Sentences with phrase «youth development initiatives»

James has worked for more than 20 years in various leadership roles supporting child and youth development initiatives.

As a participant and organizer of more than 17 neighborhood - based youth development initiatives, this course is of great importance to me...

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By focusing on youth, addressing critical education and health outcomes, organizing collaborative actions and initiatives that support students, and strongly engaging community resources, the WSCC approach offers important opportunities that may improve healthy development and educational attainment for students.

Mr. Speaker, the 2018 - 2021 Budget is informed by the President's Coordinated Programme for Economic and Social Development Policies which aims at creating a conducive environment for the private sector to thrive, propel growth and create employment opportunies, especially for the youth.In this regard, Government's policy objectives for the medium term will aim at: • Stabilizing the economy and setting it on a path of sustained, diversified and resilient growth; • Optimizing the key sources of growth in the economy on sustainable basis; • Enhancing a competitive and enabling business environment for private sector - led growth; • Formalizing the informal sector; • Building a strong and resilient economy able to withstand internal and external shocks; • Promoting agro-industrial enterprises as the basis for the «One District, One Factory» initiative; and • Creating entrepreneurial and employment opportunities, especially for the youth.

At noon, Reps. Adriano Espaillat and Bobby Scott meet youth, educators, and service providers to discuss the impact of New York's summer youth employment program and other initiatives, followed by a press conference with NYC Department of Youth and Community Development Commissioner Bill Chong and Children's Aid Society Adolescence Programs Vice President Sandra Escamilla - Davies, Columbia University, Baker Athletic Complex, 533 W 218th St., Manhayouth, educators, and service providers to discuss the impact of New York's summer youth employment program and other initiatives, followed by a press conference with NYC Department of Youth and Community Development Commissioner Bill Chong and Children's Aid Society Adolescence Programs Vice President Sandra Escamilla - Davies, Columbia University, Baker Athletic Complex, 533 W 218th St., Manhayouth employment program and other initiatives, followed by a press conference with NYC Department of Youth and Community Development Commissioner Bill Chong and Children's Aid Society Adolescence Programs Vice President Sandra Escamilla - Davies, Columbia University, Baker Athletic Complex, 533 W 218th St., ManhaYouth and Community Development Commissioner Bill Chong and Children's Aid Society Adolescence Programs Vice President Sandra Escamilla - Davies, Columbia University, Baker Athletic Complex, 533 W 218th St., Manhattan.

He further appealed to the Minister of Zongo and Inner City Development to bring out initiatives that may encouraged Zongo youth to be entrepreneurs.

He said 4,500 head porters, popularly referred to as «Kayayei», would be trained and employed as garment manufacturers under a new module which would be rolled out soon, while 2,000 youth would be engaged under the youth in green Ghana project, an initiative between the agency and the Department Parks and Gardens of the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development.

The Council of State has impressed upon President John Dramani Mahama to fasten the process of change initiated into troubled government intervention initiatives such as the Savannah Accelerated Development Authority (SADA) and Ghana Youth Employment and Entrepreneurial Development Agency (GYEEDA).

The governor consequently listed the objectives for the 2018 budget to include, intensifying efforts on independent revenue initiatives, massive infrastructural development, wealth creation through empowerment of youths, artisans, farmers and market women; and enhancing the community development through improved collaboration with communities, among others.

The governor asserted that the plethora of development initiatives, especially the Social Security Scheme and the Youth Volunteer Programmes, which his administration introduced, attracted the World Bank to Ekiti as pilot state for its Youth Employment and Social Support Operation (YESSO).

Rodriguez was awarded $ 735,000 in city funds, which could be spent in four categories: senior services run in connection with the Department of the Aging, youth services through the Department of Youth and Community Development, anti-poverty initiatives and local projyouth services through the Department of Youth and Community Development, anti-poverty initiatives and local projYouth and Community Development, anti-poverty initiatives and local projects.

He also commended the CBN's initiative to give three million naira each to empower eligible youths under the Youth Initiative Empowerment Development Programme (YIEDP), which was open to youths who are either serving in the National Youth Service Corps or those who have not spent more than five years post NYSC service.

The research focused on seventh - and eighth - grade students participating in the Camden Youth Development Study, an initiative funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse at the National Institutes of Health.

