families Justice Department Charges South Carolina Landlord with Discrimination Against Families with Children By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 21 Sep 2011 18:31:32 EDT The Justice Department today filed a lawsuit against a Charleston, S.C.-area landlord for violating the Fair Housing Act by discriminating against families with children. Full Article OPA Press Releases
families Justice Department Files Fair Housing Lawsuit Against the Owners and Managers of Rental Homes in Mississippi for Discrimination Against Families with Children By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 18:07:07 EST The Justice Department today filed a lawsuit against the owners and managers of 23 rental homes in Magee, Miss., for violating the Fair Housing Act by discriminating against families with children. Full Article OPA Press Releases
families Fair Housing Lawsuit Filed Against California Municipality for Discriminating Against Families with Children By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 22 Nov 2011 16:40:46 EST The Justice Department filed a lawsuit yesterday against a California municipality and a homeowners’ association for discriminating against families with children in violation of the Fair Housing Act. Full Article OPA Press Releases
families Assistant Attorney General Thomas E. Perez Speaks on Protections and Benefits for Military Families in Federal-state Mortgage Settlement Call By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:08:47 EST "The federal-state agreement contains provisions to ensure that our servicemembers receive the full protection of current law, as well as substantial new benefits," said Assistant Attorney General Perez. Full Article Speech
families Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division Stuart F. Delery Speaks at the White House LGBT Conference on Families By www.justice.gov Published On :: Sat, 28 Apr 2012 10:17:59 EDT "Over the past three years, the President and federal agencies throughout the government have taken crucial steps to support LGBT individuals and their families," said Acting Assistant Attorney General Delery. Full Article Speech
families Justice Department Settles Lawsuit Against South Carolina Landlord for Discriminating Against Families with Children By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 14 Aug 2012 10:29:22 EDT The Justice Department announced today that John Wingard Altman has agreed to pay $25,000 to settle a lawsuit involving violations of the Fair Housing Act at Altman Apartments, a 16-unit apartment complex he owns in Summerville, S.C. In July 2012, the court, ruling on a motion filed by the government, found that the defendant had violated the Fair Housing Act by discriminating against families with children. Full Article OPA Press Releases
families Justice Department Files Fair Housing Lawsuit Against Florida Homeowners Association and Management Company for Discrimination Against Families with Children By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 10 Oct 2012 12:05:36 EDT The Justice Department today filed a lawsuit against the homeowners association and former manager of a 249-townhome community in Gibsonton, Fla., for violating the Fair Housing Act by discriminating against families with children. Full Article OPA Press Releases
families Justice Department Settles Lawsuit Against Owners and Managers of Rental Homes in Mississippi for Discriminating Against Families with Children By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 17 Apr 2013 15:53:26 EDT The Justice Department announced today that Marcus Manly Magee III, Ina Magee and their company, M.M. and S. Inc., have agreed to pay $27,000 to settle a lawsuit involving violations of the Fair Housing Act. Full Article OPA Press Releases
families Justice Department Sues Cleveland Landlord for Discriminating Against Families with Children By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 30 Sep 2013 19:33:29 EDT The Justice Department announced today that it has filed a lawsuit against the manager and owner of the Linden House Apartments in Cleveland for refusing to rent apartments to families with children in violation of the federal Fair Housing Act. Full Article OPA Press Releases
families Justice Department Charges California Apartment Owner and Staff with Discrimination Against Families with Children By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 25 Oct 2013 18:04:23 EDT The Justice Department today filed a lawsuit against the owner and operators of a Fremont, Calif., apartment complex, alleging that they had discriminated against families with children in violation of the Fair Housing Act by prohibiting children from playing in the common grassy areas of the complex. Full Article OPA Press Releases
families Justice Department Charges Minn. Condominium Association, Management Company and Property Manager with Discrimination Against Families with Children By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 25 Nov 2013 16:41:36 EST The Justice Department filed a lawsuit today against the homeowner’s association, management company and property manager of a Minnetonka, Minn., condominium complex, alleging that they discriminated against families with children in violation of the Fair Housing Act. Full Article OPA Press Releases
