Sentences with phrase «subsidy program called»

(The SNAP - NC subsidy program called PALS does require income qualification).

In 2014, the government set up a subsidy program called China's National Integrated Circuits Industry Investment Fund which is aiming to raise at least RMB 150 billion for its second fund vehicle, according to Bloomberg.

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In a plan unveiled in mid-May, Schwarzenegger called for the elimination of the state's welfare program, a 60 % reduction in community mental - health programs, a 5 % pay cut for government workers, and the near elimination of drug and child care subsidies.

Under Cuomo, the PSC has undertaken an ambitious reimagining of the utility industry, called Reforming the Energy Vision, has backed subsidies for renewable and nuclear energy and has set up a ratepayer - funded program to invest in clean energy technology.

The city ended its rental subsidy program for homeless families, called Advantage, in 2011 after it lost state and federal funding.

The mayor also asked lawmakers to urge the state to increase the shelter allowance for homeless families, the amount of aid the state provides for families who receive a subsidy under a program called the Family Eviction Prevention Supplement, or FEPS.

The City Council's general welfare committee voted unanimously to pass a resolution this morning calling on the state Assembly and Senate and Governor Andrew Cuomo to change state budget language to allow New York City to use state funds to pay for rental subsidy programs for the homeless.

The group will also press for a renewal of that development subsidy, the controversial 421 - a program, but will also call on legislators and the Cuomo administration to direct bank settlement proceeds toward housing for the poor and homeless.

The city has called on the state Assembly and Senate and Cuomo to change state budget language to allow New York City to use state funds to pay for rental subsidy programs for the homeless.

Baum calls Cuomo's program an expensive subsidy for middle class families who already send their kids to college.

Overlooked is another government subsidy program that could be called the Lockport Half - Billion.

The signature Bloomberg administration program has been called one of the most generous housing subsidies in the country and is funded by city, state and federal money.

The Coalition for the Homeless, joined by community groups and labor unions, crafted the proposal, which calls for 10 percent of city - subsidized new housing to be set aside for the indigent along with at least 2,500 of the New York City Housing Authority «s yearly vacancies, a new city and state program to create 30,000 units of housing for homeless people with substance abuse issues and mental disorders, and greater subsidies from Albany to assist struggling renters.

In a letter yesterday, the representatives called on NYCHA Chairman John Rhea to place an immediate moratorium on terminations for the city's 99,000 Section 8 recipients while reviewing how it administers the program, as well as restore subsidies to participants who may have been dropped in error.

The Rent Stabilization Association, the city's largest landlord organization, Friday threw its support behind the plan by Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi (D - Queens) called the Home Stability Support program that is intended to reduce reliance on homeless shelters by creating a new statewide rent subsidy to keep people in their homes.

Ron Pollack, executive director of Families USA, a nonprofit organization in Washington, D.C., pushing for affordable health care for all Americans, calls the measure «a step in the right direction,» but notes that ultimately the feds need «to extend public programs or provide subsidies, such as refundable tax credits or some other means» to have truly universal health coverage.

A subsidy program intended to drive down the cost of lifesaving malaria drugs called artemisinin - based combination therapies — now considered the most effective treatment against the parasitic disease — was unveiled today in Norway.

To supplement Leonhardt's COER salary, photonics expert Sailing He and colleagues at COER helped him apply to two government programs for attracting foreign talent: the Recruitment Program of Foreign Experts, or «Thousand Talents» plan, which offers a onetime 500,000 RMB ($ 81,642) resettlement subsidy for a minimum of 3 years of part - time work, and a program offshoot called the Guangdong Province Leading Talent grant, which brings an additional one - time subsidy of 1 million RMB plus up to 5 million RMB in research funds over 5Program of Foreign Experts, or «Thousand Talents» plan, which offers a onetime 500,000 RMB ($ 81,642) resettlement subsidy for a minimum of 3 years of part - time work, and a program offshoot called the Guangdong Province Leading Talent grant, which brings an additional one - time subsidy of 1 million RMB plus up to 5 million RMB in research funds over 5program offshoot called the Guangdong Province Leading Talent grant, which brings an additional one - time subsidy of 1 million RMB plus up to 5 million RMB in research funds over 5 years.

If signed into law by Gov. Jerry Brown, Assembly Bill 19 would allow for an estimated 19,000 additional students to take advantage of the state's generous subsidies for community college students — irrespective of their financial need — under a new program called California College Promise.

Mr Ziegler called on the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to change its policies on agricultural subsidies and to stop supporting only programs aimed at debt reduction.

Through the creation of five to six new rural branches, called ILUCentros, and a micro-loan program that enables users to pay for their solar home systems in small installments over 12 months, plus government subsidies for a portion of the households, Ilumexico will enable households without electricity access to finance their solar equipment.

Someone would do an almost as useful service by beginning to compile a list of the academic papers that call into question the merits of the emission reduction policies now being promoted — the endless list of regulations, subsidies, taxes, product mandates, and government - imposed «information programs» that all seek to alter energy supply and demand decisions.

The blog provides information and advice about the Schools and Libraries Program, commonly called the E-Rate Program, which provides subsidies to schools to provide broadband Internet access.

Others have called for evidence - based economic interventions such as freight - subsidies, cross-subsidisation of healthy food and «fat taxes» to be trialed, or point to great potential in welfare reform and income management programs.