NACHSA members heard three presentations on public-private collaboration in the Henrico County/Richmond, VA area during NACo's 2007 Annual Conference.  They included:

• Business and Homelessness: A Collaborative Model - Homeward, Richmond, VA
• Accessing Services for Seniors and Adults with Disabilities - Virginia Department for the Aging
• Businesses and Kids: Success by Six

At NACHSA's fall conference with the National Workforce Association, a number of presentations were made on county innovations in delivering human services and workforce development programs.  Below are links to a number of the presentations made in December 2006.

• Acting on Child Welfare Disparities - Contra Costa County,CA
• Integration of an Agency - Broomfield County, CO
• One Family, One Plan - Olmsted County, MN
• Dakota Healthy Families Child Maltreatment Outcome and Cost Benefit Study - Dakota County, MN
• Making the Right Connections - Sonoma County, CA

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• Prosperity Campaign of Hillsborough & Pinellas Counties, FL
• Taking Action on Disparities Project - Olmsted County, MN
• Independent Living, Transition Living, Grant Process - Hillsborough County, FL
• Supporting Kinship Caregivers or "Grandfamilies" in Ohio - Public Children Services Association of Ohio
• Non-Parent Caretakers of Child-Only Families First Cases: Evidence from Tennessee and Davidson County - University of Tennessee, TN
• Making a Difference in People's Lives and Improving Our Community - Hillsborough County, FL

NACHSA also operates an annual award program highlighting innovations in human services delivery, exemplary human services directors, and elected county officials who have made substantial contributions to the field of human services. Click here to view winners of the 2006 NACHSA Awards.