families Justice Department Files Fair Housing Lawsuit Against Owner and Manager of Rental Housing in New Hampshire for Discrimination Against Families with Children By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 17 Dec 2013 09:59:11 EST The Justice Department today filed a lawsuit against the owner and manager of rental apartments in Jaffrey, N.H., for violating the Fair Housing Act by discriminating against families with children. Full Article OPA Press Releases
families Federal Agencies Partner to Protect Veterans, Service Members and Their Families Using Gi Bill Education Benefits By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 14:19:34 EST The Departments of Veterans Affairs, Defense, Education and Justice, along with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Federal Trade Commission announced today the launch of a new online complaint system designed to collect feedback from veterans, service members and their families who are experiencing problems with educational institutions receiving funding from Federal military and veterans educational benefits programs, including benefits programs provided by the Post-9/11 GI Bill and the DoD Military Tuition Assistance Program. Full Article OPA Press Releases
families Justice Department Files Fair Housing Lawsuit Against Owner and Managers of Illinois Mobile Home Park for Discriminating Against African-Americans and Families with Children By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 4 Feb 2014 17:53:46 EST The Justice Department filed a lawsuit today against the owner and those responsible for the management of a 126-space mobile home park in Effingham, Ill., for violating the Fair Housing Act by discriminating against African-Americans and families with children. Full Article OPA Press Releases
families Trump Hasn’t Released Funds That Help Families of COVID-19 Victims Pay for Burials. Members of Congress Want to Change That. By tracking.feedpress.it Published On :: 2020-05-04T13:45:00-04:00 by Yeganeh Torbati ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Democratic members of Congress are urging President Donald Trump to authorize FEMA to reimburse funeral expenses for victims of the coronavirus pandemic, citing ProPublica’s reporting about the administration’s policies. “Just as with all previous disasters, we should not expect the families of those that died — or the hardest hit states — to pay for burials,” said the statement issued Friday from Rep. Bennie Thompson, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, and Rep. Peter DeFazio, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. “President Trump needs to step up and approve this assistance so FEMA can pay for the funerals of our fellow Americans so they can be buried in dignity. It is the least he can do.” ProPublica reported last week that Trump has yet to free up a pool of disaster funding specifically intended to help families cover burial costs, despite requests from approximately 30 states and territories. In lieu of federal help, grieving families are turning to religious institutions and online fundraisers to bury the dead. Trump has sharply limited the kinds of assistance that FEMA can provide in responding to the coronavirus pandemic. In an April 28 memorandum, he authorized FEMA to provide crisis counseling services but said that authority “shall not be construed to encompass any authority to approve other forms of assistance.” In a statement last week, a FEMA spokesperson said the approval of assistance programs “is made at the discretion of the President.” A spokeswoman for the White House’s Office of Management and Budget last week referred questions to FEMA, and she and two White House spokesmen did not respond to a request for comment on Monday. The administration’s failure so far to pay for funeral costs does not appear to be because of a lack of funds. Congress gave FEMA’s disaster relief fund an extra boost of $45 billion in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act in March. On Sunday, NJ Advance Media reported that as of April 25, FEMA had committed less than $6 billion in disaster relief for the coronavirus pandemic, and it has $80.5 billion in available disaster relief funds. The information was attributed to a FEMA spokesperson. FEMA did not respond to a request to confirm the figures. Calls for FEMA aid are likely to spike in the coming months, as hurricane season approaches and wildfire activity hits an anticipated peak. The amount FEMA reimburses for funeral expenses can vary, but a September 2019 report from the Government Accountability Office found that FEMA paid about $2.6 million in response to 976 applications for funeral costs of victims of three 2017 hurricanes, or an average of about $2,700 per approved application. If FEMA provided that amount for every one of the nearly 68,000 people in America reported to have died in the pandemic thus far, it would cost the government about $183 million. Do you have access to information about the U.S. government response to the coronavirus that should be public? Email yeganeh.torbati@propublica.org. Here’s how to send tips and documents to ProPublica securely. Full Article
