Sentences with phrase «with federal benchmarks»

Policy makers should both mandate and provide necessary resources and training to enable local and state programs to coordinate services, monitor performance measures and track participant outcomes using criteria aligned with federal benchmarks.

Not exact matches

Since December 2015, the policymaking Federal Open Market Committee has raised interest rates six times, with the funds benchmark now targeted at 1.5 percent to 1.75 percent.

Stocks are unlikely to be derailed by a surge in interest rates, with the Federal Reserve Board expected to lift its benchmark short - term rate by only modest amounts two or three times during the rest of the year.

That view gained momentum in late February when the benchmark yield climbed past 2.9 % — more than twice its historic lows in July 2016 — following a Congressional question - and - answer session with the new Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell.

The US Federal Reserve System decided to leave its benchmark interest rate untouched following its two - day policy meeting on July 25 - 26, in line with market expectations.

While not exactly hitting the Federal Reserve's revered 2.0 % annual inflation target, it was apparently close enough to create more jitters in the bond market, with the yield on the U.S. Treasury's benchmark 10 - year note immediately climbing seven basis points to 2.91 %, its highest level in more than four years.

The law goes beyond federal minimum requirements to specifically include nutritional requirements for a la carte items and school sponsored fundraisers before, during, and after school hours, and requires that a planned, sequential K - 12 health and physical education curriculum aligned with state benchmarks be included in the wellness policy.

Evidence - Based Model Crosswalk to Benchmarks: Model Alignment With Benchmark (PDF - 641 KB) U.S. Department of Health and Human Services & Health Resources and Services Administration (2011) Describes the Affordable Care Act Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program (MIECHV), and how the act responds, through evidence - based home visiting programs, to diverse needs of children and families in at - risk communities through collaboration at the Federal, State, and community levels.

Launched in September 2013, through a three - year cooperative agreement with Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC), the Home Visiting CoIIN works to achieve breakthrough improvements in select process and outcome measures, including benchmark areas legislatively mandated for the Federal Home Visiting program, while reducing or maintaining program costs.

The legislation strikes references to Common Core and requires the state board of education to adopt what it calls «college and career readiness» standards that meet national and international benchmarks and comply with federal standards while maintaining Indiana's sovereignty... Some critics of the board of education say the standards they are developing hew too closely to Common Core.

Spence is a member of the leadership team for the Consortium of Large Countywide and Suburban School Districts, which works in partnership with AASA to provide a forum for member school divisions to collaborate on issues of practice, benchmark key data points against other districts, and collectively focus on federal advocacy.

Your credit card interest rate will probably rise and fall along with the Prime Rate as it changes, and the Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate Dec. 14 for only the second time in eight years.

Last week, the Federal Reserve raised its benchmark rate, the second time in three months, which means interest rates are ticking up between 0.75 percent and 1 percent on basically any service or product with an interest rate.

With the broad - market benchmark pushing the 10 % correction level, the president of the St. Louis Fed, James Bullard, suggested that his colleagues at the U.S. Federal Reserve could always rethink the use of additional bond buying with an extension of quantitative easing (With the broad - market benchmark pushing the 10 % correction level, the president of the St. Louis Fed, James Bullard, suggested that his colleagues at the U.S. Federal Reserve could always rethink the use of additional bond buying with an extension of quantitative easing (with an extension of quantitative easing (QE).

With a positive economic outlook for this coming year, the Federal Reserve anticipates further increasing the benchmark interest rate another three times in 2018.1

With the U.S. economy rolling along, the Federal Reserve has pushed its benchmark short - term interest rate to a range of 1.5 % to 1.75 % — the highest since 2008 — and has signaled more hikes to come.

With inflation ticking higher and the employment situation improving, the Federal Reserve anticipates gradually lifting the benchmark federal funds rate in 2017 and 2018.1 Officials are also discussing plans to shrink the Fed's huge bond portfolio ($ 4.5 triFederal Reserve anticipates gradually lifting the benchmark federal funds rate in 2017 and 2018.1 Officials are also discussing plans to shrink the Fed's huge bond portfolio ($ 4.5 trifederal funds rate in 2017 and 2018.1 Officials are also discussing plans to shrink the Fed's huge bond portfolio ($ 4.5 trillion).

Overall, the final rule attempts to balance both the autonomy of the states with the necessity to create a federal benchmark to preserve the privacy of personally identifiable health information.

These reports highlight the need for all Australian governments, led by the federal government, to have clearly targeted, long - term plans which identify redressing Indigenous disadvantage as a national priority and which measure progress within an equality framework; to be transparent about the outcomes sought, with adequate performance indicators and benchmarks; and to ensure ongoing and independent monitoring and evaluation of outcomes.

The Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation proposes, in the national strategy to overcome Indigenous disadvantage, that Commonwealth / State fiscal relations with Indigenous people could be improved by governments employing mechanisms to ensure adequate funding; offering supplementary funding incentives for meeting benchmarks agreed with Indigenous organizations (such as through federal Special Purpose Payments grants); pooling funds across agencies and levels of government; developing a joint agency approach to coordination of services and programs; creating flexible funding arrangements; ensuring geographic distribution of funds; and through prioritising the allocation of funds to community controlled services.

The core competencies are organized around six Topic Areas that align with the federal MIECHV Benchmarks.

The Federal Reserve at the end of 2015 increased its benchmark interest rate for the first time in almost a decade and home buyers responded with a big... ho - hum.

With the Federal Reserve signaling plans to raise its benchmark rate at least three times in 2017, it's no surprise that the vast majority of respondents expect to see rates go up.

Earlier this year, it seemed almost certain that the central bankers at the U.S. Federal Reserve would go ahead with regular 25 - basis - point increases to benchmark interest rates.

While respondents showed overall confidence in the market, compared with last year, they expressed greater concern about how an increase in the Federal Reserve's benchmark interest rate may affect their ability to buy a home.