Sentences with phrase «under the federal program for»

Using data from the 2012 - 2013 school year, the study determined that 51 percent of all students in pre-kindergarten through 12th grade were eligible under the federal program for free and reduced - price lunch, a standard measure of the number of children living in poverty.

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The Australian Institute of Geoscientists has appealed to the federal government for the inclusion of the geoscientist profession on the list of jobs to which labour market testing applies under the 457 visa program.

The Conference Board notes that the federal government has placed great emphasis in improving Canada's innovation performance for years, most directly in the 2012 budget's revamping of how $ 3.5 billion is doled out to firms under the Scientific Research and Experimental Development program.

Labor Secretary Hilda Solis said the program will «level the playing field for law - abiding employers and ensure that employees receive the protections to which they are entitled under federal and state law.»

The federal government limits tax - deductible contributions to retirement plans; for most plans, such as 401 (k) programs, the maximum amount you can receive in contributions in 2016 is $ 53,000 if you're under the age of 50, and $ 59,000 if you're eligible to make «catch - up» contributions.

The 8a program is intended to open the doors for minority - owned small businesses under the fiercely competitive federal contracting program.

About a month ago, Sam Lehman found out his small business, Columbia Consulting Group, had been turned down for its application under the 8a federal contracting program for certification as a disadvantaged business.

The budget office report released today estimates that annual payments under a federal program to eligible individuals would amount to $ 16,989, while couples would receive $ 24,027, before deductions for any income earned.

The other big announcement was Employment Minister Jason Kenney's decision to place a moratorium on new approvals for restaurants to hire temporary foreign workers, in response to a myriad of complaints about abuses under the federal program.

Private student loans offered by financial institutions not tied to the federal government do not currently qualify for student loan forgiveness under any federal program.

The documents indicate that under the program, launched in 2001, a federal judge sitting on the secret surveillance panel called the Fisa court would approve a bulk collection order for internet metadata «every 90 days».

The specific legal grounds for the Texas coalition's challenge to the remaining DACA program are that it violates the Constitution's direction for the president to execute the nation's laws, that it was adopted without allowing the public an advance chance to comment on it, and that it exceeds presidential power under federal immigration laws and is thus illegal.

The Public Accounts of Canada and the Annual Financial Report include the recoveries under the Youth Allowance Program and the federal tax abated under the Alternative Payments for Standing Programs as part of the Quebec Abatement since 2010 - 11.

All student loans under the federal loan program may qualify for a graduated repayment plan.

Student loans under any federal loan program are eligible for an extended repayment plan as well.

The federal government and provincial governments, as well as Canadian employers, are then able to select candidates from this pool who will then receive an «invitation to apply» for immigration to Canada under one of the programs.

Furthermore, under the general welfare provision of the Constitution, the Federal Government offers financial assistance to states and local communities for a variety of educational purposes, ranging from subsidies for school lunch programs to salaries for teachers of agriculture and loans for school building construction.

Legal requirements for accessibility to institutions which receive federal funds are listed in Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973; it states that «no otherwise qualified handicapped individual... shall, solely by reason of his handicap, be excluded from the participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving federal financial assistance.»

The National Honey Board is a federal research and promotion board under USDA oversight that conducts research, marketing and promotion programs to help maintain and expand markets for honey and honey products.

It is presenting these meals under the supervision of the National School Lunch Program, which provides federal funding in exchange for meeting certain requirements.

Under federal law, states were told five years ago to automatically sign up families who receive food stamps for the lunch program.

Federal aid under the Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC), provides formula but no special supplements to those who nurse.

Durbin said he hoped that government officials would reduce the amount of paperwork with federal child nutrition programs, which are now under review for reauthorization.

Yesterday I had the opportunity to speak about all of this with Kevin Concannon, who oversees all federal child nutrition programs as the USDA Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services.

The HV CoIIN aims to improve services provided by home visiting grantees to achieve better, faster results for low - income and other at - risk families served under the Federal Home Visiting Program

Each local educational agency that participates in the National School Lunch Program or other federal child nutrition programs is required by federal law to establish a local school wellness policy for all schools under its jurisdiction.

Also at 1 p.m., Rep. Brian Higgins, will be advocating for Western New York neighborhoods to be nominated as federal Opportunity Zones, under a new program that provides tax incentives to encourage investment in designated economically distressed areas, 1021 Broadway, 2nd Floor, Buffalo.

City Council Member Liz Crowley (D - Middle Village) has come under fire for co-sponsoring a bill that will cut funding for a program that turns the NYC DOC into a flock of stool pigeons for the Federal Government.

Menendez told reporters on his way into the meeting that he would press for more federal money under existing railroad and clean - air programs.

