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Tax & Finance

Policy Brief

Oppose Efforts to Eliminate or Limit the Tax-Exempt Status of Municipal Bonds

ACTION NEEDED Urge your Members of Congress to oppose any legislation that would eliminate or limit the tax-exempt status of municipal bonds.
Tax & Finance

County Profiles

Marketplace Fairness Act (MFA) profiles

NACo’s Marketplace Fairness Act (MFA) Profiles report the amount of revenue counties are not able to collect in each state, as well as the growth rate of that uncollected revenue from 2011 to 2013 and the critical services that this missing revenue could support.

Health

Reports & Toolkits

Medicaid and Counties: Understanding the Program and Why It Matters to Counties

As Congress considers changes to the nation’s health care system, NACo urges them to consider implications of reforms that would merely shift costs to counties.
Justice & Public Safety

Reports & Toolkits

Medicaid Coverage and County Jails

In order to educate federal policymakers on issues around Medicaid and justice-involved individuals, NACo recently released a new report titled, "Medicaid Coverage and County Jails: Understanding Challenges and Opportunities for Improving Health Outcomes for Justice-Involved Individuals."

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Municipal Bonds Action Center

Municipal bonds remain the primary method used by states and local governments to finance public capital improvements and public infrastructure projects.
Tax & Finance

Reports & Toolkits

Call to Action: Protect Municipal Bonds
Tax & Finance

Policy Brief

Support legislation that would restore advance refunding bonds.

Urge your members of Congress to introduce and support the passage of legislation that would restore advance refunding bonds.
Tax & Finance

Policy Brief

State and Local Fiscal Facts 2016

In the past few years, state and local government revenues have been slowly improving. While challenges remain, officials have been taking steps to replenish rainy day funds and address long-term structural imbalances.

Intergovernmental Affairs

Reports & Toolkits

NACo Legislative Brief: Highlights of the FY 2018 Omnibus Federal Spending Package for Counties

Nearly six months after the start of federal fiscal year (FY) 2018, Congressional leaders have reached agreement on a spending package that funds the federal government through the end of the fiscal year on September 30, 2018.

Public Lands

Advocacy

PILT Advocacy Toolkit

In this toolkit you will find several useful resources designed to help county officials educate Congress, the administration and the public on the importance of the Payments in Lieu of Taxes program
Public Lands

Policy Brief

Support Continued Revenue Sharing Payments to National Forest Counties

Urge your members of Congress to enact a long-term legislative solution for continued revenue sharing payments to forest counties through the U.S. Forest Service’s Secure Rural Schools (SRS) program. Congress reauthorized SRS and removed the annual 5 percent funding reduction through FY 2023 in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) (P.L. 117-58) enacted on November 15, 2021. Counties rely on SRS payments to provide numerous critical services including infrastructure, conservation projects, search and rescue missions and fire prevention programs.
Public Lands

Policy Brief

Provide Full Mandatory Funding for the Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) Program

Urge your members of Congress to support mandatory full funding for the Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) program. Because local governments are unable to tax the property values or products derived from federal lands, PILT payments are necessary to support essential local government services. Unless Congress acts, counties will have received their last fully funded PILT disbursement in 2023. Without mandatory full funding, PILT will remain a discretionary program (subject to the annual appropriations process) and could fall back to pre-2008 funding levels, which would devastate local government service delivery in areas with significant federal land ownership.
Public Lands

County Profiles

2018 Payments in Lieu of Taxes

61.6 percent of counties have federal land within their boundaries.

Resiliency

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Resilient Counties Initiative

The NACo Resilient Counties Initiative builds leadership capacity to identify and manage risk, and prepare counties to become more flexible and responsive to system shocks and stresses. It has a holistic approach to resilience, examining social and economic resilience, sustainability and disaster management.
Community & Economic Development

Conference Session

Cost-Saving Strategies to Improve County Economic and Energy Resilience: A Resilient Counties Forum

Jul. 23, 2017 , 8:00 am – 4:00 pm

The Resilient Counties Forum is a FREE opportunity for county leaders to gain a better understanding of how they can help meet county disaster management, energy cultivation and protection, resource recycling and infrastructure financing goals.
Community & Economic Development

Conference Session

Improving Your County’s Drinking Water Quality: A Resilient Counties Discussion

Jul. 22, 2017 , 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm

Counties across the nation are grappling with significant water challenges, including aging infrastructure and poor water quality. These challenges can have lasting impacts on the health of residents and economy of the county.

Behavioral Health

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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.
Health

Reports & Toolkits

Reducing Mental Illness in Rural Jails

As part of the Stepping Up initiative, NACo has published a new report that outlines some of the challenges rural counties face when trying to reduce incarceration of people with mental illnesses. Jails across the nation serve an estimated 2 million people with serious mental illnesses each year.
Health

County Profiles

Stepping Up for Mental Health Resolutions

NACo, the Council of State Governments (CSG) Justice Center and the American Psychiatric Association Foundation (APAF) lead a national initiative to advance counties’ efforts to reduce the number of adults with mental and co-occurring substance use disorders in jails. These profiles show the resolutions of participating counties.

Environment, Energy & Land Use

Policy Brief

Rewrite of the "Waters of the U.S." Rule

Advocate for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) to rewrite the “Waters of the U.S. (WOTUS)” rule in a way that appreciates counties’ role as owners and operators of key public safety and water infrastructure and as an intergovernmental partner in implementing federal regulations under the Clean Water Act.

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