Sentences with phrase «states funding initiatives»

How are states funding initiatives and efforts to promote prenatal health, improve birth outcomes, and implement home visiting?

White children were 2.5 percent less likely to be high school dropouts and 22 percent less likely to be incarcerated or otherwise institutionalized as adults following state funding initiatives, but no other effects could be discerned.

Not exact matches

However, with technology - based education initiatives likely to see a reduction in federal and state funding in the coming years, the public sector will likely not have the resources to step in and help bridge the gap between a lack of skilled workers and unfilled jobs.

With money from Merck for Mothers, a charitable initiative created by the pharmaceutical giant, the project has funded a web portal that provides information on starting and improving review committees and a tool, the Maternal Mortality Review Information Application, that shows jurisdictions how to standardize data collection from review panels so that it's comparable from one state to the next.

Though details of the deal are undisclosed, ADFG stated in a release that it had made a «significant investment» in the VC firm to «accelerate 500's key initiatives, expand to new markets and anchor future global funds.»

Boston and Washington, D.C., for example, use a mix of federal, state, and city money to fund their programs, while New York City's bike - sharing initiative is financed entirely by private means.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Apple chief executive Tim Cook, the first openly gay CEO of a Fortune 1,000 company, is donating money to help fund a gay rights initiative in his native Alabama and two other Southern states, organizers said Thursday.

The state of Washington's attorney general is seeking $ 14 million from the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA), alleging the GMA created an «elaborate scheme» to secretly fund a multimillion dollar campaign to kill a food labeling initiative.

Patrick Doherty is Director of Corporate Governance in the Office of the New York State Comptroller, where he helps develop and administer corporate responsibility initiatives for the $ 209billion New York State Common Retirement Fund.

Businesses applying for State Small Business Credit Initiatives funding through the Regional Economic Development Revolving Loan Program only have to meet the State Small Business Credit Initiatives eligibility requirements set below.

Previous governments stated that the reserve should not be used to fund new policy initiatives.

At the federal level, the Department of Education can implement STEM as a requirement in America's classrooms, and fund more initiatives like Race to the Top, a $ 4 billion dollar program that to incentivizes states to develop next - generation educational standards.

Cuba is one of only a handful of places - including Iran and Myanmar - where the United States funds democracy - building initiatives without the host country's permission.

Brought together as part of the Farm Animal Investment Risk & Return (FAIRR) initiative, they include the fund arms of insurer Aviva and Norwegian lender Nordea, asset management groups Boston Common and Impax, several Swedish state pension funds and several other charities and ethical investors.

Together, Simply7 and Giada created the Fund Her Farm initiative to inspire new generations of female farmers by donating to hard - working organizations that help fund scholarships, programs and events supporting female farmers across the United StaFund Her Farm initiative to inspire new generations of female farmers by donating to hard - working organizations that help fund scholarships, programs and events supporting female farmers across the United Stafund scholarships, programs and events supporting female farmers across the United States.

But would the city's quest for state funds for the park deter support of the April referendum initiative?

The state has identified the Butterworth property as «Critical Natural Landscape» and its Division of Conservation Services is committing $ 85,000 in Conservation Program Grant funding to the land preservation initiative

Despite the federal funding for the American school lunch program, there are initiatives to get local (and state) grown food on the school lunch menus.

Home visiting initiatives at the state level should seek to coordinate across all home visiting programs being implemented within the state (whether federally funded or not), while also embedding home visiting within a broader state early childhood system.

American Academy of Pediatrics Medical Home State Pages Focused on the medical home concept, these state pages provide links to initiatives, partnerships, funding opportunities, data, and more related to medical home implementaState Pages Focused on the medical home concept, these state pages provide links to initiatives, partnerships, funding opportunities, data, and more related to medical home implementastate pages provide links to initiatives, partnerships, funding opportunities, data, and more related to medical home implementation.

Clever again, and in this case the money goes to a 2011 State Battles Fund, «a special initiative focused on the struggles of working people across the country....

Small campaigns and state parties rely on a handful of under - funded initiatives and start - ups for their tech needs.

Cuomo announced $ 5.5 million in new state funding for after - school and job training initiatives aimed at preventing the MS - 13 gang from recruiting on Long Island.

The Business Council supports continued funding for the state's Regional Economic Development Councils, funding for the state to host more tourism related summits and initiatives that create private sector investment and job creation.

The mayor believes the mandate he was elected on is one of equality for all New Yorkers, and the best way to level the playing field is with initiatives such as universal pre-K, strong support for state - funded institutions in the city and higher wages, which de Blasio supported long before Cuomo.

