Join the National Association of Counties (NACo) on Thursday, April 30, 2015 from 2:00 pm until 3:00 pm EDT for a webinar to learn more about its initiative to reduce the number of people with mental illnesses in jails.
According to NACo’s website, it’s new national initiative for counties is called
Stepping Up: A National Initiative to Reduce the Number of People with Mental Illnesses in Jails! This webinar will explain what the initiative is and the benefits to counties of signing on. Hear from your fellow NACo members as they describe four Stepping Up launch events across the country that will highlight their accomplishments in reducing the numbers of people with mental illnesses in their jail, and how you can register to virtually attend these events. Counties will be able to officially sign on to Stepping Up starting on May 5.