families Challenges Facing Low-Income Individuals and Families By webfeeds.brookings.edu Published On :: Wed, 11 Feb 2015 00:00:00 -0500 Thanks for inviting me to testify on the important topic of challenges facing low-income families. It is an honor to testify before the Human Resources Subcommittee. I applaud your purposes and hope that I can help the Subcommittee members understand our current circumstances regarding work, benefits, and poverty by single mothers a little better. For well over a decade, my Brookings colleague Isabel Sawhill, a Democrat and former member of the Clinton administration, and I have been analyzing data and writing about the factors that influence both poverty rates and economic mobility.[i] We long ago concluded that education, work, and marriage are major keys to reducing poverty and increasing economic opportunity. We also emphasize the role of personal responsibility in all three of these vital components of building a path to the American Dream. But government programs to help low-income American parents escape poverty and build opportunity for themselves and their children are also important. In today’s hearing, the Subcommittee is taking testimony about marriage and work, two of these three keys to reducing poverty and increasing opportunity. Brad Wilcox from the University of Virginia will discuss the decline of married-couple families, the explosion of births outside marriage, and the consequent increase in the number of the nation’s children being reared by single (and often never-married) mothers. The increase in the proportion of children in female-headed families contributes to substantial increases in poverty by virtue of the fact that poverty rates in female-headed families are four to five times as great as poverty rates in married-couple families.[ii] If the share of the nation’s children in female-headed families continues to increase as it has been doing for four decades, policies to reduce poverty will be fighting an uphill battle because the rising rates of single-parent families will exert strong upward pressure on the poverty rate.[iii] But perhaps of even greater consequence, children reared in single-parent families are more likely to drop out of school, more likely to be arrested, less likely to go to college, more likely to be involved in a nonmarital birth, and more likely to be idle (not in school, not employed) than children from married-couple families.[iv] In this way, a disproportionate number of children from single-parent families carry poverty into the next generation and thereby minimize intergenerational mobility. So far public and nongovernmental programs have not been able to reverse falling marriage rates or rising nonmarital birth rates, but there is a lot we have done and can do to increase work rates, especially the work rates of low-income mothers. The goal of my testimony today is to explain the government policies that have been adopted in recent decades to increase work rates and subsidize earnings, which in turn have led to substantial declines in poverty. I make two points and a small number of recommendations. The first point is that the employment of low-income single mothers has increased over the two decades, in large part because of work requirements in federal programs, especially Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). The recessions of 2001 and 2007-2009 caused the employment rate of single mothers to fall (as well as nearly every other demographic group), but after both recessions work rates began to rise again. The second point is that the work-based safety net is an effective way to boost the income of working families with children that would be poor without the work supports. In my view, this combination of work requirements and work supports is the most successful approach the nation has yet developed to fight poverty in single-parent families with children. Here’s the essence of the policy approach: first, encourage or cajole single mothers to work by establishing work requirements in federal welfare programs; second, subsidize the earnings of low-income workers, both to increase their work incentive and to help them escape poverty. The primary work-based safety-net programs are the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), the Additional Child Tax Credit, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), child care, and Medicaid. [i] Ron Haskins and Isabel Sawhill, Work and Marriage: The Way to End Poverty and Welfare (Washington: Brookings Institution, 2003); Haskins and Sawhill, Creating an Opportunity Society (Washington: Brookings Institution Press, 2009) [ii] Ron Haskins, “The Family is Here to Stay,” Future of Children 25, no. 2 (forthcoming); Kaye Hymowitz, Jason S. Carroll, W. Bradford Wilcox, and Kelleen Kaye, Knot Yet: The Benefits and Costs of Delayed Marriage in America (Charlottesville, VA: The National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia, The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy, and The Relate Institute, 2013). For an explanation of the central role of family structure in the continuing black-white income gap, see Deirdra Bloome, “Racial Inequality Trends and the Intergenerational Persistence of Income and Family Structure,” American Sociological Review 79 (December 2014): 1196-1225. [iii] Maria Cancian and Ron Haskins, “Changes in Family Composition: Implications for Income, Poverty, and Public Policy,” ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 654 (2014): 31-47. [iv] Sara McLanahan, Laura Tach, and Daniel Schneider, “The Causal Effect of Father Absence,” Annual Review of Sociology 29 (2013): 399-427. Downloads Full Testimony Authors Ron Haskins Publication: Subcommittee on Human Resources and Committee on Ways and Means Image Source: © Lucy Nicholson / Reuters Full Article
