Front & Center is NGA's weekly newsletter on Center projects and events, state best practices, federal policies affecting states, links to respected research, and quick analysis on hot topics.
Affordable Housing; Emergency Evacuations; Child Welfare and Medicaid; Brain Drain
Green Bonds; Health Workforce; Education Career Pathways
School Meals; Evacuation Planning; Water Supply; Employing Veterans
School Turnarounds; Violent Crime Rates; College Readiness; Healthcare Costs
Graduation Rates; Child Welfare; Public Safety Apps; Job Sprawl
Transportation Funding; Veterans Employment; Child Care; Engaging Managed Care Organizations
Measuring School Performance; Electric Vehicles; Apprenticeships; Work Supports
School Safety; High Speed Rail; Incarcerated Youth; Energy Costs and Foreclosures
Kindergarten Readiness; Workforce Development; School Lunches; Tuition Revenue
Fracking; Energy Efficiency; Recidivism; Hospitals and Workforce Development
Bullying; Natural Gas Vehicles; Mentoring; Hospital Readmissions
Energy Independence, Juvenile Justice, Career Assessment, Agriculture, and Jobs
School Safety; Streamlining Law Enforcement; Affordable Tuition; Combined Heat & Power
Behavioral Health; College Completion; Asset Poverty; Disabilities and Food Security
Energy Audits; STEM Teachers; Justice Reinvestment; Mental Health and Law Enforcement
Fracking; Early Readers; Transportation Financing; Child Care; Nuclear Waste
Compounding Pharmacies; Teacher Prep; Privacy Policy; Work Shares
Advanced Manufacturing; Energy Efficiency; Alcohol and Crime; Water Infrastructure
Water Quality; Retirement Savings; Energy Projections; School Vouchers; Gang Violence
Energy Strategies; Child Protection; Employee Health; Phys Ed.
College Affordability; Telemedicine; Green Infrastructure; Engaging Employees
Transportation Funding; Health Care Workers; Exports; Medicaid Spending Levels
Parks; Internships; Consumer Health Data; Public Benefits Applications
Apps; Career Data; Power Outages; Public Trust; Long-Term Care
Social Media; Rx Substance Abuse; ELLs; Distracted Driving
Data Sharing; Common Core; Workforce Training; Drug Policy
Broadband; School Safety; Storing Energy; Transportation Finance
Public Engagement; Transparency; Employee Health Care
West Nile; Wind Energy; Suspensions; Workplace Wellness
Volunteer Counselors; Payday Loans; Child Car Safety; Transportation Policy Trends
Infant Mortality; Medical Homes; Privacy Policy; Pension Law
Power Outages; Drought; Cyberbullying; Identity Theft; Children with Disabilities
P3s; Disabilities and Work; School Finance; Sector Strategies; Child Hunger
Employee Health; Highway Safety; Solar Power; Gun Violence; Child Wellness
Accessibility; Veterans Affairs; Energy Outlook; Parole Rules; Charter School Sponsors
Energy Financing; Home Visiting; Flexible Credits; Primary Care Coaches
Military Families; Child Obesity; Mobile Health; Energy Infrastructure
Early Childhood; Career Readiness Assessments; Landfills; Preventative Health Care
Helping Vets; Vaccinations; Dyslexia; Quality Child Care
Utilities; Hospital Prices; College Grads and Unemployment; Value Capture Financing
Veterans; Foreclosures Up; Board of Ed. Reform; Abusive Caretakers; Assessing Community Colleges
Tuition; Civil Service; Emergency Texts; Sin Tax; Unreported Violence
Sentencing Transparency; Declines in Obesity, Prisons, Teen Pregnancy and Prescriptions
Virtual Classes; Mental Health; Foreclosures; Code Enforcement; Helping Vets Invest
