources per low - income person,» says Genevieve Oger, spokeswoman for legal aid.

With responsibility for 40 offices with more than 700 lawyers, Michael Judge serves as the primary legal counsel for low - income people in Los Angeles who are charged with a crime.

Legal Services Alabama (LSA) has seven offices and a centralized intake call center working together to fulfill its mission statement: To serve low - income people by providing civil legal aid and by promoting collaboration to find solutions to problems of poverty.

• Local general support funds — At least 80 percent of MLAC general support funding goes to regional legal services organizations based on the number of low - income persons in the area they serve as determined by Census data.

LawHelp.org has been created for people living on low - incomes and the legal organizations that serve them.

«The people most likely to experience reduced access to care would probably reside in areas without other health care clinics or medical practitioners who serve low - income populations.

These clinics serve 27 million people, most of them low - income, and about half of them are in rural areas, where options for care are limited.

The Linigers donated the use of their private land for charitable events that enabled Volunteers of America's Colorado affiliate to raise funds for its many programs that serve at - risk children and youth, low - income seniors, families and people with disabilities.