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Rethinking Occupational Licensing After COVID-19: The Governor’s Role
The Occupational Licensing Final Report: Assessing State Policies and Practices highlights lessons learned from the consortiums’ work with 16 states ...
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Associations Release Roadmap on Strategies for Countering Opioid Misuse in Correctional Settings
As opioid overdoses continue to claim tens of thousands of American lives each year, the National Governors Association (NGA) and ...
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How to Support the National Guard As It Supports the Needs of the Nation
Given all that the Guard has done and continues to do for this nation, the federal and state governments should ...
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State of the States – 2021
Governors of states, territories and commonwealths are outlining their priorities for 2021 in state of the state or commonwealth addresses, ...
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National Governors Association Announces Task Forces to Lead Pandemic Response, Recovery
WASHINGTON – The National Governors Association (NGA) announced three Governor-led task forces to coordinate and lead bipartisan state and territorial ...
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Best Practices
Teams from the Center for Best Practices work with state policy leaders and other experts in fostering information sharing between states to research, develop and implement innovative solutions to public policy challenges.
Expanding Access to Medications for Opioid Use Disorder in Corrections and Community Settings
This roadmap highlights existing state efforts and serves as a policy development tool for Governors and state officials seeking to ...
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Unemployment Insurance During COVID-19
This memo describes: What current unemployment assistance flexibilities exist under the CARES Act and Continued Assistance Act; What presidential actions ...
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State COVID-19 Vaccine Resources
Governors of states and territories, working in close collaboration with local partners, have responsibility for a wide array of activities ...
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A Case Study Of The Michigan Coronavirus Task Force On Racial Disparities
This case study draws its key findings from the Michigan Coronavirus Racial Disparities Interim Report and other sources to explore ...
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COVID-19 Outbreaks: State Reporting By Setting
This resource was developed to identify states that have defined and are reporting setting-specific outbreaks as of November 2020 and ...
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Phased Allocation of COVID-19 Vaccines: State and Territorial Approaches
This table provides information on state and territorial plans for phased allocation of COVID-19 vaccines. As initial supply of COVID-19 ...
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Issue Brief: Preventing Targeted Violence
This issue brief was created to help governors implement a multidisciplinary strategy to prevent targeted violence. This brief distills the ...
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Maternal and Child Health Update 2020
The Maternal and Child Health Update includes findings from a survey of senior state and territory health officials regarding MCH ...
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Fourth National Summit on State Cybersecurity
In January 2021, the NGA Center for Best Practices hosted the Fourth National Summit on State Cybersecurity, in conjunction with ...
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2021 Winter Meeting of the Federal Facilities Task Force
Virtual Meeting | January 13 – 14, 2021 The National Governors Association hosted the Federal Facilities Task Force (FFTF) Winter ...
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