New publication resources now available
NACo releases new issue brief on resilient coastal counties
NACo has released a new publication, Building Resilient Coastal Communities: Counties and the Digital Coast. Coastal counties face considerable challenges in fostering the growth of resilient communities through reliable, unbiased data and tools. The Digital Coast partnership has enjoyed great success assisting the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Coastal Services Center develop tools, programs, workshops and assessments to help coastal counties access greater resources to combat the effects of sea level rise, flooding and habitat loss. The issue brief highlights many of the available resources. For more information, click here. Contact: Carrie Clingan · 202.942.4246.
NACo produces childhood obesity prevention resources
NACo has two new issue briefs on childhood obesity prevention — Food Access Solutions to Create Healthy Counties and County Health and County Park and Recreation Department Partnerships to Create Active, Healthy Counties. Also, NACo’s Healthy Counties Database has been updated with new examples of counties that have implemented healthy eating and active living programs and policies to prevent childhood obesity. To search for local examples in the database, click here. Both issue briefs and the database were developed through support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Leadership for Healthy Communities program. Additional NACo childhood obesity prevention resources are available here. Contact: Anita Cardwell · 202.942.4267
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