Human Services & Education Policy Steering Committee

About the Committee

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.

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Policy Platform & Resolutions 2025-2026

Every county in the U.S. administers and funds part of the cost of strengthening communities and protecting and enhancing families. The NACo Human Services & Education Steering Committee exists to support counties in this work.

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Press Release

County Leaders Present Transportation Priorities in Washington, D.C. Advocacy Push

County leaders from 15 states convened this week in Washington for a transportation-focused fly-in hosted by NACo. In 27 meetings on Capitol Hill, visiting leaders emphasized key priorities for counties in the next surface transportation reauthorization bill.

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Advocacy

Senate passes Second Chance Act reauthorization

On May 22, the Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2025 (H.R. 3552/S.1843) was introduced in the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives with robust bipartisan support. NACo supports this legislation, which would reauthorize funding for Second Chance Act (P.L. 110-199) programs through 2030.

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Advocacy

FEMA delays $11 billion in state disaster reimbursements

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) recently withheld roughly $11 billion in planned disaster reimbursements to 45 states, shifting the payments to fiscal year 2026 and marking a major change in how the federal government is managing disaster relief funding. 

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Advocacy

House and Senate committees advance reauthorization legislation for NOAA’s Digital Coast program

On September 17, the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee unanimously passed the bipartisan Digital Coast Reauthorization Act, which would reauthorize the Digital Coast program through 2030.

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Advocacy

County Countdown – October 20, 2025

Every other week, NACo's County Countdown reviews top federal policy advocacy items with an eye towards counties and the intergovernmental partnership. This week features

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County News

County program helps boost foster youth into adulthood

A Los Angeles County guaranteed income program, dubbed “BREATHE,” is helping set up low-income residents — including more than 2,000 foster youth aging out of care — for success by providing them with monthly payments, no strings attached. 

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Hon. Shannon Jones

Commissioner, Warren County, Ohio

Committee Contact

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Julia Cortina

Associate Legislative Director, Human Services & Education | Immigration Advisory Council
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