County News Podcast
About the Podcast
Take a deep dive on issues impacting local governments across the country, share in lessons on leadership from county leaders and their counterparts in Washington, and learn more about what it takes to strengthen America's counties on the County News Podcast from the National Association of Counties.
Featured Episode
Podcast: Mental health and the criminal justice system
Miami-Dade County, Fla. Administrative Judge Steve Leifman joined the County News Podcast to outline systems that can be put in place in counties across the country to help direct people in mental health distress toward resources that will help them receive the treatment they need.
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Top County News Stories
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Sonoma County’s James Gore takes the lead at NACo
Surrounded by his family, Sonoma County, Calif. Supervisor James Gore was sworn in July 15 as NACo’s new president at the association’s Annual Business Meeting at the Tampa Convention Center in Hillsborough County, Fla.
![NACo President James Gore, Sonoma County, Calif. supervisor, pauses for a photo Monday after being sworn in, with First Vice President Judge J.D. Clark of Wise County, Texas; Second Vice President George Dunlap of Mecklenburg County, N.C. and Immediate Past President Commissioner Mary Jo McGuire of Ramsey County, Minn. in Hillsborough County, Fla. Photo by Denny Henry](https://www.naco.org/sites/default/files/styles/943x535/public/2024-07/2024officers.jpg?h=bc14a0b9&itok=8xRpXXEn)
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Child welfare program asks families: ‘What do you need?’ before their breaking point
Stearns County, Minn. let families tell the system the support they need and bring together all of the stakeholders to make that possible.
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Randolph County, Ill. turns unused part of nursing home into state-of-the-art behavioral health center
The strategy uses existing infrastructure and keeps occupancy high in a building that had seen vacancy remain high in recent years.