families The war and Syria’s families By webfeeds.brookings.edu Published On :: Wed, 22 Mar 2017 14:39:21 +0000 The tragedy of the Syrian conflict extends beyond its nearly 500,000 deaths, 2 million injured, and the forced displacement of half its population. The violence and social and cultural forces unleashed by the war have torn families apart, which will likely have a long lasting impact on Syria. There is universal understanding that the […] Full Article
families Strengthening families, not just marriages By webfeeds.brookings.edu Published On :: Wed, 09 Dec 2015 13:43:00 -0500 In their recent blog for Social Mobility Memos, Brad Wilcox, Robert Lerman, and Joseph Price make a convincing case that a stable family structure is an important factor in increased social mobility, higher economic growth, and less poverty over time. Why is marriage so closely tied to family income? The interesting question is: what lies behind this relationship? Why is a rise (or a smaller decline) in the proportion of married families associated, for example, with higher growth in average family incomes or a decline in poverty? The authors suggest a number of reasons, including the positive effects of marriage for children, less crime, men’s engagement in work, and income pooling. Of these, however, income pooling is by far the most important. Individual earnings have increased very little, if at all, over the past three or four decades, so the only way for families to get ahead was to add a second earner to the household. This is only possible within marriage or some other type of income pooling arrangement like cohabitation. Marriage here is the means: income pooling is the end. Is marriage the best route to income pooling? How do we encourage more people to share incomes and expenses? There are no easy answers. Wilcox and his co-authors favor reducing marriage penalties in tax and benefit programs, expanding training and apprenticeship programs, limiting divorces in cases where reconciliation is still possible, and civic efforts to convince young people to follow what I and others have called the “success sequence.” All of these ideas are fine in principle. The question is how much difference they can make in practice. Previous efforts have had at best modest results, as a number of articles in the recent issue of the Brookings-Princeton journal The Future of Children point out. Start the success sequence with a planned pregnancy Our success sequence, which Wilcox wants to use as the basis for a pro-marriage civic campaign, requires teens and young adults to complete their education, get established in a job, and to delay childbearing until after they are married. The message is the right one. The problem is that many young adults are having children before marriage. Why? Early marriage is not compatible, in their view, with the need for extended education and training. They also want to spend longer finding the best life partner. These are good reasons to delay marriage. But pregnancies and births still occur, with or without marriage. For better or worse, our culture now tolerates, and often glamorizes, multiple relationships, including premarital sex and unwed parenting. This makes bringing back the success sequence difficult. Our best bet is to help teens and young adults avoid having a child until they have completed their education, found a steady job, and most importantly, a stable partner with whom they want to raise children, and with whom they can pool their income. In many cases this means marriage; but not in all. The bottom line: teens and young adults need more access and better education and counselling on birth control, especially little-used but highly effective forms as the IUD and the implant. Contraception, not marriage, is where we should be focusing our attention. Authors Isabel V. Sawhill Image Source: © Gary Cameron / Reuters Full Article
families One third of a nation: Strategies for helping working families By webfeeds.brookings.edu Published On :: Tue, 31 May 2016 00:00:00 -0400 Employment among lower-income men has declined by 11 percent since 1980 and has remained flat among lower-income women. Men and women in the top and middle of the income distribution, on the other hand, have been working as much or more since 1980, creating a growing “work gap” in labor market income between haves and have-nots. This paper simulates the effect of five labor market interventions (higher high school graduation rate, minimum wage increases, maintaining full employment, seeing all household heads work full time, and virtual marriages between single mothers and unattached men) on the average incomes of the poorest one-third of American households. They find that the most effective way to increase average incomes of the poorest Americans would be for household heads to work full time, whereas the least effective intervention would be increasing education. In terms of actual impact on incomes, the simulation of all household heads working full time at their expected wage increased average household earnings by 54 percent from a