Human Services & Education Policy Steering Committee
About the Committee
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, secondary and post-secondary education.
Policy Platform 2024-2025
Every county in the U.S. administers and funds part of the cost of strengthening communities and protecting and enhancing families. The NACo Human Services & Education Steering Committee exists to support counties in this work.
Resource
County Policy Priorities for Transforming the Child Welfare System
State and Local Government Organizations Express Concern Over Proposed Changes to Medicaid Financing and Requirements
NACo, NLC, NCSL, USCM, CSG and ICMA emphasize the impact of policy changes to eligibility requirements and financing of Medicaid.
NACo sends letter to congressional leadership urging SALT deduction reform
The letter urges Congress to raise the cap on the SALT Deduction, to provide relief to American families facing double taxation and reverse an unfair double standard
NACo endorsed advanced refunding bill introduced in the U.S. House
NACo endorsed this bill and supports counties’ ability to issue tax-exempt advance refunding bonds, which can save taxpayers millions of dollars.
Wyoming county commissioner stresses flexibility in transportation funding to House subcommittee
Giving counties flexibility to spend money from the 2026 surface transportation reauthorization will improve rural road safety and better serve local needs, Converse County, Wyo. Commissioner Jim Willox told the House Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
U.S. Congress begins work on budget reconciliation process: What this means for counties
The House and Senate Budget Committees have marked up Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 budget resolutions to initiate the budget reconciliation process to enact policy priorities without garnering bipartisan support, although the two chambers differ in their approach to drafting the legislation.
Bob Dixon - Meet the candidates - 2025
Greene County, Mo. Presiding Commissioner Bob Dixon responds to County News' questionnaire for NACo second president candidates.
Resource
The County Human Services and Education Landscape
Human Services & Education Policy Briefs
Committee Chair
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Hon. Shannon Jones
Committee Contact
Julia Cortina
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