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Celebrate National County Government Month
This April, join us in celebrating National County Government Month (NCGM). This is an excellent opportunity for counties, parishes and boroughs to highlight effective programs and raise public awareness about our essential roles and responsibilities. Below, explore our tools to help tell the county story, inspire civic engagement and educate a wide range of audiences about county government.
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2024 NACo Annual Conference & Exposition
The Annual Conference is the premier gathering of elected and appointed officials from the nation’s 3,069 counties, parishes and boroughs.
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Advocacy Hub
Visit NACo‘s advocacy hub to learn about counties’s priorities in federal policymaking.
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Stay up-to-date on America's counties with NACo's award-winning County News.
Crowd management, emergency drills top county eclipse prep checklists
The April 8 total solar eclipse, described as a once-in-a-lifetime event, is sure to draw crowds from Texas to Maine, with counties largely in charge of their safety.
County pen pal program helps developmentally disabled residents
Lynn Carey, a site manager of pulmonary services at Marion General Hospital, and Maggie Purvis, a high school freshman with autism, have been mailing each other letters back and forth for six months.
County shines light on property deed history of racially restrictive covenants
The Durham County, N.C. Register of Deeds is using public records information and archival documentation to educate county residents on racially restrictive covenants in property deeds and how their impact can still be felt today.
Creating guardrails will be ‘essential’ to the success of AI
CFBP director: Counties should focus on the ways artificial intelligence affects residents, particularly those who are most vulnerable to AI scams, rather that becomming experts in the technical specifications of artificial intelligence.
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