On alternating weeks, NACo's Resource Roundup highlights opportunities, reports, upcoming events, and other tools, and the County Countdown provides a review of key policy items for county leaders.
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Counties encouraged to advocate for essential disaster funding
The White House has submitted a $98.6 billion disaster relief funding request to Congress, outlining resources needed to address recent disasters including Hurricanes Helene and Milton, the Maui County wildfires and tornadoes in the Midwest.
Why it matters: These events, combined with ongoing recovery efforts from past disasters, have exhausted the federal programs counties depend on to restore our communities.
Advocacy efforts: NACo sent a letter to Congress urging the inclusion of critical programs in the disaster supplemental funding package. Counties are encouraged to reach out to their members of congress calling for swift passage of this critical funding.
Next steps: NACo will host a national membership call Thursday, Dec. 5 at 3:00 p.m. EST to discuss the package, timeline for consideration and action items for counties. Register here.
Last week, NACo's Workforce Week highlighted counties' vital role in promoting career readiness and local hiring policies while sharing some of our solutions to support the county workforce.
In a recently completed series presented by the National Center for Public Lands Counties, the County News Podcast interviews leaders from public lands counties about their unique experiences.
Listen to the series: Click here to listen to all the episodes in the series. For all County News Podcast episodes and to subscribe, click here.
Learn more: NACo's National Center for Public Lands Counties is dedicated to deepening the understanding of and addressing the challenges faced by counties containing federal lands through strategic research and collaboration.
CVS Caremark and NACo's Public Promise Insurance are proud to announce a new pharmacy benefits management (PBM) partnership called the NACo Rx Coalition.
Significant savings: The NACo Rx Coalition offers counties the chance to reduce prescription drug expenses, with members seeing average savings of 15-25 percent on health plan pharmacy costs.
Powerful collective purchasing: By leveraging the purchasing power of 3.6 million county employees, the coalition negotiates highly competitive rates with CVS Caremark, one of the largest PBMs.
Tailored for counties: Designed specifically for counties with self-insured plans, the coalition provides stable, multi-year pricing to support sustainable budgeting. For more details, click here.
Join NACo’s upcoming cyberattack simulation to help safeguard your county. The upcoming cyberattack simulation aims to enhance comprehension of the multifaceted challenges in securing cloud environments, facilitating the development and testing of proactive strategies to effectively mitigate cloud security risks.
