New website provides information on health, social services programs

NACo President Whitley introduced "TarrantCares" at a news conference Wednesday. As reported by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services, he described the new website as a "constantly changing, living site" where consumers can securely keep personal medical records, access service directories and get information on diseases, medications and other topics. The article says Whitley pushed to bring the site to Tarrant County, Texas because it will give people direct access to health information. "I saw it as an opportunity for people really to take responsibility for their own health," he said. "They can search the Internet when they have a health challenge and don't know where to go."