Sentences with phrase «supports for working families»

They focus both on improving and expanding the nation's nutrition programs, and bolstering the economy and strengthening supports for working families in order to move more out of poverty, the root cause of hunger in this country.

The IDC's proposal is a major step to providing support for working families so that they can be fully present at work knowing their children are in safe, quality care,» said Deborah King, Chair of the New York Union Child Care Coalition.

Union member Sam Renshaw also underscored the economic support for working families that is represented in an infrastructure project the size of Keystone XL:

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As the founder of a Kansas City nonprofit she was tasked with figuring out how the homeless mothers she worked with, many with felony convictions, could make a living wage that supported their families with also retaining the flexibility they needed to care for their kids.

The festival in turn funds the Red Ants Pants Foundation, which gives grants to develop leadership roles for women and to support rural communities and working family farms and ranches.

Parenting will always be a challenge in the life of any ambitious entrepreneur and / or business leader, and there are many ways to raise a child: with hired help, with the support of extended family or working for a company with generous family policies that allow for flexible work hours and parental leave.

You actually ALWAYS work for yourself — to support your family and to meet your other goals.

These workers provide client services — including support for families — in a wide variety of fields, such as psychology, rehabilitation and social work.

A Treasury spokesman told the BBC: «We are taking action to support families with the costs of living by cutting taxes for millions of working people, doubling free childcare for nearly 400,000 working parents and introducing the National Living Wage - a significant pay rise for the lowest earners.»

«We will fight to defend them because they are about the health and economic security of America's working families, and we will not use Medicare and Medicaid and Social Security as an ATM machine for the Republicans to give tax breaks to their wealthy friends and corporate America,» House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said at her year - end press conference, signaling that Democrats would not support cuts to Social Security and other entitlements.

And individuals are creating more innovative approaches to managing family - work balance, such as a reduction in working schedules, family support and a push for more shared responsibilities within the home.

Jennifer Pilcher runs Military1Click.com, a firm that works to «provide quick and easy access to the best and newest resources available for our military, their families, and those who support our military.»

Jamee also created new liaisons and worked closely with the Bay County Chamber of Commerce and the Bay Defense Alliance to garner community support for Tyndall AFB families.

Give employees some control over when and where they work, combined with managerial support for their work and family lives.

For me, I don't ever want to quit working completely, I just want to save for financial freedom, where my own business can support my family and will not take full - time dedication later in liFor me, I don't ever want to quit working completely, I just want to save for financial freedom, where my own business can support my family and will not take full - time dedication later in lifor financial freedom, where my own business can support my family and will not take full - time dedication later in life.

We work hard to provide opportunities for entrepreneurs to connect with local investors and service providers, as well as with a family of early - stage company CEOs who can provide guidance and support.

If you're spending that much to support a family, either you're killing it or chances are high you'll have to work for a very long time.

New Democrats proposed: New Democrats will work to improve health care and home support services for seniors, making residential care more stable and ensuring the needs of seniors and their families are made a priority.

Specific policies include a Canada Employment Credit and Tax Fairness Plan to reduce taxes for working families and seniors; tax credits for public transit, kid's sports, textbooks, tools, and apprentices; increased support to the provinces and territories to create new child care spaces; increasing the Senior Age Credit amount by an additional $ 1,000; and allowing income splitting for caregivers of family members with disabilities.

A few of the many things that jump off of the pages for me are that it doesn't seem to support working families with kids (it REPEALS the up to $ 5,000 exclusion from gross income for dependent care assistance that many working parents use to subsidize the skyrocketing costs of child care while they work) or even those who (like my fantastic law students at UNLV) are pursuing and paying for higher education.

The Supplement was intended to provide working families at low - income levels with additional resources for child - rearing costs, including child care support.

Marie started her career working in a home for the elderly, later with adults and children with developmental disabilities, as a counsellor and family - support worker in Toronto, and once again at the School Board as an Early Childhood Educator working with children with disabilities.

We want to make it easier for people in the lower half of the income distribution to support their families through work.

9/11 — Ordinary people at work get attacked with planes Aurora - Ordinary people at a movie for entertainment Virgina Tech — Ordinary people at college to learn Newtown — Ordinary children in elementary school Boston — Ordinary athletes, their friends and family out to support them

If you're not able to create that type of community with your existing friends, look for meet - ups or groups where you can work toward that with others as support; or consider asking a close family member or friend to check in with you for accountability.

