05/21/2007 - Congressional staff briefing generates support for Byrne JAG -

05/07/2007 - NACo rallies support to reinstate health benefits for jail inmates - County News

04/23/2007 - Chairman-elect of NACo affiliate calls lack of community care for mentally ill a ‘national tragedy’ - County News

04/23/2007 - County’s mental health court proves to be good investment - County News

06/28/2007 - NACo's Methamphetamine Newsletter
A monthly update of news, resources, tools, and funding opportunities on addressing the methamphetamine problem.

06/01/2007 - Drugs, Brains, and Behavior - The Science of Addiction
A publication by The National Institute on Drug Abuse, Drugs, Brains, and Behavior - The Science of Addiction, designed to explain advances in the understanding of addiction as a brain disease, is now available free online and in print.

05/31/2007 - Bureau of Justice Assistance Grants
The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) is now accepting applications for the Edward Byrne Memorial Discretionary Grants Program, designed to fund existing or proposed programs to enhance local efforts to respond to and prevent crime and drug abuse.

03/28/2007 - Justice, Treatment and Cost: An Evaluation of the Fiscal Impact of the Alleghany County Mental Health Court
Special courts that sentence people with mental illness who are convicted of misdemeanors and low-level felonies to treatment instead of jail have the potential to save taxpayers money, according to a RAND Corporation study conducted for the Council of State Governments Justice Center.

07/26/2005 - Testimony: Fighting Meth in America's Heartland

04/14/2005 - Testimony on Strengthening the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act

03/08/2005 - Testimony on the Burden on Counties of Unfunded Mandates

03/08/2005 - Testimony on Tenth Anniversary of Unfunded Mandates Reform Act

02/10/2005 - State Prisoners and County Jails