Directory of Programs & Resources
Your playbook for NACo's committees, initiatives and cost saving programs

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Advocacy & Policy Steering Committees

Advocacy Hub
Through NACo, advocate for county priorities in federal policy making.
Policy Priorities and the American County Platform
Policy Documents
Policy Steering Committees
- Agriculture and Rural Affairs Steering Committee
- Community, Economic and Workforce Development Steering Committee
- Environment, Energy and Land Use Steering Committee
- Finance, Pensions and Intergovernmental Affairs Steering Committee
- Health Steering Committee
- Human Services and Education Steering Committee
- Justice and Public Safety Steering Committee
- Public Lands Steering Committee
- Telecommunications and Technology Steering Committee
- Transportation Steering Committee
Other NACo Committees
Standing Committees
- Finance Standing Committee
- Information Technology Standing Committee
- Membership Standing Committee
- Programs and Services Committee
Caucus Committees & Regional Affiliate
Ad Hoc & Task Force Committees
- Arts and Culture Commission
- Defined Contribution and Retirement Advisory Committee
- Healthy Counties Initiative Advisory Board
- Housing Task Force
- Immigration Reform Task Force
- International Economic Development Task Force
- Next Generation NACo Network
- Opioid Solutions Leadership Network
- Resilient Counties Initiative Advisory Board
- Veterans and Military Services Committee
In-Person and Virtual Events
Counties 101 & Civic Engagement Tools
Counties 101
- Counties Matter
Why stronger counties make a stronger America - County Explorer
Access data on counties - County Governance Project
Learn how counties are structured - County Landscape Report
See how counties fit into the intergovernmental system
Civic Engagement Tools
Signature Projects
Signature projects are short-term initiatives
Initiatives & Cohorts
Initiatives and cohorts are longer-term projects and peer learning networks
- Building Resilient Economies in Coal Communities
- Connecting Counties & Military Installations: The DoD REPI Program
- Counties for Career Success
- Counties for Kids
- County Governance Project
- County Health Rankings & Roadmaps
- County Officials Advancing Racial Equity (CORE) Justice Network
- County Resources on Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
- County Tech Xchange
- Creative Counties
- Early Childhood Programming
- Economic Mobility Leadership Network
- Familiar Faces Initiative: Improving Outcomes through Coordinated Heath & Justice Systems
- Healthy Counties Initiative
- Workforce Network
- Operation Green Light for Veterans
- Opioid Solutions Center
- Reaching Rural: Advancing Collaborative Solutions
- Resilient Counties Initiative
- Safety and Justice Challenge
- Stepping Up: A National Initiative to Reduce the Number of People with Mental Illnesses in Jails
- Transforming County Human Services Network
Cost-Saving Solutions

Cost-Saving Solutions from NACo EDGE
NACo EDGE establishes sustainable, cost-saving and value-added solutions that can be applied to counties nationwide.
Enterprise Solutions & Cost-Saving Tools for Counties
- NACo Deferred Compensation Program
- Public Promise Insurance Agency
- Public Promise Procurement
- Live Healthy U.S. Counties
Prescription health and dental discounts for residents - Mental Health First Aid
- cashvest® by threeplusone®
Liquidity analysis and data services - ClearGov®
Budget cycle management software - NACo High Performance Leadership Academy
- NACo Enterprise Cybersecurity Leadership Academy
- Cybersecurity for Counties
- NACo Career Center Job Board
Education & Professional Development Opportunities
Professional Development
Find opportunities to learn from industry thought leaders on best practice in county government.