Sentences with phrase «several federal programs»

There are several federal programs available to help distressed homeowners save their home from foreclosure.

There are several federal programs available to borrowers that could help lower monthly payments and forgive student loans after a period of time.

Denisa R. Superville writes in Education Week that, for the second year in a row, «several federal programs that pay for school - leader recruitment, training, and professional development are on the chopping block.»

Erie County leaders expressed alarm and outrage Saturday over a report by National Public Radio on Friday that the Trump administration is thinking about gutting several federal programs aimed at fighting the opioid drug crisis.

Erie County leaders expressed alarm and outrage over a report by National Public Radio on Friday that the Trump administration is thinking about gutting several federal programs aimed at fighting the opioid drug crisis.

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Several existing federal programs like the Community Reinvestment Act and the Small Business Investment Companies program are supporting the growth of impact investing funds.

To be eligible for Lifeline, participants must have an income less than 135 % of the federal poverty level or qualify for one of several other programs for the poor, such as Medicaid or food stamps.

There are several reasons for the recent volatility, says E. B. Tucker, an analyst at Baltimore's Stansberry & Associates Investment Research, but the main culprit is the Federal Reserve's quantitative easing program.

The commission recommended several reforms including reforming civilian and military retirement programs, reducing agricultural program spending, eliminating in - school subsidies in federal student loan programs, and giving the Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation the authority to increase premiums.

On the federal side, several different student loan programs are available.

The new Women - Owned Small Business (WOSB) Federal Contract Program will be fully implemented over the next several months, with the first contracts expected to be awarded by the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2011.

In the June 2014 Federal Reserve Open Market Committee minutes, the board decided to cut the current quantitative easing program altogether by October, indicating that perhaps, after several years of halting asset purchase programs, the economy is finally ready to fly on its own.

Cunningham also says that UNC hired former federal prosecutor Kenneth Wainstein in January to independently investigate the allegations, which have now covered both the football and basketball programs over a period of several years.

Several studies have found that decreased access to competitive foods leads to increased participation in the National School Lunch Program and subsequent increases in federal reimbursements and overall revenue.

The CNRA is a large piece of legislation that sets guidelines for several federal nutrition programs, including the School Breakfast Program and the National School Lunch Program (NSLP).

Lawyers representing six of the defendants have spent the past several weeks in a new letter - writing campaign to a federal judge seeking dismissal of the bid - rigging corruption charges leveled against individuals involved in several major upstate economic development programs, including the mega-construction project at Tesla's Riverbend site in South Buffalo.

New York officials pointed out several times during the trip that they had successfully negotiated a waiver with the federal government that brought back $ 8 billion to reinvest in the state's Medicaid program.

The waiver money, a matching grant program from the federal government that allows providers across the state to invest in new ways to provide and deliver care to their communities, is divided into several different pots of money.

«In the federal government's first response to a lawsuit brought against it by Texas and several other states, U.S. attorneys write that the guidance to schools was just that — guidance — and not a mandate to adopt programs.

The funding for the program comes from the federal government, passing through the Rockland County CDBG consortium which divides it up among the county's several towns and villages.

The federal investigation into one of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's signature upstate economic development programs has come to focus on one of his former top aides, several people familiar with the matter said on Friday.

While politicians are still working on the final wording of the amendment, «[t] he agreement spells out that the federal government will also continue its funding of several key programs that have boosted research budgets in recent years, such as the Joint Initiative for Research and Innovation — which funds nonuniversity research organizations like the Helmholtz Association and the Max Planck Society — and the Excellence Initiative, which allows universities to compete for extra funding for special projects and the title of «elite university.»»

The agreement spells out that the federal government will also continue its funding of several key programs that have boosted research budgets in recent years, such as the Joint Initiative for Research and Innovation — which funds nonuniversity research organizations like the Helmholtz Association and the Max Planck Society — and the Excellence Initiative, which allows universities to compete for extra funding for special projects and the title of «elite university.»

Hoping to parlay such successes into an ambitious program to protect more species across larger swathes of land, a panel composed of representatives from several federal and state agencies and the University of Hawaii, Manoa — the major players that manage or study Hawaiian species — drafted Legacy 2000.

This is happening despite, or in some cases because of, belt - tightening in Washington; federal R&D funding as a percentage of GDP is at its lowest levels in several decades, according to the AAAS R&D Budget and Policy Program.

The Work Group made several recommendations on how federal agencies can improve, ranging from engaging the leadership to becoming more aware and involved in this issue to reinvigorating the agencies» career development programs.

