Sentences with phrase «voluntary programs with»

They started with a voluntary program with 450 dogs participating and in that initial study found GSDs had more than 10 % incidence of UAP, FCP, and OCD.

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New York state became the latest state to officially endorse a voluntary retirement savings program for private - sector workers with the passage of the state budget over the weekend.

This reduction was driven primarily by restructuring charges associated with the fiscal 2017 store closures and voluntary early retirement program.

TORONTO, October 7, 2014 — MyndMove, a breakthrough medical therapy that significantly improves recovery of voluntary movement in patients with arm and hand paralysis following stroke or spinal cord injury (SCI), will be accessible to more Ontarians with the assistance of a unique program at MaRS Discovery District.

MyndMove, a breakthrough medical therapy that significantly improves recovery of voluntary movement in patients with arm and hand paralysis following stroke or spinal cord injury (SCI), will be accessible to more Ontarians with the assistance of a unique program at MaRS Discovery District.

The voluntary educational programs are multi-pronged: They promote wiser relationship and marriage choices among less - educated youth, help engaged couples approach marriage realistically, assist married couples overcome the vicissitudes of life together, and work with cohabitating couples aspiring to marriage to achieve that goal.

A third and more recent Protestant pronouncement is found in this statement: «As for the relation of church agencies to the program of technical co-operation it will suffice to say that in so far as this program is essentially humanitarian in character, Christian missionaries and the personnel of church - related institutions are prepared and eager to co-operate with this program, on a consultative and voluntary basis.

Named the «Code of Sustainable Winegrowing Practices,» the program is being unveiled to California's vintners and growers as a voluntary self - assessment tool with information on how to conserve natural resources, protect the environment and enhance relationships with employees, neighbors and local communities.

This voluntary food, flavors and fragrances industries program engages with vanilla exporters, producers, sector organizations and public authorities worldwide to progress issues of governance, traceability, labor rights and technical assistance to grower groups.

Coles said supplier participation in the ARC program was at all times voluntary and that it consulted with smaller suppliers about the value of expected benefits from the program.

(As I have learned from long experience with youth and high school sports programs, making attendance at a concussion safety meeting voluntary virtually guarantees a lot of no - shows.)

A Highland Park elementary school district this week backed off plans to ban all peanut products and instead adopted a voluntary program to protect students with potentially life - threatening allergies.

Georgia launched a voluntary quality rating and improvement system in January 2012 with the expectation that 700 child care programs would begin participating in the first year.

The Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Program provides federal funds for states and Tribal entities to support voluntary, evidence - based home visiting services during pregnancy and to parents with young children up to 5 years old.

Most home visiting programs are voluntary, and states and communities encourage participation by families with risk for maltreatment (for example, families where parents have low levels of education, live in poverty, single - parent households, and parents who themselves were involved in the child welfare system).

HFA is a voluntary home visiting program that was founded on the ideals of excellence, trust, and transformation and was launched in 1992 by Prevent Child Abuse America (formerly known as the National Committee to Prevent Child Abuse) with funding from Ronald McDonald House Charities.

From birth to kindergarten entry, MCHB, in partnership with the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), funds states, territories, and tribal entities to develop and implement evidence - based, voluntary programs that best meet the needs of their communities.

Yesterday I wrote an impassioned post about efforts by House Republicans to gut the funding for several pieces of legislation that I personally value, including the new school food regulations, the new food safety law and the new voluntary guidelines for marketing junk food to children, along with funding for food assistance programs like WIC.

As a result, even if a private sports program that uses town fields, rinks, diamonds, or courts is required to comply with state mandates regarding concussion safety, I believe that there is a huge sports safety gap which, absent voluntary implementation by a private sports program of youth sports health and safety best practices, such as those we are pilot testing in Grand Prairie, Texas this fall as part of our SmartTeams ™ program, can and should be filled by a municipality by exercising its power of the permit.

The Diocese of Buffalo announced it would be set up a voluntary program to compensate victims of clergy sexual abuse, after a retired priest admitted in an interview with the Buffalo News that he'd had sexual contact with dozens of boys and was sent by the diocese to a treatment facility in Canada.

Oneida County Executive Anthony J. Picente Jr, joined by Department Heads and the Board of Legislators will announce Oneida County's partnership with the New York State Association of Counties to provide residents with a new voluntary Dental Network Card Program.

Program staff will also share a voluntary curriculum with the schools to teach students about the recycling process.

With that in mind, county and ride - hailing officials created «Thumbs Up,» a voluntary program in which interested drivers would get fingerprinted by the county and then be added to a pool of approved drivers for ride - hailing, taxi or limousine services.