The initiative led by Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL) on behalf of the Ministerial Council for Education, Early Childhood Development and Youth Affairs (MCEECDYA) has finalised a set of Professional Standards for Teachers and a set of Professional Standards for Principals.

The initiative underscores a central aim of the Earth Charter Declaration to «provide all, especially children and youth, with educational opportunities that empower them to contribute actively to sustainable development.»

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The new initiative grew out of The Wallace Foundation's years of work in youth development, including a dozen - year effort to encourage citywide coordination for afterschool that yielded more than 40 publications and found, according to a study by RAND, «that organizations across cities could work together toward increasing access, quality, data - based decision making and sustainability.»

Through the Meaningful Student and Family Engagement initiative, OKF increased district and school capacity to ensure the voices and priorities of over 500 youth and families of color were included in school improvement processes and reform efforts — including development of school plans, budgets, and policies at the district level and at three partner schools.

She currently serves as a Scholar for the Mass Humanities funded Photos de Nosotros initiative, a youth - led creative writing and photography community development project that seeks to highlight Lawrencians through photography and creative writing.

REA has evaluated four of Youth Radio «s NSF - funded initiatives to provide training in science journalism and technology development to underserved young people, and to create digital media toolkits for educators.

Ms. Russell currently directs several PSA evaluations of out - of - school time initiatives, including the evaluations of the Out - of - School Time initiative for the New York City Department of Youth and Community Development, and of the national demonstration of ExpandED for The After School Corporation.

Palmetto Character Council (South Carolina) The Palmetto Character Council (PCC) consists of a diverse group of educators, non-profit representatives, and citizens who are interested in supporting character development initiatives to benefit South Carolina youth and their families.

Through this initiative, project communities received hands on curriculum, professional development, and coaching around best practices to engage youth in summer and STEM.

The At the Table initiative belonged to the Innovation Center for Community and Youth Development in Chevy Chase, Maryland.

This Resource Note highlights strategies and initiatives that state policymakers, program officials, and other leaders can use to improve the coordination and funding of youth workforce development programs.

-- Raising Readers: Books Are for Everyone, a reading - appreciation initiative that offers programs and free books to underserved populations as provided by the National Book Foundation and the Department of Youth and Community Development.

It is with your organization that I offer my extensive career experience, educational consultancy, innovative and creative educational development programs and sound student scholastic initiatives, demonstrating creative and successful process improvement methodologies in teaching today's youth.

Innovative, highly trained and creative Human Services professional with a proven track record in managing the youth through elderly in providing extensive assistance and personal care and development initiatives that foster independence, quality of life, and community involvement.

The Ballymun Youth Action Project has been to the forefront of this response from the outset, through the development of prevention education, community based treatment responses, and research initiatives designed to identify community specific patterns.

Implementation of a Workforce Initiative to Build Trauma - informed Child Welfare Practice and Services: Findings from the Massachusetts Child Trauma Project (PDF - 296 KB) Fraser, Griffin, Barto, Lo, Wenz - Gross, Spinazzola, Bodian, Nisenbaum, & Bartlett (2014) Children and Youth Services Review, 44 Describes the development and implementation of the Massachusetts Child Trauma Project (MCTP), a statewide initiative to enhance the capacity of child welfare workers and child mental health providers to identify, respond, and intervene early and effectively with children traumatized by chronic loss, abuse, neglect, and violence.

Consistent with its mission, Center initiatives focus on school - based prevention and intervention programs; childhood mental health and positive youth development; family strengthening; juvenile justice, court interventions and community safety; community health; system of care and cultural competency; and workforce development to advance educational success, health and well - being.

Comprehensive Website — this website features quality resources for the youth mentoring field, including a wealth of evidence reviews, resources, and links to additional reading that can support practitioners, researchers and policymakers in evaluating and improving practice, understanding best practices in mentoring and supporting decisions related to the development, funding, and evaluation of youth mentoring initiatives.

Schlecht also helped lead the development, distribution, and analysis of the provider survey for the Voices of Youth Count (VoYC) initiative, a national research initiative focusing on the experiences of runaway and homeless yYouth Count (VoYC) initiative, a national research initiative focusing on the experiences of runaway and homeless youthyouth.

Work in all three of these domains demands better measurement methods to support educational initiatives designed to better prepare and support our youth and their healthy development.

Typical services include neighbourhood centres, youth development programs and sector development initiatives.