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The Government of Canada Helps Open Doors to Higher Education
It's getting easier to keep learning! Canadians interested in pursuing post-secondary education will now have access to more opportunities then ever, as details of the recent changes to student financial assistance were unveiled. The Honourable Monte Solberg, Minister of Human Resources and Social Development announced the changes at Kitchener's...
Tags: borrower, disability, FINANCE, Government of Canada, payment
Research articles 2008-08-25
Disability Access Corporation Announces Preparation To File Form 211 And To Seek Other Alternatives
LAS VEGAS -- Disability Access Corporation (Pink Sheets:DBYC) a subsidiary of PTS, Inc. (OTCBB:PTSH) announced that they are currently preparing for the commencement of its financial statement audits and intends to file a Form 211, so that the Company's securities can be re-listed onto the OTC Pink Sheets market. ...
Tags: audit, Company, compliance, disability, FINANCE, financial, SEC
Research articles 2008-05-19
Disability Access Corporation Resumes Trading
LAS VEGAS -- Disability Access Corporation (Pink Sheets:DBYC), had announced last month that trading was temporarily suspended, effective March 13, 2008, for ten business days as a result of an administrative action taken by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Effective March 28, 2008, the Corporation's common stock resumed trading under...
Tags: disability, FINANCE, SEC
Research articles 2008-04-02
inbox: letters to the editor
Disability Insurance Planning: Don't Expect Claims Process to Be Easy The article "Disability Insurance Planning for Professionals" by Lawrence B. Keller and Harry Wigler (December 2007) was very informative. Let me add some reallife experience to the discussion. The authors hint at the leverage that the insurance companies have in...
Tags: accounting, benefit, disability, FINANCE, financial, Financial Accounting Standards Board, Government, Insurance, Regulations, Sarbanes-Oxley, standards
Research articles 2008-03-01
New National Partnership of Four Major Universities to Support Veterans with Disabilities
A new consortium between Syracuse University, UCLA, Texas A&M and Florida State University will provide post-9/11 veterans disabled in Iraq and Afghanistan training--at no cost--in small business management SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- The year 2007 was the most violent for American troops serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. The number of...
Tags: consortium, disability, Entrepreneurship, FINANCE, partnership, Syracuse University, training
Research articles 2008-02-19
Airlines ordered to collect on one ticket only for disabled travelling with aides
The Canadian Transportation Agency has ordered Air Canada, Air Canada Jazz and West Jet to adopt a one-person-one-fare policy for persons with severe disabilities who travel within Canada by air. The airlines have one year to implement the policy. The tribunal's Decision means that for domestic services, Air Canada,...
Tags: Air Canada, disability, FINANCE, Transportation, tribunal
Research articles 2008-01-23
Neeginan Village ('Our Place')Transitional Housing Complex Receives $6.1 Million.
WINNIPEG, MANITOBA, Jul 10, 2007 CCNMatthews via COMTEX -- Aboriginal students who are single parents or have a disability, and who are homeless or at-risk of becoming homeless, will have a safe and accessible place to call home when Neeginan Village opens its doors. Canada's New...
Tags: Canada, disability, FINANCE, Government of Canada
Research articles 2007-07-10
ResCare Completes Kelly Acquisition
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- ResCare, Inc. (NASDAQ: RSCR), the nation's leading provider of residential, training, therapeutic, educational and support services for people with disabilities and special needs, today announced that its subsidiary, Southern Home Care Services, Inc., has completed its previously announced acquisition of Kelly Home Care Services, Inc. ("KHCS"), a...
Tags: disability, FINANCE, Investment, Kentucky, Nasdaq Stock Market Inc., training
Research articles 2007-04-02
ResCare to Participate in 25th Annual JPMorgan Healthcare Conference
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- ResCare, Inc. (NASDAQ: RSCR), the nation's leading provider of residential, training, therapeutic, educational and support services for people with disabilities and special needs, today announced that it will make a presentation regarding the Company on Thursday, January 11, 2007, at 12:30 p.m. Pacific Time (3:30 p.m. Eastern)...
Tags: Company, conference, disability, FINANCE, Investment, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., Kentucky, training
Research articles 2007-01-04
U.S. Labor Department Announces up to $5 Million in Grants for Self- Employment Pilots for People with Disabilities
WASHINGTON, June 7 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The U.S. Department of Laborbs Office of Disability Employment Policy ODEP is making available up to $5 million to fund pilot projects aimed at increasing self-employment opportunities for people with disabilities. "People with disabilities have much to offer in the 21st century and are...
