Purpose and Goals Sample Clauses

Purpose and Goals. The Garfield Wellness & Recovery Center is a long-term Social Rehabilitation Facility (SRF) providing support and recovery services in a homelike environment. The facility is developed for the purpose of providing non-medical treatment and rehabilitation services to 18 to 59-year-old adults with significant, chronic, mental health challenges. The SRF will provide rehabilitation services that will help reduce clients’ readmissions or return to acute care facilities, hospitals, or institutions. The goal of the SRF program is to assist clients in reentering and functioning independently in their respective communities in 18 months or less. Each client will be made to feel at home in the facility. The client, the client’s representative, family member (where applicable), a licensed mental health professional, and the Program Director will collaboratively develop an individual Treatment Plan that will expedite recovery and the client’s readiness to function independently when he or she reenters the community. The client’s progress towards the goals in the plan will be evaluated on a monthly basis by a licensed mental health professional. The program will include services designed to assist persons considered seriously disabled due to a mental illness to develop skills to become self-sufficient and capable of increasing levels of independent functioning in the community. The services provided include non-medical psychiatric and psychological services, educational services, prevocational and vocational counseling, development of independent living skills, self-help and social skills, and community outreach to develop linkages with other support and service systems, including family members. All services shall be client-centered, in recognition of varying individual goals, diverse needs, concerns, strengths, motivations, and challenges. The program ensures the participation of clients in all aspects of the program, and plan development will include individual needs and services planning, program design and evaluation. The SRF program includes structured day and evening services that are described in the Range of Services section of the Program Plan.

Purpose and Goals. 2.1 The purpose of this Agreement is to establish the framework for cooperation between Canada and British Columbia, and to articulate the immediate measures and plan by the Parties to develop future Conservation and Recovery Measures that together support the recovery of Southern Mountain Caribou in the Province of BC to self-sustaining populations, in line with the outcomes identified in the Federal Recovery Strategy. 2.2 The goals of this Agreement are to: 2.2.1 Set out the measures that are being taken, and will be taken by Canada and British Columbia to support conservation and recovery of the Southern Mountain Caribou in the Province of BC; 2.2.2 Provide for engagement, and where appropriate consultation, with directly affected Indigenous peoples regarding the recovery of Southern Mountain Caribou in the Province of BC; 2.2.3 Coordinate planning efforts between Canada and British Columbia in respect of Conservation and Recovery Measures; 2.2.4 Establish a mechanism to resolve key knowledge gaps or technical disagreements with respect to Southern Mountain Caribou recovery; and 2.2.5 Facilitate the integration of new information into updated recovery and planning documents.

Purpose and Goals. The Parenting Awareness Drug Risk Education Services (PADRES) program provides community-based intervention services, brief case management, and evidenced-informed education to individuals who are parents or expectant parents to decrease the impact of substance use. Grantee will provide a planned and coordinated educational approach to decrease the effects of substance use within the family and to increase access to community resources and evidenced- informed education.

Purpose and Goals. Regular professional development and training is essential to the competence and overall effectiveness of all teachers and support personnel, no matter how experienced they may be. Participation in such continued learning is a required professional duty and part of each teacher's basic personal obligation to the profession and to the students of the District. At its best, professional development and continued learning is grounded in the instructional goals and programs of the District and the school, the best practices of successful teachers, and the everyday needs of students and teachers. While no professional development program will accomplish all goals for all participants, it is agreed that all professional development programs and activities -- whether designed and/or delivered by the Central District, a Local District, or the local school -- should seek to achieve the following goals, as applicable: a. Be grounded in, or consistent with, the California Standards for the Teaching Profession, and with any applicable State and District mandates, standards, initiatives and/or priorities; b. Be appropriately responsive to the site's needs assessment and/or evaluations of similar programs offered in the past; c. Deepen and broaden knowledge of subject matter and instructional content; as appropriate, be job-specific and differentiated to meet different experience levels, and designed for cumulative and sustained impact; d. Provide a strong foundation in the pedagogy of particular disciplines, assignments and instructional programs, knowledge about the teaching and learning processes, and improvement of the environment for student learning; e. Provide knowledge of applicable standards, the differences between standards-based instruction and other forms of instruction, and how to know when students are meeting or progressing toward a given standard; f. Be intellectually engaging and reflect the complexity of the teaching and learning processes; and g. Encourage and enable teachers to work together to provide consistent instruction and reinforce student progress.

Purpose and Goals. The Pregnant Parenting Intervention (PPI) program provides intervention services aimed at reducing the impact, severity, and cost associated with a substance exposed pregnancy to the mother and child dyad and their families by offering comprehensive case management services, community-based linkage and retention services, supports for family members/significant others and evidenced-informed education for mothers who report a past and/or present substance use disorder (SUD) diagnosis. Grantee will have a planned and coordinated approach to ensure that participants have continuous access to all available health and social services necessary to obtain an optimum level of functioning, prenatal/preventive care, and reduce the risk of substance use behavior.

