COUNTY ECONOMIES: RECOVERY CONTINUES IN 2015 · 1 Maria Edwards From: NACo County News Sent:...
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1 Maria Edwards From: NACo County News <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2016 5:47 PM To: [email protected] Subject: County News Alerts January 12, 2016 Having trouble viewing this email? Click Here COUNTY ECONOMIES: RECOVERY CONTINUES IN 2015 NACo has released County Economies 2015: Opportunities and Challenges, its annual look at economic recovery patterns across the nation's 3,069 counties.
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Maria Edwards
From: NACo County News <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2016 5:47 PM
Subject: County News Alerts January 12, 2016
Having trouble viewing this email? Click Here
COUNTY ECONOMIES: RECOVERY
CONTINUES IN 2015
NACo has released County Economies 2015: Opportunities and Challenges, its annual look at
economic recovery patterns across the nation's 3,069 counties.
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HEADLINE STORIES
Good news for counties in final spending bill
The $1.15 trillion FY16 spending bill that boosts overall federal spending by
approximately 5 percent includes a fully funded PILT program and a delay in
the imposition of the "Cadillac" tax.
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Financial crime finds victims in aging population
Elderly are often targets of financial exploitation, the most prevalent type of
elder abuse.
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Money released for Pa., Ill. counties
Pennsylvania and Illinois made it more than 6 months without passing
budgets, but some money has made it to counties.
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Healthy Counties Forum features focus on aging adults
The Healthy Counties Initiative forum will be held Jan. 27–Jan. 29 in Salt Lake
County, Utah.
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FEATURED ARTICLES
County voices heard at Paris climate
summit
Former King County, Wash. Councilmember Larry
Phillips attended the United Nations' Conference of the
Parties on Climate Change in Paris.
Mental illness isn't a crime, panel says
Several workshops explored the topic at the Safe and
Secure Counties Symposium in El Paso County, Colo.
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Counties Feb. 11 · 2 – 3 p.m. EST
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Analysis: Federal funding to fight elder
abuse falls short
Elder abuse programs will receive a miniscule portion of
overall Older American Act funding — less than 2
percent.
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