National Association of Counties
County governments play an essential role in ensuring the health and safety of older Americans and individuals with disabilities as key administrators of safety net programs and services. Through 758 county-owned or operated long-term care facilities and community-based services, counties ensure that the more than 27 percent of adults age 65 and older, and the 61 million individuals with disabilities in the U.S. who require assistance to perform everyday activities, have the resources needed to live a long, healthy and independent life.
This brief provides an overview of the critical role counties play in providing services for aging Americans and individuals with disabilities through long-term care and supportive services, and offers policy recommendations for our federal partners on ways to strengthen county long-term care infrastructure.
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<p>Counties are directing resources to programs, practices and policies to reduce the overuse and misuse of the criminal legal system, improve public safety, better serve residents with behavioral health conditions and improve communit
<p>Counties play a key role in public health at the local level, as the conveners of multi-sector stakeholders, administrators of federal health-funding programs, like Medicaid, and providers of many crucial health services for residen
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<h3><strong>Counties Matter in Human Services</strong></h3>
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<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,
<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.
With American Rescue Plan funds, counties are strengthening America’s workforce, addressing the nation’s behavioral health crisis, expanding broadband access, improving housing affordability and building prosperous communities for the next generation.
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