Webinar
Local Strategies for Reaching Families and Young Children Experiencing Homelessness
Unable to attend? Watch the recording here.
Webinar
Local Strategies for Reaching Families and Young Children Experiencing Homelessness
Feb. 8, 2023
, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
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Local Strategies for Reaching Families and Young Children Experiencing HomelessnessFebruary 8, 2023February 8, 2023, 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Unable to attend? Watch the recording here.
Experiencing homelessness in early childhood can have long-term impacts on health, education and well-being for both children and parents. Homelessness among young children is often hidden, making it harder to collect accurate data and ensure that these children are connected to the services and resources they need. Join NACoRF and SchoolHouse Connection to learn more about the prevalence of homelessness among infants and toddlers and how counties can reduce barriers and increase families’ connections to health and early learning programs.
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Webinar
New Options to Combat Summer Hunger: What Counties Need to Know
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Reports & Toolkits
Legislative Toolkit for Counties: Priorities for Strengthening the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
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Building and Supporting Comprehensive Behavioral Health Crisis Response Systems
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Behavioral Health Town Hall: Best Practices to Support the County Workforce
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Blog
CMS proposes new minimum staffing standards for long-term care facilities
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County News
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Mental Health First Aid
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NACo High Performance Leadership Academy
The NACo High Performance Leadership Academy is an online 12-week program that will empower frontline county government professionals with the most fundamental leadership skills to deliver results for counties and communities.page<table border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" style="width:100%" summary="medium-call-out transparent">
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Healthy Counties Initiative
Healthy Counties focuses on enhancing: public-private partnerships in local health delivery, access to, and coordination of, care for vulnerable populations in the community and community public health and behavioral health programs.page<p>NACo’s Healthy Counties Initiative creates and sustains healthy counties by supporting collaboration and sharing evidence-informed approaches to pressing health issues.
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Live Healthy U.S. Counties
The National Association of Counties (NACo) Live Healthy Prescription, Health & Dental Discount Program is a NO-COST program available to all member counties.page<h1>With <a id="naco" name="naco">NACo</a>, Saving Feels Better</h1>
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Basic pageHuman Services & Education Steering 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. Policy Platform & Resolutions 2022-2023 2022 NACo Legislative Prioritiespage<p>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,
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Reports & Toolkits
Opioid Solutions Center
NACo’s Opioid Solutions Center empowers local leaders to invest resources in effective treatment, recovery, prevention and harm reduction practices that save lives and address the underlying causes of substance use disorder.10123:30 pmReports & Toolkits<p>NACo's Opioid Solutions Center empowers local leaders to invest resources in effective treatment, recovery, prevention and harm reduction practices that save lives and address the underlying causes of substance use disorder.
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Leadership Network Associate(202) 942-4263