Dutchess County Executive Marcus J. Molinaro met with county elected officials, department heads, and CSEA union representatives this morning to outline his «Workforce Adjustment Incentive Program,» a voluntary employee separation program designed to minimize the impact of layoffs while reducing operational exProgram,» a voluntary employee separation program designed to minimize the impact of layoffs while reducing operational exprogram designed to minimize the impact of layoffs while reducing operational expenses.

Under the new program led by AAAS, educational institutions commit to removing barriers to STEM achievement for women, minorities and people with disabilities through participating in a program of voluntary self - assessment.

«Countries using these measures should instead increase the availability of proven opioid - agonist therapies, such as methadone, and ensure there is adequate access to voluntary treatment programs in community settings and facilitate people with opioid addiction to seek treatment.»

With funding from NIH and others, this program promoted HIV testing, ART and voluntary medical male circumcision to study participants.

Such certifications, among other voluntary corporate sustainability programs, can help conserve tropical forests by providing — on paper, at least — some level of protection for forests and areas with rare or endangered species.

«(1) any person in the United States to exchange instruments in the nature of offset credits issued before January 1, 2009, by a State or voluntary offset program with respect to which the Administrator has made an affirmative determination under section 740 (a)(2), for emissions allowances established by the Administrator under section 721 (a); and

She and her colleague, Greg Siegle, Ph.D., the director for the cognitive neuroscience program at University of Pittsburgh, have come up with an academic description for it: «voluntary engagement with negative high - arousal stimuli.»

This was a basic finding from my interviews with adult graduates of Boston's voluntary city - suburban school desegregation program, METCO (recounted in The Other Boston Busing Story, Yale University Press, 2001).

Along with the Office's role as a support network and educator it has received $ 7.5 million funding over three years to assist schools in accessing accredited online safety programs as a voluntary certification program for online safety experts is slated for release later this year.

I have seen progress in recent years, with commitments to universal early education growing in states like Oklahoma, Georgia, Florida, and my home state of Massachusetts, where the legislature has consolidated governance of early - education programs and made a commitment to provide voluntary, universal prekindergarten for 3 -, 4 -, and 5 - year - olds by 2012.

The voluntary paper - and - pencil test, which Head Start programs may receive for $ 34 a copy from its developer, the University of Arizona, is too costly, takes too long to administer, is too complex for 3 - and 4 - year - olds, and does not provide useful child - development information, those familiar with it argue.

«ESAP is a voluntary program that is most effective with parents who need help with parenting and management skills,» Nakamura stated.

The program at Jefferson began as voluntary for teachers, with professional development for staff members who wanted to participate.

The tax - credit scholarship program is entirely funded by voluntary donations from individuals and businesses to Student Scholarship Organizations (SSOs), nonprofits that provide students with scholarships to attend private schools.

Third, it concludes with a checklist to guide districts and schools interested in implementing and evaluating a scaffolded voluntary summer reading program like Project READS.

And on the ground, educational entrepreneurs — like those starting Hebrew - language charters or secular charters with voluntary after - school religious programs — are already showing that great interest exists among providers and consumers.

This approach puts college counselors in low - income high schools ~ expands full - day voluntary prekindergarten ~ and works in conjunction with the strongest teacher - preparation programs to put the highest quality teachers in low - income classrooms.

Until last year, the Early Assessment Program was voluntary, with the students participating primarily those considering applying to a CSU campus.

Public school systems should offer voluntary parent education programs to help parents and guardians — especially those with very young children who do not yet attend school — to provide a supportive and stimulating home environment.

Mintrop (2001) suggested that student teacher training programs embedded with voluntary online seminars are useful to meet the immediate needs of individual teachers and build a sense of belonging, but the demands and expectations for learning under these situations should also be somewhat downscaled.

With the okay of a local school district and law enforcement, the new gun reform law allows for the arming of some teachers and other school personnel through a voluntary guardian program.

Deasy also took issue with the recorded message's assertion that the voluntary program was «high stakes.»

RAND: Math and reading advantage for kids with high attendance in 2014 voluntary #summerlearning programs = 20 - 25 % of typical annual gain

This dedication begins with its statewide voluntary preschool program for four - year - olds, complete with a strong set of standards.

L.A. Unified Supt. John Deasy, although named as a defendant, said Tuesday that he agreed with the lawsuit's major assertions: that state law requires the use of student test scores in evaluations and that the district does not use them except in a limited voluntary program involving 700 teachers and principals.

December 16, 2014 - Students attending voluntary, school district - led summer learning programs entered school in the fall with stronger mathematics skills than their peers who did not attend the programs, according to a new RAND Corporation study.

Elementary school students with high levels of attendance in voluntary summer learning programs — defined as at least 20 days of a five - to six - week program — experienced benefits in math and reading, according to new RAND Corporation findings from the largest research study ever conducted on summer learning.