In this episode, we go all the way back to the New Deal from President Franklin D. Roosevelt and we meet the folks at Source America. Listen to their inspirational stories about how they were trained, found work and improved their lives in a program still going strong.

When the people couldn’t get to the library, or worse, didn’t have a library, the librarians in Catawaba County, North Carolina came up with a solution.

Permanent houses for homeless vets solves much more than a homeless problem.

Berks County PA has come up with a better way to greatly reduce recidivism and become an effective and contributing member of the workforce.

Farmingdale is a bedroom community on Long Island, New York. A once thriving factory town, by the 2000’s it had become a shadow of what it once was.

“County governments are incredibly consequential in our lives and really do play a role in making our communities better places to live, work and play.” Brian Namey, National Association of Counties