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Government of Canada Supports Youth in Skilled Trades

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May 17, 2012

EDMONTON, ALBERTA, May 16, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) – Over the past three days, Skills/Competences Canada hosted approximately 500 youth from across the country as they competed in over 40 different trade and technology competitions. Speaking at the closing ceremony of the Skills Canada National Competition, Dr. Kellie Leitch, Parliamentary Secretary to Diane Finley,...
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N.H. grants can help grow your business

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May 15, 2012
N.H. grants can help grow your business

Print this Article    Email this Article If you have ever been involved with a nonprofit, you are probably familiar with grants. Grants do not need to be repaid and can be a wonderful funding source for programs and operations, but they are competitive and almost always restricted to nonprofit entities. As the former executive...
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New Funding Models for Sport Federations

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May 12, 2012

Pretoria — Funding from the Department of Sport and Recreation to national federations will from this year be divided into two tiers – namely guaranteed and conditional. This was announced by Minister Fikile Mbalula during his Budget Vote in Parliament on Friday. He said the conditional funding will be outcome based. “The measurement will...
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Baltimore, other cities battle federal security funding plan

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May 12, 2012
Baltimore, other cities battle federal security funding plan

Local homeland security officials in Baltimore and across the country are fighting a proposal to change how $2 billion in federal emergency management money is distributed — a change they say would jeopardize regional efforts to respond to terrorist attacks, major storms and other disasters. The proposal by the Obama administration would require local...
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Make your voice hear at regional council sessions

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May 7, 2012

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has announced a second round of grant funding. The Central New York Regional Economic Development Council will have the chance to compete for up to $750 million in additional funding for economic development projects. During the last round of funding, Central New York was a “Best Plan” awardee, receiving close to...
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Arch Grants Awards First $750000 in Grants

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May 7, 2012

ST. LOUIS, May 07, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) – Arch Grants ( http://archgrants.org ), the global business plan competition providing $50,000 grants to startups and taking no equity in return, today with Missouri Governor Jay Nixon and Square co-founder and head of the Arch Grants Advisory Board Jim McKelvey, announced the recipients of its first...
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State budget surplus justifies revisiting funding for schools

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May 7, 2012
State budget surplus justifies revisiting funding for schools

When Gov. John Kasich and the Republican controlled General Assembly adopted the state’s $55 billion biennium budget, they justified the deep cuts in funding for school districts and local governments by contending that they had to deal with an $8 billion deficit in the spending plan. Indeed, Kasich had used the $8 billion figure...
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Calls for more transparency over allocations of grants by Limerick City Council

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May 6, 2012

By David Hurley Published on Sunday 6 May 2012 14:00 CALLS have been made for the introduction of a more transparent method of allocating monies through the Social Intervention Grants scheme. Members of Limerick City Council’s Social Policy and Housing SPC have approved the allocation of almost €250,000 in grants to community and voluntary...
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Greens applaud dental package in budget

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May 6, 2012

A half billion dollar package to cut dental waiting lists is the first step towards developing a national dental care scheme, Greens senator Richard di Natale says. The federal government on Sunday announced a $515.3 million dentistry package ahead of Tuesday’s budget. The package includes $345.9 million to treat some of the 400,000 patients...
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Guest column: Funding gap undermines right to counsel

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May 6, 2012

Much has been said recently about a 20-year recurring state budget miscalculation that has resulted in a multimillion-dollar funding shortage for public defense in Davidson and Shelby counties. While this is accurate, we are realists. We know state taxpayers can’t afford to pay the entire shortage. That’s why we sought a correction of the...
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