Strengthening Communities Sample Clauses

Strengthening Communities. Embed the arts in system-wide initiatives that strengthen or heal communities.
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Strengthening Communities. Describe the Buffalo community your program will serve and the relationship between the community and your organization. If community volunteers play a critical role in your organization, please explain how the AmeriCorps member(s) will assist in the mobilizing of volunteers. Describe the program’s vision for the role of the member(s) in the recruitment, selection and training of volunteers. State how you will make the program sustainable so that when the member leaves your organization that the program can still provide demonstrable and meaningful service to the community. *Please be advised that capacity building service activities cannot be a main service activity for members as it is not part of Buffalo AmeriCorps performance measures.
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Strengthening Communities. Citizens are increasingly more active in their communities, regardless of age, gender, sexual orientation, ethnic origin, where they live, disability or faith/religion/ belief and contribute to active citizenship Local context: There are three key areas of delivery in this area, which all agencies in Shetland are able to make a contribution: • Community Development and Capacity Building • Volunteering • Social Economy Strengthening Communities delivers across all areas of Shetland’s outcomes, for example: Wealthier and Fairer: the social economy is able to provide employment opportunities, including for the more vulnerable Smarter: volunteering provides opportunities for skills development Healthier: volunteering and the social economy play a critical role in delivery Safer: volunteering and the social economy play a critical role in delivery Stronger: helping communities to flourish, with improved opportunities Greener: social enterprise and volunteering are key to delivery of a greener society in Shetland Key Delivery Partners: all CPP partners, with lead role from Voluntary Action Shetland, Shetland Islands Council & Highlands and Islands Enterprise. Relevant Framework/Strategy/Plan: Community Regeneration Policy; Single Delivery Framework. Monitoring
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Related to Strengthening Communities

  • SECTION 109 OF THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1974 The Contractor shall comply with the provisions of Section 109 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974. No person in the United States shall on the grounds of race, color, national origin, or sex be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity funded in whole or in part with funds made available under this title. Section 109 further provides that discrimination on the basis of age under the Age Discrimination Act of 1975 or with respect to an otherwise qualified handicapped individual as provided in Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, is prohibited.

  • PUBLIC ENTITY CRIME Section 287.133(3)(d), Florida Statutes, provides that the Florida Department of Management Services shall maintain a list of the names and addresses of those who have been disqualified from participating in the public contracting process under this section. xxxx://xxx.xxx.xxxxxxxxx.xxx/business_operations/state_purchasing/vendor_infor xxxxxx/convicted_suspended_discriminatory_complaints_vendor_lists/convicted_ve ndor_list A person or affiliate who has been placed on The Convicted Vendor list following a conviction for a public entity crime shall not submit a bid on a contract with a public entity for the construction or repair of a public building or public work, shall not submit bids on leases of real property to a public entity, shall not be awarded or perform work as a contractor, supplier, subcontractor, or consultant under a contract with a public entity, and shall not transact business with any public entity in excess of the threshold amount provided in Florida Statute Section 287.017, for CATEGORY TWO for a period of thirty- six (36) months from the date of being placed on The Convicted Vendor List.

  • ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION STANDARDS CONTRACTOR shall be in compliance with the Clean Air Act (Title 42 USC Section 7401 et seq.), the Clean Water Act (Title 33 USC Section 1251 et seq.), Executive Order 11738 and Environmental Protection Agency, hereinafter referred to as “EPA,” regulations (Title 40 CFR), as any may now exist or be hereafter amended. Under these laws and regulations, CONTRACTOR assures that:

  • Public Entity Crimes A person or affiliate who has been placed on the convicted vendor list following a conviction of a public entity crime may not be awarded or perform work as a contractor, supplier, subcontractor, or consultant under a contract with any public entity in excess of the threshold amount provided in Florida Statutes, Section 287.017 for Category Two for a period of thirty-six (36) months from the date of being placed on the convicted vendor list.

  • Benefit Protection Plan For employees who have approved disability claims (excluding those for work-related injuries) under the City's Flex disability insurance carrier, management shall continue the City's medical, dental, and basic life insurance plan subsidies for a maximum of two years or at the close of claim, whichever is less. Employees must have been enrolled in a Flex medical, dental and/or basic life plan prior to the beginning of the disability leave. Coverage in this program will end if the employee retires (service or disability) or leaves City service for any reason.

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