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3 <br /> HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (NCACC Legislative Advocacy Goal Category) <br /> • GOAL — Seek legislation to expand behavioral health treatment resources and crisis <br /> system capacity. <br /> (Strategic Plan Priority 2, Objectives 1 & 2; ORANGE COUNTY TOP 6 GOAL) <br /> • GOAL — Support legislation to establish a Medicaid code to reimburse behavioral <br /> health urgent care (BHUC) services at a sustainable rate. <br /> • GOAL — Support legislation to increase innovation waiver slots more aggressively to <br /> meet the Olmstead Act requirements to serve members of the public with Intellectual <br /> or Developmental Disabilities (IDD) (current waiting list of approximately 17,000). <br /> • GOAL — Seek legislation to consistently fund treatment and diversion programs that <br /> reduce incarceration. <br /> (Strategic Plan Priority 2, Objectives 1 & 4) <br /> • GOAL — Seek legislation and ongoing funding to support youth in foster care and <br /> those transitioning to adulthood. <br /> (Strategic Plan Priority 2, Objective 3) <br /> JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY (NCACC Legislative Advocacy Goal Category) <br /> • GOAL— Seek legislation expanding state funding for essential medical, mental health, <br /> substance use, and social services for people incarcerated in local detention facilities. <br /> (NCACC Justice & Public Safety Top Priority Legislative Goal; ORANGE COUNTY TOP 6 <br /> GOAL) <br /> PUBLIC EDUCATION (NCACC Legislative Advocacy Goal Category) <br /> • GOAL — Support legislation that invests in school operational and capital needs. <br /> (Strategic Plan Priority 5, Objectives 4 & 5, ORANGE COUNTY TOP 6 GOAL) <br /> • GOAL — Seek funding that promotes workforce development, continuing education, <br /> and college/career readiness. <br /> (Strategic Plan Priorities 5 & 6, Objectives 3 & 6) <br /> • GOAL — Support legislation to modernize public school funding formulas. <br /> • GOAL — Support legislation to improve teacher and classified staff recruitment and <br /> retention, including increased state salary schedules. <br /> (NCACC Public Education Top Priority Legislative Goal) <br /> • GOAL — Seek funding for community college—high school partnerships that expand <br /> experiential learning. <br /> • GOAL— Seek full funding for public Pre-K education which benefits both students and <br /> the general public through improved life-long health/mental health, achievement; and <br /> other benefits. <br /> • GOAL — Support legislation to reduce funding and limit eligibility for/availability of <br /> private school vouchers (especially reversing the availability of funding for non-low <br /> income families), as vouchers constrain available funding for public education <br /> statewide, encourage students to leave public education, and limit services and <br /> educational opportunities for all remaining public school students. <br /> TAX AND FINANCE (NCACC Legislative Advocacy Goal Category) <br /> • GOAL — Support legislation that preserves County funding and taxing authority and <br /> instead funds potential expanded exemptions through the state budget. <br /> (ORANGE COUNTY TOP 6 GOAL) <br />