baseline of $12,415 to $19,163. The research also suggests that even if all household heads worked just some—at expected wages or hours—average earnings would still increase by 16 percent. The least effective simulation was increasing the high school graduation rate to 90 percent and having half of those “newly” graduated go on to receive some form of post-secondary education. The authors note that the low impact of increasing education on mobility is likely because only one in six of bottom-third adults live in a household in which someone gains a high school degree via the intervention. Because single parents are disproportionately represented among low-income families, Sawhill and coauthors also explored the impact of adding a second earner to single-parent families through a simulation that pairs low-income, single-mother household heads with demographically similar but unrelated men. That simulation increased the average household earnings of the bottom-third only modestly, by $508, or about 4 percent. Efforts to increase employment among heads of the poorest households must take into consideration why those household heads aren’t working, they note. According to data from the 2015 Census, the most cited reason for women not working is “taking care of home and family” and for men it is being “ill or disabled.” Downloads Download "One third of a nation: Strategies for helping working families" Authors Isabel V. SawhillEdward RodrigueNathan Joo Image Source: © Stephen Lam / Reuters Full Article
families Two-bedroom Archer tiny house is made for small families (Video) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 28 Nov 2018 15:43:17 -0500 Equipped with two bedrooms and a secondary loft, there's plenty of space to grow in this small home. Full Article Design
families Massive Wall of Birds is the first mural depicting all modern bird families (Video) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 05 Dec 2018 13:02:31 -0500 The wonderful world of birds, painted in life size and all together on a huge 2,500-square-foot wall. Full Article Living
families Buy T-shirt, Build Home, Look Hot, House Families By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 09 May 2007 09:10:23 -0400 That's the simple premise behind this campaign. Cameron Sinclair, "lumberjack sized Brit", author of Design Like You Give a Damn, and co-founder of Architecture for Humanity tells the story of meeting Natalie "Alabama" Chanin at a conference Full Article Design
families Nest aims to provide 1 million smart thermostats to low-income families By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 09 Jan 2018 06:12:04 -0500 This might be one of the smartest ways to use a smart thermostat. Full Article Energy
families A tale of two families sharing a house By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 25 Jan 2018 13:21:00 -0500 Have you ever wondered what 'community living' really looks like, and why people do it? Full Article Living
families Families Sue Chiquita for More Than 4,000 Murders in Colombia By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 04 Apr 2011 12:07:05 -0400 Despite some efforts by Chiquita to clean up its act in recent years, its long history of human rights abuses is coming back to haunt the company. Chiquita is being sued by the families of more than 4,000 Colombians murdered Full Article Business
families Justin Trudeau promises camping trips to Canadian families By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 03 Oct 2019 07:00:00 -0400 If reelected, the PM says he'll launch a bursary that will help low-income families get outside. Full Article Living
families Northwestern Mutual Encourages Early Planning for Families of Dependents with Special Needs - AUTISM AWARENESS MONTH – RUTHANN DRISCOLL By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 20 Apr 2015 16:40:00 EDT This #AutismAwarenessMonth we encourage families with special needs to take steps now to plan for their loved ones’ futures. Our Director of Advanced Planning, Ruthann Driscoll, discusses the importance of planning to secure long-term security and quality of life for your family. Learn more: http://u.nm.com/1AQBAsN Full Article Banking Financial Services Mutual Funds New Products Services Broadcast Feed Announcements MultiVu Video
families Viva® Brand and Monica Potter Team Up with Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Ventura to Unleash Clean for Families in Need - Viva® and Monica Potter Unleash Clean Event Video By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 08 Apr 2016 15:15:00 EDT Viva® and Monica Potter Unleash Clean Event Video Full Article Household Consumer Cosmetics Retail Household Products (vacuum cleaners supplies etc) New Products Services Broadcast Feed Announcements Corporate Social Responsibility MultiVu Video
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families FEMA, NWS Urge Families and Communities to Take Steps to Prepare for Hazards - Get Prepared with Bo and Sunny By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 03 May 2016 12:35:00 EDT Get Prepared with Bo and Sunny. Links to download these videos can be found in the Resources section, below. Full Article Publishing Information Services Broadcast Feed Announcements Public Safety MultiVu Video
