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Advancing Local Housing Affordability: NACo Housing Task Force Final Report
The final report from NACo's Housing Task Force offers an extensive look into the issues, presenting actionable strategies and federal policy recommendations.
Economic Mobility Initiative
Explore these resources to promote inclusive economic prosperity for county residents.
NACo Housing Task Force
NACo’s Housing Affordability Task Force examined housing challenges and highlighted county-led solutions to address the housing affordability and inventory crisis. The task force identified intergovernmental and public-private strategies to enhance housing affordability and stability.
Building Resilient Economies in Coal Communities
The Building Resilient Economies in Coal Communities initiative connects coal communities, supports local leaders and builds capacity in under-resourced communities to advance new approaches and projects for economic diversification.
Resilient Counties Initiative
NACo works to strengthen county resiliency by building leadership capacity to identify and manage risk, and allow counties to become more flexible and responsive.
Counties for Career Success
The Counties for Career Success (C4CS) initiative supported counties in enhancing pathways to education and employment. The 2023-2024 C4CS cohort received technical assistance, expert guidance and peer learning opportunities to develop cross-sector plans that improve job access and learning opportunities for residents.
Connecting Counties & Military Installations
The U.S. Department of Defense Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative Program helps manage encroachment and incompatible development near military installations. The program forms partnerships that protect military operations from restrictive development and strengthens long-term relationships between the Department of Defense and counties.
Creative Counties Placemaking Initiative
The Creative Counties Placemaking Initiative, developed with Americans for the Arts and supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, provides county leaders with tools to integrate the arts into local solutions.
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NACo EDGE Solutions
Public Promise Insurance
Public Promise Insurance is a fully licensed provider that strengthens local governments. We provide voluntary benefits to public employees and their families with cost effective and best-in-class solutions.
Public Promise Procurement
Providing public sector and other entities with a vetted, transparent option for purchasing goods and services more efficiently and cost effectively.