Also, several signature programs had begun, including the S&T Policy Fellowships program (which had its first class in 1973) and the R&D Budget and Policy Program, which had started producing an annual analytic report on R&D in the federal budget and sponsoring an annual Colloquium on R&D policy in 1976 (which in 2001 was renamed the AAAS Forum on S&T Pprogram (which had its first class in 1973) and the R&D Budget and Policy Program, which had started producing an annual analytic report on R&D in the federal budget and sponsoring an annual Colloquium on R&D policy in 1976 (which in 2001 was renamed the AAAS Forum on S&T PProgram, which had started producing an annual analytic report on R&D in the federal budget and sponsoring an annual Colloquium on R&D policy in 1976 (which in 2001 was renamed the AAAS Forum on S&T Policy).

The award program is one of several University «seed grants» that help investigators develop preliminary data and proof of concept for promising projects, in hopes of leveraging larger awards from federal agencies or foundations to carry the projects to fruition.

April 8, 2013 • For agencies administering the low - income housing program, mandated federal budget cuts are forcing cutbacks on several fronts.

So in 1965, Congress opted to move the program to the private banking sector, where the federal government guaranteed the loans but any federal payments on the defaults would be several years down the line.

Two representatives each from several federal agencies that established the center — the NPS, the Bureau of Land Management, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the U.S. Forest Service — supervise management of the education programs it offers.

There are several studies that show positive results for these programs, even though 21st Century Learning Centers programs that the federal government funds haven't raised student achievement.

These early deficits are often partially offset by start - up grants from the federal Charter School Program and the Walton Family Foundation, which together typically amount to more than $ 500,000 per school, spread out over several years.

Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings has agreed to testify before the House education committee about charges of mismanagement and conflict of interest in the Reading First program, in a follow - up to a contentious April 20 hearing featuring several former and current federal officials and consultants.

The chairman of the House education committee released a proposal late last week that would allow states and school districts to transfer money between several big - ticket programs contained in the main federal K - 12 law.

According to Robert H. Atwell, president of the American Council on Education, the umbrella organization representing several thousand colleges and universities, the 25 - percent cut in federal financial - aid programs proposed by the President would affect «virtually all...

Cambridge, Mass — The elimination by the Reagan Administration last year of the $ 6 - million federal program for the gifted and talented, along with the reluctance of state legislators to appropriate funds for such programs, may hamper schools» commitment to providing special programs for gifted students, several researchers and educators told the National Commission on Excellence in Education last week.

Not only did the Congress finish its most pressing education business — reauthorizing several key programs in its final days — but, observers say, it was able to fashion consensus bills that in effect reasserted a federal role in education.

Of course, the federal government clearly encouraged states to adopt the standards through its No Child Left Behind waiver program, but it did not require adoption (which is obvious insofar as several states did not adopt the standards).

We analyzed test data from several states, adjusting for the percentage of students in a school eligible for the federal free and reduced - price lunch program.

Earlier this year, the Federal Government announced it was conducting a review of the program, prompting several Coalition MPs, including ex-PM Tony Abbott, to call for all funding to be cut entirely.

The students, parent / guardians and educators of non-profit, private and religiously - affiliated schools — approved by the Washington State Board of Education — are eligible for benefits provided through several major federal education grant programs.

Sadly, this proposal eliminates several important Federal education programs.

The most recent one is a Brookings Institution study published this month showing that several long - standing federal programs intended to prepare low - income students for college don't work.

Moreover, the apparent success of the famous Perry Preschool Program and several other intensive early - childhood interventions is insufficient to justify an expansion of the less - intensive federal Head Start pProgram and several other intensive early - childhood interventions is insufficient to justify an expansion of the less - intensive federal Head Start programprogram.

The paper reviews several program approval processes and evaluates them according to seven quality criteria: ease of use; inclusion of industry approval; adjustability; federal recognition; incentives for providers; offering of program - level approval; and consideration of outcomes.

Tying student growth to teacher and principal evaluations has proven difficult for states, but it's been a focus of several federal initiatives, including waivers and the Race to the Top grant program.

The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) OCR enforces several Federal civil rights laws that prohibit discrimination in programs or activities that receive Federal financial assistance from the Department of Education.

Under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, the federal law governing special education programs, every student's individualized education plan (IEP) must include several elements about how these students will achieve academic goals.

The Obama administration has encouraged the transition through several federal grant programs including the Race to the Top competition.