families USDA and Ad Council Join 20th Century Fox to Help Families Protect Themselves from Food Poisoning - Food Safety and the Chipmunks :30 By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 15 Oct 2015 18:05:00 EDT Visit www.foodsafety.gov to find more food safety tips. Full Article Advertising Food Beverages Healthcare Hospitals New Products Services Broadcast Feed Announcements Corporate Social Responsibility MultiVu Video
families Families of dead Covid-19 victims may have to give back stimulus checks By www.cnbc.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 19:11:05 GMT New guidance from the IRS makes it clear that stimulus checks cut to deceased people must be returned. But what about those who die from the coronavirus? That depends on the timing of the deaths and receipt of the checks. Full Article
families Friday Polynews Roundup — Kids of polyfamilies, more TV, by 2030 "a growing market for ‘polymoons’" after multi-weddings, and more By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 07 Feb 2020 14:08:00 +0000 Full Article children of polyamory Friday Polynews Roundup kids Poly 101
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families Blasian love: The day we introduced our black and Asian families By www.bbc.co.uk Published On :: Wed, 11 Mar 2020 00:20:43 GMT Blasian - black and Asian - couples now exist in South Africa... but they don't always have an easy time. Full Article
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families COVID-19: Devoleena Bhattacharjee adopts two families, will take care of their basic needs By www.mid-day.com Published On :: 21 Apr 2020 02:42:00 GMT A lot of Bollywood and Television celebrities came forward to contribute to the PM-CARES Fund and did their best to help people financially. Bigg Boss fame Devoleena Bhattacharjee has done something beyond. She not only contributed to the fund but has now adopted two families and will be looking after their needs and necessities amid the Coronavirus outbreak. Taking to Twitter, one of the fan-clubs of the actor even thanked her for this wonderful gesture and move that should inspire everyone. And in case you also happen to be a fan of the actress, this tweet is for you: Have a look right here: Thank youuuu so much @Devoleena_23 for Adopting 2 families for 1 month Nd Donating Money for Thier food & groceries ...This will be the best bihu gift for your Assam fansGod bless you â¤ï¸Âð @Devoleena_23 pic.twitter.com/CdhQ8Ffl9v — Veera kunapareddyð¦ (@veerakunaparedy) April 14, 2020 To shed some more light, these two families are the families of the wage workers since these are the people that are affected the most during this lockdown. Their earnings have gone for a toss and so has their livelihood. And in case you forgot, she and her fans also helped a pregnant lady reach the hospital on time during this lockdown period. Way to go! Catch up on all the latest entertainment news and gossip here. Also, download the new mid-day Android and iOS apps. Mid-Day is now on Telegram. Click here to join our channel (@middayinfomedialtd) and stay updated with the latest news Full Article
families COVID-19: Pizza delivery boy tests positive, 72 families home-quarantined in Delhi By www.mid-day.com Published On :: 16 Apr 2020 07:03:33 GMT People living in around 72 houses have been asked to stay in quarantine after a pizza delivery boy, who had delivered food in Malviya Nagar area, tested positive for coronavirus on Wednesday, according to District Magistrate, South Delhi. Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain said that 17 other delivery boys linked with the infected man have also been placed under institutional quarantine. "A pizza delivery boy has been detected with COVID-19 here. 17 other delivery boys linked with him have been placed under institutional quarantine and 72 people have been placed under home quarantine," Jain told ANI. Food delivery app Zomato said that the staff of infected person's restaurant has delivered some orders which were placed on its platform. "We've been made aware today that a restaurant's employee, who has been recently tested positive for COVID-19, had delivered food in the past to a few customers in the Malviya Nagar area in Delhi. All these customers have already been contacted by the govt authorities... We are not sure whether the rider was infected at the time of delivery," the company said in a statement. Zomato also claimed that colleagues of the delivery boy have tested negative for COVID-19. "This restaurant had instructed their riders to wear masks and follow strict hygiene to keep customers safe from any unintended mishap. All co-workers of the said rider have been tested negative. And as a precaution, the restaurant where this rider worked has suspended operations," read the statement. Catch up on all the latest Crime, National, International and Hatke news here. Also download the new mid-day Android and iOS apps to get latest updates. Mid-Day is now on Telegram. Click here to join our channel (@middayinfomedialtd) and stay updated with the latest news Full Article
