What is a county? What is a county and what does it do? Who runs a county? Where does a county get its money from, and how does it spend it? How are citizens involved?
North Carolina county government video Do you find it difficult to describe what North Carolina county governments do for their citizens? Every time you go to a public school, take a walk in a county park, check out a book from the county library, or even eat in a restaurant, your county is working to provide programs and services that enhance your quality of life, protect you, and prepare you for the future.
Click
here to
request a free copy of the video on DVD.
Free resources for teachers available The N.C. Association of County Commissioners
has several resources available to assist teachers in their lessons on county
government. The NCACC has prepared a 16-page booklet (left) that includes brief
overviews of the services offered by counties, how counties generate their
revenue, the governance structure of a county and how counties spend their
revenues. There is also a PowerPoint presentation for the booklet. In addition,
the Association has created an award-winning 4 1/2-minute video as a companion
to the booklet. For a limited time, the Association is offering for free to
teachers a packet of 30 copies of the booklet, a copy of the video on DVD and a
copy of our award-winning poster that shows all 100 county seals.
Interested
in a guest speaker on county government for your classroom? Click
here for a
listing of phone numbers for county managers to
request a speaker.
NCACC sponsoring essay contest on role
of county government Attention North Carolina 10th graders and teachers: Would you like to win $500? The N.C. Association of County Commissioners hosts an essay contest
each year on the role of county government and awards the student with the best essay and his/her teacher with $500 each.
State of the Counties
The State of the Counties database shows important benchmarks and trends that describe the condition of county governments.
The data is updated as the sources are updated, new sources of county information will be added to the resource links, and new benchmarks will be established as appropriate.
The database allows you to research a county and compare up to three counties.
About the Web site
"Welcome to Your County" is an initiative of the North Carolina Association of County Commissioners, which strives to inform and educate the public and the media about county government through implementation of its strategic goals.
What is a county and what does it do? Who runs a county? Where does a county get its money from, and how does it spend it? How are citizens involved?
Do you find it difficult to describe what North Carolina county governments do for their citizens? Every time you go to a public school, take a walk in a county park, check out a book from the county library, or even eat in a restaurant, your county is working to provide programs and services that enhance your quality of life, protect you, and prepare you for the future.
The N.C. Association of County Commissioners
has several resources available to assist teachers in their lessons on county
government. The NCACC has prepared a 16-page booklet (left) that includes brief
overviews of the services offered by counties, how counties generate their
revenue, the governance structure of a county and how counties spend their
revenues. There is also a PowerPoint presentation for the booklet. In addition,
the Association has created an award-winning 4 1/2-minute video as a companion
to the booklet. For a limited time, the Association is offering for free to
teachers a packet of 30 copies of the booklet, a copy of the video on DVD and a
copy of our award-winning poster that shows all 100 county seals.
Attention North Carolina 10th graders and teachers: Would you like to win $500? The N.C. Association of County Commissioners hosts an essay contest
each year on the role of county government and awards the student with the best essay and his/her teacher with $500 each. 