Summer Meals; House Calls; Recycling; Homelessness; Community College Dropouts
Education Compacts; Capital Budgeting; Job Mismatches; Community Health Centers
Open Data; Prison Closures; Internships; School Flexibility; Doctor Report Cards
All-Crime DNA; On-the-Job Training; Teacher Bonuses; Alcohol and ERs; Electric Cars
Drug Courts; Biomass; Obesity; Dental ER Visits; Exports
Suspensions; Tech Transfer; Mining; Poverty; Doctor Shortage
Primary Care; Rx Tracking; P3s; Entrepreneurs; Regional Economies
Red tape; Exports; Mapping Terror; Costs of Digital Learning
Sugar, Job Training, Community Colleges, Building Permits, Corrections Costs
Social Bonds; Highway Transformations; Deinstitutionalization; Early Literacy; Energy Trends
Teacher Bonuses, Substance Abuse, Disaster Prep, Transportation Funding
Ports; Fracking; eCrimes; Education Finance; Managed Care
Transportation, Tobacco, Primary Care, Funding Higher Ed
Manufacturing; Reentry Planning; Water; Workforce Development; Education Data
Renewable Energy; Food Relief; Physician Extenders; Environmental Review
Policing; Gas Tax; Legal Aid; Small Business Express; Teacher Evaluations
Lawmaker Benefits; Pre-K; Homeland Security; Manufacturing; Green Jobs
Cyber Security; Rx; Demand-Response Energy; Gov Redesign; Principal Coaching
Telehealth; Public Transit; STEM; Cyber Attacks; Worker Training
Net Metering; ER Visits; Lending; Grad Rates; Prisoner Care
Prison Reuse; Health Claims; Fracking; Strip Malls; Higher Ed Spending
Agency Mergers; Child Obesity; School Tech; Procurement; Recycling Mandate
Technology Park; Coal Exports; Integrating Care; Reforming K-12; Service Delivery
Pace Cars; Court Fees; Tax Credits; Charter Schools; Employee Wellness
Dental Homes; Pre-K; Roofs to Roads; Broadband; Drug Courts
Prisoner DNA; Biofuels; Vocational Ed; Medicaid Savings; Agency Redesign
Global Payments; Dropouts; Shale Gas; Texting; Innovation
Electric Cars; Cyber Plan; Reorganization; Workers Comp; Clinic Prices
Prisoner Re-Entry; Start-Ups; Coordinated Care; School Choice; Drilling Guidelines
Consolidations; Sexting; Hospital Quality; Power Plants; Green Literacy
Fracking; Chat Rooms; Top Jobs; Teacher Readiness; Bundled Payments
Innovation; Transmission; Juvenile Courts; Turnaround Schools; Retired Dentists
Truck Idling; University Metrics; Decriminalization; Elder Care; Drug Testing
Quiet Pavement; Summer Jobs; Tort Reform; Early Release; Degree Value
Smart Metering; Pensions; Medicaid Waiver; Multi-District Schools; Recidivism
Radioactive Waste; Youth Offenders; Financial Literacy; Early Graduates; Medical Homes
Mental Health Courts; Green Homes; Competitiveness; Social Promotion; Medical Homes
Child-Only Plans; 24/7 Sobriety; Nuke Fuel Cycle; Intern Jobs; Curriculum Consolidation
Sentencing; Workers Comp; Doctor’s Apology; Energy Outlook; Teacher Evaluations
Medicaid Waiver; Asset Sales; Recidivism; School Accountability; Drilling Rules
Data Matching; Energy Targets; Drug Laws; Medicaid Flexibility; Two Track Diploma
School Grades; Palm Prints; Health Outcomes; PPPs; Pension Stability
VMT Fees; Clusters; Teacher Tenure; Juvenile Parole; Clinical Trials
Familial DNA; Workers Comp; DMV fees; Charter Fund; Medicaid Enrollment
Parks; R&D; Death Penalty; Rx Lock-In; Educator Evaluations
R&D Credits; P-20; CO2 Storage; Healthy Frontiers; Drug Treatment
Cyber Crime; Exports; Blended Learning; Hospital Penalties; Black Carbon
Innovation; Accountability; Clusters; Medicaid Demo; Prison Population