In the 2014 State of State handbook which accompanied the speech, the governor detailed these as well as other reform initiatives, emphasizing that matching small donations with public funds would give «voice to small donors» and «help enable a diverse pool of candidates with substantial grassroots support, but little access to large donors, to run competitive campaigns.»

Mayor Bill de Blasio, who has tangled with Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the Republican State Senate to get more state funding for anti-homelessness initiatives, applauded the Schneiderman plan though no one from his office attended the eState Senate to get more state funding for anti-homelessness initiatives, applauded the Schneiderman plan though no one from his office attended the estate funding for anti-homelessness initiatives, applauded the Schneiderman plan though no one from his office attended the event.

Governor Ambode, who was represented at the brief handing over ceremony by the Chairman of Lagos State Security Trust Fund (LSSTF), Mr Oye - Hassan Odukale, said the security of residents and investors remain one of the cardinal objectives of his administration, and that government would not relent in coming up with initiatives and programmes to guarantee safety of the people.

Preliminarily, we are pleased the Governor recommends funding many of the important initiatives he announced in his State of the State address — initiatives like expanding the reach of PreK and afterschool programs.

«The state needs to better understand asthma trends and better target publicly funded initiatives, particularly for Hispanic, African - American and the poorest New Yorkers struggling with this disease,» argued Comptroller DiNapoli.

The Executive Budget includes no new resources to expand the state's under - funded early childhood quality initiative, QUALITYstarsNY.

Cuomo has steered billions in state funds to Buffalo in recent years, including millions for community improvement projects, and the Buffalo Billion, his economic development initiative for the city.

The state - funded initiative, first announced last year and focused on a 46.5 - square - mile area of central Brooklyn, funds schools, housing, health care, jobs and more.

The mostly state - level initiatives are intended to try to thwart repeat assaults, eliminate loopholes and provide funding to support victims after attacks.

As state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli recently reported, ESDC «provides little public information regarding the results of taxpayer - funded investments in its initiatives.»

Critically, this budget provides funding support for affordable housing, preserves access to quality health services for millions of low - income New Yorkers, and makes important investments in anti-poverty initiatives throughout the state.

Brown said one of the main priorities this year is for legislators to approve proposed funding for Buffalo Billion ², a regional economic initiative crafted by Empire State Development and the Governor's Office.

Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz is applauding the state budget, which includes funding for the Buffalo Billion initiative.

New York State Homes and Community Renewal today announced the launch of Consolidated Funding Application (CFA) workshops as part of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo's historic initiative to stimulate job creation and economic growth through Regional Councils.

Bellone said the initiative will largely be funded by a $ 300,000 state grant.

On the local level our goal is to keep them alive and connect them with resources — at the state level my goal would be to support that local initiative while working on long - term fixes including in - patient service funding, policy pertaining to the amount and flow of opioids while supporting law enforcement in their fight to keep it from trafficking and sales in our communities.»

As part of the Regional Council initiative, a NYS Consolidated Funding Application (CFA) was created to serve as the single application economic development projects must complete to be eligible to access the $ 1 billion in state resources that have been made available to support the Regional Councils.

The endorsement comes after 1199's political director, Kevin Finnegan, announced his group was committed to swinging the State Senate into the Democratic column, in order to pass its liberal statewide initiatives — including college tuition assistance to undocumented immigrants, a locally set minimum wage and taxpayer - funded elections.

On July 20, 2011, as part of a historic initiative to transform New York State's model for economic development and job creation, Governor Cuomo announced that up to $ 1 billion in economic development funding would be made available through a Consolidated Application Process (CFA).

East End state Assemblyman Fred Thiele (I - Sag Harbor) called the proposal «bold and unprecedented,» noting that it builds on the recent extension of the Community Preservation Fund, a 2 percent tax on real estate transfers in the five East End towns that was enacted in the late 1990s and now features a provision mandating that 20 percent of those monies be used toward water quality initiatives.

New York state Gov. Andrew Cuomo is set to announce Thursday a set of awards that could lead to funding for a major initiative at Syracuse University.

Cuomo said Camara is the «perfect» choice to spearhead the initiative, to help faith - based organizations apply for grants from state agencies, and coordinate with other nonprofit groups to secure funding.

It was the result of an Obama administration initiative to spur advanced manufacturing in the United States, largely funded out of existing Defense Department money.

The 950 seat theater — and the Strand Center for the Arts next door — is now at the core of a $ 10 million state - funded downtown revitalization initiative in the Lake City, according to Kretser.

The letter also insists that the state should not increase funding for charters, either through the governor's own initiatives or those proposed by the state Senate in its one - house budget.