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$547 million awarded for rural water projects Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer recently announced the investment of $547 million in loans and grants to provide safe drinking water and improved wastewater treatment systems for rural communities. |
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Counties enter MySpace-YouTube generation After St. Lucie County, Fla. opened a new skate park last month, amateur video began to pop on YouTube, the wildly popular video-sharing Web site. |
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Wanted posters nab delinquent parents Parents who drop off the map to dodge child support payments in Hamilton County, Ohio are now resurfacing, thanks to the county's Most Wanted Poster effort. |
Deadline: Sept. 17 to register for EITC Forum NACo and the Center for Economic Progress will sponsor an educational forum on the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), asset building and volunteer tax preparation in Detroit on Oct. 22. The faculty will include national and local experts on the EITC and on how to implement, increase and track county progress using it. |
Next NACo Meth Forum, Oct. 22 in Boise, Idaho NACo's next Methamphetamine Prevention Forum is scheduled for Oct. 22, in Ada County, Boise, Idaho. |
Counties in Pictures Photo Contest A picture is still worth a thousand words, even in the age of digital photography. Share the moments when your county was at its finest through the 2008 Counties in Pictures Photo Contest. |
Database targets childhood obesity NACo has released the Healthy Counties Database, a new resource designed to help county officials prevent childhood obesity in their communities. |