We all know how difficult it can be to carve out the time / funding for education once you are working and supporting a family.

While most refugees in Zahle are looking for work to support their families, jobs are scarce.

Yvonne Doherty - Rowe, a locality manager for Christian charity Acacia Family Support, works with women dealing with post-natal depression.

``... any educative activity, related to education for love and carried out by persons outside the family, must be subject to the parents» acceptance of it and must not be seen not as a substitute but as a support for their work.

He has expanded health insurance to 32 million Americans, supported maintaining nutrition assistance for needy families, unemployment benefits for those who are out of work, Head Start programs for early childhood education, and doubling Pell Grants for students who may not otherwise be able to afford to attend college.

The expectation that a man should support his family financially continues to suggest that the «right» place for men is in the work world, while «real» women give themselves in service to family and church.

As a non-elite secretary, I myself worked to feed my family through two pregnancies that left me in such pain that I used to cling to the office walls for support.

Thus, if a single mother works to support her family and must leave her children unattended for a few hours after school, it could be construed as neglect and must be reported.

«We've doubled free childcare to help parents into work, and continue to spend over # 90 billion a year on support for those who need it, including those who are bringing up a family or on a low income.»

The husband is often away, working hard to support his large family, but the wife — say a stay - at - home - mom — can be overwhelmed with the duties of caring for her children, as well as the lack of social interactions and recognition for her hard work.

Women in Islam have it all... they don't even have to work if they don't want to... and the child support laws for example are... man... in Islam... those are the good laws... cuz women are covered no matter what... because they are the jewelry and gold a man can have if he keeps himself straight and persevere for the sake of his family... Imagine all women find their princes that won't cheat and will do whatever to please them... that's the picture...

But doing things like psychosocial support for families and children to help them recover kind of mentally and emotionally from what they've experienced, cash - for - work programs that will do things like building latrines and bathing facilities in the camps, which is a practical need but also does help if the rains come or hurricanes come.

As much as I am outside of my comfort zone here (I do not attend church - nor plan on doing so ever again, I have plenty of non-christian friends but not one Christian friend in my current city, I DJ at a bar, I run a radio that plays secular music (yet everything is sacred), I work a regular day job, I struggle with financial hardship and responsibilities I never asked for..., I sometimes have fear of the future and many times my faith dwindles... Some days I cry because I support my family and I feel just really tired...) despite all this fractured humanity that I am....

To support our growth and develop a more sustainable food system, we work directly with family - run farms to grow specialty produce just for us, affordably bringing the freshest ingredients into our customers» kitchens.

«Every day our senior management team leads with the thought that we have 320 families to support, or 320 employees, many of whom have worked at Kohl Wholesale for decades,» he adds.

We applaud Congress for its hard work to pass this bill to support American jobs and American families.

We only have 5 days for our event that supports 850 Pakistani families... so of course I was more than happy to work, but blogging had to take a back seat!

So, no matter what your reason may be for implementing an allergen free diet, or what stage you are at with it, I'd be happy to offer you the support and encouragement you need to create the lifestyle that works best for you and your family.

What is not fair is, as Dana said, is you have all these guys like Tony, Khabib,... who have worked their souls off to get to this point, they are in their prime of their careers, need to fight for those belts and big fights, and exactly as you said support their family and friends.

A full - time working mom, she has worked for the past eight years in the world of private philanthropy (on the grantmaking side) for several Boston - area family foundations dedicated to supporting research and improving opportunities for differently - abled children and adults.

Many API support groups start each meeting by saying «Take what works for your family and leave the rest.»

Unfortunately, in today's modern society, it's necessary for both parents work to support the family.

I don't work for Babble, but I might if it was a way to support my family.

Yet it is vital, for example, that family services and the NHS modernise themselves so they properly support active fatherhood, that boys» needs are better understood by schools and that work accommodates a dad's caring role.

Let me say upfront that I am a huge proponent of breastfeeding (if that's what a woman wants and if it works for her, her baby and her family) and I think it should be supported at all times at all facets of society.