Purpose and Goals. The member counties entered into this 28E Agreement to create a mental health and disability service regional administrative entity as described in the Iowa Code to provide local access to mental health and disability services for adults and to engage in any other related activity in which an Iowa 28E organization may lawfully be engaged (the “Region”).

Purpose and Goals. 1. The Parties enter into this Agreement for the purpose of planning, constructing, operating, maintaining, repairing and expanding the park and recreation facilities depicted on the Park Plan. It is the goal of the Parties to provide opportunities for students and members of the public at large to utilize the facilities for sporting and recreational activities in accordance with the Parties’ respective policies, rules and procedures for the use of such lands. Additionally, it is a goal of the Parties to promote the safe use of the facilities at reasonable hours and at the same time to maintain appropriate levels of security for the Hopewell Elementary School and provide for the safety of students. 2. The Parties agree that the Park Plan is a concept plan, and that the land development for, and construction of, the facilities will be substantially in accordance therewith. The Parties acknowledge and agree that minor deviations and changes to the Park Plan may be required for planning and construction reasons, and that substantial deviation or change will not be made without the agreement of the Parties. The Parties acknowledge and agree further that in the course of planning, construction, operation, maintenance and expansion of the facilities, additional written agreements or modifications to existing agreements may be required, and the Parties agree to exercise good faith to enter into reasonable agreements or modifications necessary to accomplish the purpose and goals of this Agreement.

Purpose and Goals. 2.1. It is the purpose of the City to continue a Dockless, Stand-up Electric Scooter Program (hereinafter the “program”) with Bird, to further observe, solicit feedback on, and evaluate the effectiveness of electric scooters in Appleton. In addition, the City shall further track the administrative, educational, and enforcement costs to the City associated with establishing an electric scooter program to more accurately determine the cost of a licensing scheme. There is no guarantee electric scooters will remain in the City after the completion of this program. Upon the conclusion of this program, the City shall take time to evaluate any feedback received, determine whether the following goals have been achieved, and to develop a more long-term licensing plan for the operation of Bird electric scooters, should the City create such a license. Electric scooters may provide many benefits to residents and visitors of Appleton. Electric scooters have the potential to help the City improve outcomes related to equity, congestion mitigation, health, and access to opportunity. The City also realizes the potential for disruption to pedestrian ways and other public rights of way. The parties agree that this program is intended to be fluid and subject to change in order to ensure the success of the program and further agree to work together to ensure the same. Changes to the MOU will comply with section 3.4 below. 2.2. The Goals of this program are as follows: 2.2.1. Increase transportation options: Electric scooters have the potential to reduce reliance on motor vehicles and ride sharing services for short trips, decreasing congestion and air quality impacts. 2.2.2. Expand access to transit: Electric scooters may provide links to public transit, assisting with connectivity and solving the first mile/last-mile problem. 2.2.3. Evaluate impacts on access to the public right-of-way: Bird must show a commitment to keeping pedestrian ways, streets, and other public rights-of- way unobstructed by electric scooters for other users. Most importantly, electric scooters must be parked and maintained in a manner that provides clear path for people walking and maintains access to businesses, residential units, and other buildings. 2.2.4. Evaluate the costs to the City: The City shall further track the costs of an electric scooter program to the City, including but not limited to costs associated with enforcement activities, administrative, and educational.

Purpose and Goals. The Wellness Program of the Amherst Exempted Village School District is available on a voluntary basis to all employees who are participants in the District Health Insurance Plan. Employees who enroll in the Wellness Program (WP) and stay in compliance with the ongoing requirements will be rewarded each month by being eligible for the lower employee contribution rate of the employee premium schedule. The WP’s primary goal is improved employee health and spirit. This is accomplished through early detection, employee awareness, education and the development of an environment promoting wellness activities. Through an active WP it is also statistically predicable that employee wellness translates into enhanced financial health for the groups medical plan.

Purpose and Goals. The purpose of this Agreement is to establish a mutually beneficial framework that both schools and law enforcement can work within to achieve shared goals. It is intended to facilitate effective, timely communication and coordination of efforts by and between both parties. The primary goals of this Agreement are to: (i) promote positive and supportive school climates; and (ii) create and maintain safe and secure school environments. To promote positive and supportive school climates, the parties will collaborate to increase law-related education, expand school safety and crime prevention efforts, reduce conflict, and support effective interventions for students. To create and maintain safe and secure school environments, the parties will collaborate to reduce and prevent crime, violence, victimization, and fear in and around schools, and minimize student involvement with the juvenile and criminal justice systems.