U.S. Senate advances health and human services spending bill

Participants in NACo's Public Health Leadership Academy focused on building trust between public health professionals and elected leaders.

On June 1, 2026, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued an Interim Final Rule with Comment Period (IFR) establishing binding standards for how states must implement Medicaid community engagement ("work") requirements enacted under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (P.L. 119-21), also referred to as H.R. 1. 

Allegheny County, Pa.'s Forward with Families initiative aims to create an additional 5,000 childcare and after-school slots across the county over the next five years.