NACo and the New York State Association of Counties (NYSAC) hosted a virtual press conference with Democratic and Republican county leaders to discuss the COVID-19 public health crisis and the need to turn down the heated rhetoric, put partisanship aside and work together to defeat the resurgence of the novel coronavirus.
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FDA issues an emergency use authorization for the first COVID-19 vaccine, counties need funding as frontline distributors
On Friday, December 11, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued the first emergency use authorization (EUA) for the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. The EUA authorizes the vaccine to be used for the prevention of COVID-19 in individuals age 16 years and older. -
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COVID-19 leaves empty seats in county government
A number of county elected officials have died recently from complications from COVID-19. -
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Westchester County, N.Y dedicates memorial to COVID-19 victims
Nine months after suffering its first COVID-19 death, Westchester County, N.Y. dedicated a memorial to the 1,500 residents and growing that it has lost to the pandemic.
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Counties Welcome President-Elect Biden’s Coronavirus Relief Package with Essential Aid for Local Governments
WASHINGTON – The National Association of Counties (NACo) today welcomed the next potential round of COVID-19 federal relief, President-elect Joe Biden’s American Rescue Plan, a two-part strategy focusing on rescue and recovery that includes $350 billion in critical aid to state, local and territorial governments. -
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COVID-19 Federal Emergency Rental Assistance Program
On December 27, Congress passed and the president signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, which established a new $25 billion Federal Emergency Rental Assistance Program for state, county and municipal governments with populations of over 2000,000 people to assist families struggling to make rental and utility payments. -
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NACo Legislative Analysis: Year End COVID-19 Relief and Omnibus Spending Package
After months of stalled negotiations over the next round of federal coronavirus aid, on December 21, Congress passed a massive $2.3 trillion legislative package containing both appropriations for Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 and addition
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The Stepping Up Initiative
In May 2015, NACo and partners at the CSG Justice Center and APA Foundation launched Stepping Up: A National Initiative to Reduce the Number of People with Mental Illnesses in Jails.
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