families Coronavirus outbreak: 25 families of staffers asked to self isolate in Rashtrapati Bhavan By www.mid-day.com Published On :: 21 Apr 2020 08:47:34 GMT The family members of at least 25 houses in the Rashtrapati Bhavan premises have been asked to isolate themselves after a staffer's relative tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) that has claimed over 550 lives in India so far. Official sources confirmed the news to IANS on late Monday night. "A relative of a resident of Rashtrapati Bhavan Estate Quarters died a few days ago. The person who has tested positive for the coronavirus on Sunday had attended the funeral," a source in the know of things said. The individual has been sent to the quarantine centre in the nearby Birla Mandir complex. The people in the house where the corona-positive person was found, along with the families living in around 25 houses have also been asked to isolate themselves as a precautionary measure. All of them have been instructed to follow social distancing norms strictly, sources said. According to sources, the staffer's relative who has been found corona positive has no direct connection with Rashtrapati Bhavan. The individual's relative is serving there. Catch up on all the latest Crime, National, International and Hatke news here. Also download the new mid-day Android and iOS apps to get latest updates. Mid-Day is now on Telegram. Click here to join our channel (@middayinfomedialtd) and stay updated with the latest news This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever Full Article
families Lockdown tales: Two families shell out Rs 1.4 lakh for an ambulance ride from Chennai to Tripura By www.mid-day.com Published On :: 23 Apr 2020 09:06:32 GMT Two families from Agartala in Trupura who had visited Chennai for medical treatmnet got stranded due to the nationwide lockdown imposed by the government to curb the rising number of coronavirus cases in India. But what followed was quite extraordinary as the families had to pay a whopping Rs 1.4 lakh to hire an ambulance to take them back to Tripura. One family resides in South Tripura district's Udaipur area while the other stays at Mohanpur area of West Tripura district. Interestingly, the two families shelled out the huge sum and travelled over 3,700 kilometres for five days to reach Tripura from Chennai. While speaking to Times of India, Chanchal Majumder, who stays in Udaipur said, "Both families had travelled to Chennai on March 20 for treatment and had planned to return in a week," He said that they were stuck in a hotel in the Southern Metropolis of Chennai after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a 21-day nationwide lockdown due to COVID-19 crisis. Recalling the experience in Chennai, Majumder said, "Life became terrible as we were confined to one room and were suffering from shortage of amenities." He further said that till April 14 (the last day of 21-day lockdown) they could manage somehow but things started to get tougher since then and more so, he had to return home as his daughter's wedding is fixed to talke place on May 8. Talking about how he managed to get transport amid the lockdown crisis, Majumder said that on April 15, they finally managed to hire an ambulance to get back home. On their way back home, the ambulance in which the two families were travelling was stopped at over hundred checkpoints but Majumder said that the police were kind enough to let them pass through after listening to their story. "Food and water was not a problem. In many places, NGOs and and police officers offered us meals and water," Majumder stated. Upon reaching Tripura, both the families were sent in isolation for 14-days at a quarantine facility. Tripura health officials said, "All five are doing good and none of them have shown any COVID-19 symptoms so far. However, just to be extra cautious, we have sent their samples for testing." Catch up on all the latest Mumbai news, crime news, current affairs, and a complete guide from food to things to do and events across Mumbai. Also download the new mid-day Android and iOS apps to get latest updates. Mid-Day is now on Telegram. Click here to join our channel (@middayinfomedialtd) and stay updated with the latest news Full Article
families Families of Martyrs in Maharashtra remember last conversation By www.mid-day.com Published On :: 16 Feb 2019 04:00:45 GMT "'Yaar, main ja raha hun. Please khayal rakhna' (I am leaving, please take care of my family), was what he told me in our last conversation, before he resumed duty at Jammu," said Sudhir Tayde, about Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawan Sanjay Rajput. Sanjay was one of the 40 CRPF personnel who were slain in Pulwama on Thursday, when a car laden with explosives rammed their bus in a terror attack. He was also one of two jawans from Buldhana district, Maharashtra on it. The other was Nitin Shivaji Rathod. The duo, like others on the bus, was resuming duty after a holiday. 