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Climate-Resilient Communities

ICMA’s CityLinks Primer on Subnational Approaches for Low Emission, Climate Resilient Development is a tool managers can use to support work being done in the U.S. promoting a low-carbon, climate-resilient future.

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For Age-Friendly Communities

ICMA has teamed up with AARP to provide local leaders with free resources to plan for the aging population, including webinars, toolkits, and guides.

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Inmate Health Care

The Center for State and Local Government Excellence has published Local Government Strategies to Control Rising Health Care Costs with two case studies—Buncombe County, North Carolina, and Hampden County, Massachusetts—that had success reducing costs for inmate care.

icma.org/lghealthcarecoststrategies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Setting the Record Straight

Much has been written during the past year about the notion that only 13 percent of local government CAOs are women. But what’s really behind that number? While efforts to encourage women to enter and advance through the local government management profession are definitely needed, the situation is not as dire as has been widely reported.

icma.org/why13percent

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