All matters pertaining to children’s issues, foster care, public assistance and income support, services to senior citizens and individuals with disabilities, immigration policy, social services, and elementary, secondary and post-secondary education.
Human Services & Education Steering Committee
Policy Briefs
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Policy Brief
Reauthorize the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Block Grant
Urge your members of Congress, particularly those who serve on the House Ways and Means Committee, the House Education and the Workforce Committee, the Senate Finance Committee and the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, to enact a long-term reauthorization of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Block Grant (TANF) and protect funding for the TANF Contingency Fund. -
Policy Brief
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Reauthorization and Appropriations
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Policy Brief
Support the Social Services Block Grant (SSBG)
Urge your members of Congress, particularly those who serve on the House Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Finance Committee, to protect the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Social Services Block Grant (SSBG) and support full funding. -
Policy Brief
Support the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG)
Urge your members of Congress, especially those who serve on the House and Senate Appropriations Committees, to maintain funding for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) program at or above the FY 2016 level of $715 million through the annual appropriations process. CSBG is funded through the Labor, Health and Human Services and Education appropriations bill. Additionally, urge your members to support reauthorization of CSBG, which expired in 2003, to provide greater certainty for counties in the long term.
Latest Resources
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Advocacy |
Jan. 2, 2019
NACo works to preserve local decision making, to protect counties from unfunded mandates and local preemption and to strengthen the federal-state-local partnership.
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Press Release |
Dec. 13, 2018
Key county victories achieved in rural development, nutrition, conservation
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Reports & Toolkits |
Oct. 11, 2018
The draft rule would widen the scope of programs and factors that federal immigration authorities may consider when determining if an individual qualifies as a “public charge.”
Join a steering committee and make a difference. Learn more about getting involved in NACo's Human Services & Education Steering Committee:
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Associate Legislative Director – Human Services and Education(202) 942-4204
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