Tags: disability, FINANCE, U.S. Department of Labor
Research articles 2006-06-07
U.S. District Court for W. District of NY rules insurance co. did
Concluding that the insurance company did not properly evaluate the plaintiff's disability claim, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York granted the plaintiff's motion for summary judgment. In remanding the plaintiff's disability claim to the insurance company in David M. Yaw v. First Unum...
Tags: disability, FINANCE, Insurance, U.S. District Court
Research articles 2006-05-09
National Council on Disability Statement Regarding the Voting RightsAct Reauthorization
WASHINGTON, May 8 /U.S. Newswire/ -- National Council on Disability NCD chairperson Lex Frieden today released the following statement regarding the Voting Rights Act reauthorization: NCD wishes to express its strong support for reauthorizing the provisions of the Voting Rights Act VRA set to expire in 2007. NCD is an...
Tags: disability, FINANCE, Government, MARKETING, Taxes
Research articles 2006-05-08
Alliance for Full Participation to Host Thousands in Developmental Disabilities Field at 'Many Voices, One Vision' Summit in Sept.
News Advisory: This Sept. 22-23, The Alliance for Full Participation AFP will host a first-of-its-kind event, the "Many Voices, One Vision" Summit 2005 in Washington, D.C. AFP is a formal partnership of leading organizations serving the developmental disabilities field that share a common vision -- to help create a better...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, alliance, disability, FINANCE, Strategy, Summit, vision
Research articles 2005-09-16
Wizard tracks access rules.(federal electronic data)(Brief Article)
GSA has developed an electronic wizard to help agencies comply with Section 508, the requirement that federal electronic data must be accessible to people with disabilities. The Buy Accessible Wizard is available at www.buyaccessible.gov. It can determine if Section 508 applies to an acquisition,...
Tags: agency, compliance, disability, FINANCE, Investment, MARKETING, Quality, U.S. General Services Administration
Research articles 2005-08-26
Fr. Pavone Praises Decision of Appeals Court Regarding Abortion Payment
WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Fr. Frank Pavone, national director of Priests for Life, issued the following statement praising a decision made by 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in ruling that a military woman who had an abortion where her unborn child had physical disabilities did not qualify...
Tags: disability, FINANCE, payment, U.S. Circuit Court, Washington
Research articles 2005-08-22
Study cites housing discrimination against senior citizens, others.(Housing)
Wheelchair-bound seniors may face discrimination when seeking non-subsidized rental housing, says a new report by the Washington, D.C.-based Urban Institute. In a study prepared for the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the institute conducted tests on access to rental housing among...
Tags: disability, FINANCE, institute, Urban Institute
Research articles 2005-07-29
Assistive technology.(Funding Opportunities)(Brief Article)
* The Department of Education's Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services seeks FY 2005 state applications for assistive technology alternative financing program to allow individuals with disabilities and their family members, guardians, advocates, and authorized representatives to purchase assistive technology devices and services. It...
Tags: disability, FINANCE, SOFTWARE, U.S. Department of Education
Research articles 2005-07-01
CRSC Staff Ready to Give Money to Veterans
"Our task is to help eligible retirees qualify for tax-free CRSC compensation in addition to their retired pay and VA disability compensation."Ms. Kathy Garfield, Combat Related Special Compensation CRSC processing chief at the Air Force Personnel Center, Randolph Air Force Base, Texas, shared those words after the CRSC team attended...
Tags: Air Force, Benefits, disability, FINANCE, Taxes
Research articles 2005-06-01
Pelosi: President Still Considering Disability Cuts as Part of Plan to Privatize Social Security
WASHINGTON, May 13 /U.S. Newswire/ -- House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement on the President's Social Security plan, which the White House acknowledged yesterday, would drastically cut benefits to Americans with disabilities: "Just two weeks ago, President Bush assured Americans that disability benefits would not be cut...
Tags: Benefits, disability, FINANCE, Government, president, White House
Research articles 2005-05-13
Bush request for disabilities programs reflects tight fiscal 2006 budget year.
The overall ratcheting down of federal spending is evident in President Bush's FY 2006 budget request for disabilities programs. The proposal seeks to cut Department of Health and Human Services programs by 1.2 percent overall. The fact that many disability programs would be level-funded, instead of...
Tags: disability, FINANCE, partnership, SOFTWARE, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Research articles 2005-02-01
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