Getting spending under control includes better oversight of federal agencies and programs and rooting out waste, fraud and abuse, and reforms to our important entitlement programs to strengthen them for future generations.

The program would be paid for with an estimated $ 40 million a year in savings through 2024 by capping bonuses of senior executives at the VA and finding further savings through an audit of federal mental health programs under SAMHSA.

NUMC is run by a public benefit corporation, the Nassau Health Care Corporation, and would receive federal reimbursements for treatment under the Veterans Choice Program, Martins said.

Westchester, NY — Westchester Congress Members Eliot Engel (NY - 16), Nita Lowey (NY - 17), and Sean Patrick Maloney (NY - 18) announced today that Westchester County has been awarded a $ 3.6 million federal grant from the United States Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration for new vehicles under the Bus and Bus Facilities Competitive Grant Pfederal grant from the United States Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration for new vehicles under the Bus and Bus Facilities Competitive Grant PFederal Transit Administration for new vehicles under the Bus and Bus Facilities Competitive Grant Program.

ALBANY — Proposed legislation would allow undocumented immigrants protected under the federal Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program to keep their driver's licenses after the program ends in March.

ALBANY — A new type of assessment system could be in the works for New York as the state Education Department plans to apply for a federal pilot program under the new Every Student Succeeds Act — a program lawmakers said was written with New York in mind.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, right, and Joseph Percoco, former executive deputy secretary, at a press conference in 2013 in Albany, N.Y. Percoco is under federal investigation for possibly receiving secret payments for contracts under the governor's «Buffalo Billion» economic revitalization program.

Among the questions: what is working, and not working, in the Build it Back program, the mayor's reaction to a report that a family he visited in the Arverne section of Rockaway is «getting close» to losing faith in the mayor, the scope / number of people still directly affected by Sandy, whether his weekend trip to Pennsylvania involved a meeting with the consultants running the Build it Back program, whether he stands by statements he made during a September visit to Far Rockaway's St. Mary Star of the Sea, whether the Bloomberg administration allocated enough money to housing from the first tranch of federal assistance, whether he agrees with Oddo's idea of acquiring land for redevelopment, the role of Michael DeLoach in Build it Back, whether New Yorkers should be concerned that they may lose desirable options under Build it Back after de Blasio completes his review and issues on elevation of existing structures v. new construction.

Bronx Democratic Assemblyman Luis Sepulveda wants to allow undocumented immigrants protected under the federal DACA program to keep their driver's licenses after it ends in March, and also to be eligible for the Excelsior Scholarship program.

The evaluations are required in order to qualify for federal grant money that New York State won under the Race to the Top program.

-- The budget approves the creation of a Basic Health Program, an insurance program available under the Affordable Care Act that provides insurance for people whose incomes are between 138 and 200 percent of the federal povertyProgram, an insurance program available under the Affordable Care Act that provides insurance for people whose incomes are between 138 and 200 percent of the federal povertyprogram available under the Affordable Care Act that provides insurance for people whose incomes are between 138 and 200 percent of the federal poverty level.

Oneida County Executive Anthony Picente Jr. today announced that Oneida County has received re-designation under the Military Airport Program (MAP) so that Griffiss Airport can receive federal funding set aside for capital projects that are transforming former military facilities.

Solar energy companies owned by a tea party Republican running for an open U.S. Senate seat in Wisconsin who is strongly opposed to the 2009 federal stimulus package have received $ 500,000 in grants under the program.

Last week, two Assemblymembers were sentenced to prison for their ethics crimes and Governor Cuomo's «Buffalo Billion» economic development program was reported to be under scrutiny by federal prosecutors.

This past October, Governor Paterson announced that the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) awarded New York $ 28.5 million in funding under the High - Speed Intercity Passenger Rail Program for three projects across the State.

And under the House's version of the Affordable Health Care Act, passed in May along party lines, Medicaid would shift from an open - ended entitlement program to a program in which states receive a fixed amount of federal funds for each beneficiary.

Griffiss is also under consideration for two multimillion dollar federal programs involving the FAA and the national missile defense program.

So essentially, the GOP is demanding that the Democrats in Congress cave in to their demands for drastic cuts to Medicare and other social programs under threat of default on our federal debt, the downgrading of our international credit rating, and a likely plunge into economic depression.

It also serves as a combined application for federal funds under three (3) of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) formula grant programs, including CDBG, HOME, and HESG.

Districts also would be able to compete for some $ 200 million in special state grants, under a New York version of the federal Race to the Top program.

In May, the hospital was awarded $ 12 million by the state under the Federal Emergency Management Agency Hazard Mitigation Grant Program for part of the plan.