'Son will join defence forces'Nitin Shivaji Rathod, 36, was a resident of Chorpangra village in Buldhana district. Nitin is survived by his parents, his wife Vandana, 28, and two children, Jeewan, 8, and Jivika, 5. He had joined the CRPF when he was 23. Vandana recalled, "Just a week back we were together having meals and enjoying with everyone. I will dedicate my son to the defence forces too, as it was my husband's dream." Sanjay Rajput Villagers want revengeThe mood was sombre in Chorpangra village. No one has cooked since Thursday night when they got the news. All the villagers were at Nitin's house. Many people displayed their anger and said the government must take strong action against Pakistan. Everyone remembered Nitin. Baburao Sawadkar, a teacher from Vasant Primary and Secondary Ashram School, who taught Nitin said, "Since his school days he was patriotic. He was good in studies and always participated in cultural programmes. He would always play an Army soldier in them. He would sing patriotic songs in these programmes and knew many of them by heart." Nitin's childhood friend, Raju Rathod, said he was a hard-worker. They had studied together till they graduated. "Since age 13, he wanted to join the defence forces. During college he was often adjudged the best sports person. He was an excellent cricket and kabaddi player. He was also a good wrestler. In college days, he also worked as a labourer to pay for his education." Extended service by five yearsSanjay Rajput, 49, the other jawan who was slain, was a resident of Malkapur in Buldhana district. He had recently shifted to Nagpur for his children's education. Sanjay had served the CRPF for 23 years and had extended his service by five years and was transferred to Jammu. He is survived by his wife Sushma, and two sons, Jay, 12, and Shubham, 11. His brother recalled him as a brave person and said, "We had talked to him on Wednesday. He told us that due to snow, the roads were blocked and so they had to camp in another area. We have not informed our mother about his death, because this will be the second shock this year, as our elder brother died seven months back in a road accident." He too said once Sanjay's children each are 18 years old, he would want them to join the defence forces. Prayers in mosques in memory of jawansA condolence meeting was held and prayers were offered in memory of the CRPF jawans in many mosques in Pune city on Friday. Maulana Farukh Sahab of Noor-e-Hira masjid said, "The act is heinous and no religion talks about such inhuman acts. This act is against humanity and we condemn it." Some youths from Pune, including local politician Amit Bagul and his friends, have written a letter in their blood, to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, asking him to avenge the deaths of the CRPF personnel. Catch up on all the latest Mumbai news, crime news, current affairs, and also a complete guide on Mumbai from food to things to do and events across the city here. Also download the new mid-day Android and iOS apps to get latest updates Full Article
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families Doing Better for Families country note - Portugal By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 26 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT This note highlights the most pressing issues on families and children in Portugal, as discussed in the OECD publication Doing Better for Families. Full Article
families Over 250 Muslims of 40 families convert to Hinduism in Haryana; here's why By Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 17:35:30 +0530 These family members belong to the Dom caste, were forced to embrace Islam under pressure during the time Mughal ruler Aurangzeb. Full Article
families Doing Better for Families country note - Netherlands By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 26 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT This note highlights the most pressing issues on families and children in the Netherlands, as discussed in the OECD publication Doing Better for Families. Full Article
families Doing Better for Families country note - Australia By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 26 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT This note highlights the most pressing issues on families and children in Australia, as discussed in the OECD publication Doing Better for Families. Full Article
families Financial education for migrants and their families By dx.doi.org Published On :: Mon, 30 Mar 2015 09:50:00 GMT Money remitted by international migrants is a major source of income for many countries. Yet individual migrants and their families are often amongst the most vulnerable people in society, and many face significant barriers to the access and use of appropriate financial products. This paper looks at key challenges and how governments can take measures to support migrant workers and their families and improve their financial literacy. Full Article
families Logic reunites immigrant families separated at border during VMAs By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Tue, 21 Aug 2018 08:53:39 GMT Logic turned the VMAs stage into a protest against Trump's immigration policy on Monday, including dozens of families wearing 'We Are All Human Beings' shirts in his performance. Full Article
families Angelina Jolie has urged Congress to help families struggling for food during COVID-19 By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Tue, 05 May 2020 14:35:07 GMT The Maleficent star has called for senior politicians to increase food stamp benefits for families across the United States in a bid to help them amidst the current coronavirus pandemic. Full Article
families Coronavirus: Roger Federer donates £862,000 to 'vulnerable families' in Switzerland By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Wed, 25 Mar 2020 18:28:04 GMT Tennis star Roger Federer and his wife Mirka have donated one million Swiss Francs (£862,000) to 'vulnerable families in Switzerland' due to the coronavirus outbreak. Full Article
