
NGA Center for Best Practices
The NGA Center for Best Practices teams and divisions develop innovative solutions to today’s most pressing public policy challenges. The center is the only research and development firm that directly serves the nation’s governors.
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Maternal and Infant Health: Expanding Access and Quality of Care
The third roundtable of the New Jersey First Lady Tammy Murphy’s Initiative on maternal and infant health took place in Detroit, Michigan, presided by New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy and ...
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Infrastructure Coordinator Quarterly Workshop
From May 16 to 18, 2023, NGA hosted its Quarterly Infrastructure Coordinator Workshop in Washington D.C. With $37 billion in funding for resilience programs in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs ...
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Governors Leading on Skills-Based Hiring to Open Opportunity Pathways
Skills-based hiring is a method of recruiting employees that prioritizes a candidate's competencies over more "traditional" qualifications like degrees. This hiring strategy can remove barriers that currently screen out qualified ...
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Membership Monthly – May 2023
Updates from the NGA Membership Team for May 2023. For more about the programs below and a list of upcoming events please email us at: membership@nga.org. ABOVE: Virginia Governor Glenn ...
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STRENGTHENING YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH
The United States faces a nationwide youth mental health crisis. The roots of this crisis existed before COVID-19, but the pandemic has both exacerbated and highlighted the scope of the challenges in addressing this issue. The time is right and the need has never been more apparent to discuss proven and innovative solutions for states.
Governor Phil Murphy’s 2022-2023 Chair’s Initiative will focus on four key pillars to address youth mental health:
- Addressing Prevention And Resilience Building
- Increasing Awareness And Reducing Stigma
- Insuring Access And Affordability Of Quality Treatment And Care
- Training And Supporting Caregivers And Teachers
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State Partnerships for Advancing School Leadership
The National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE) hosted a webinar, State Partnerships Advancing School Leadership, in partnership with ...
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Broadband Leaders Workshop
On Monday, April 24 to Wednesday, April 26, NGA convened, in partnership with Nevada Governor Joe Lombardo’s Office of Science ...
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American Infrastructure Investment Forum
As infrastructure funding begins to flow from the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) and Governors look to combine ...
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Strategies For Deploying Surface Transportation Funds For Workforce Development And Postsecondary Education
As states implement the IIJA, it will be critical that they ensure workers are equipped to participate successfully in the ...
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Lessons from the World’s High-Performing Education Systems: A Conversation with Andreas Schleicher
This webinar features a conversation with Andreas Schleicher, Director for Education and Skills and Special Advisor on Education Policy to ...
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Governors and States are Advancing Equitable Rural Economic Development and Healthcare
Supporting rural communities is a top priority for Governors, and states and territories are working to advance solutions in this ...
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Governors Highlight Record Infrastructure Investment in State of the State Addresses
As infrastructure funds begin to flow from the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), the bipartisan CHIPS and Science ...
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Cleaning Up America’s Nuclear Weapons Complex: 2023 Update for Governors
Since the 1992 enactment of the Federal Facilities Compliance Act, the U.S. Department of Energy Office and states have worked ...
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State Strategies for Addressing K-12 Student Needs
A series of conversations with subject matter experts, state education leaders, and practitioners to explore gubernatorial strategies for addressing students’ ...
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Black Maternal Health Week 2023
Black Maternal Health Week, originated by the Black Mamas Matter Alliance, was created to raise awareness of diminished maternal health ...
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NGA Meeting Highlight: How Two Governors are Addressing Barriers to Work
Even as millions of job vacancies go unfilled, millions of working-age people are either unemployed, unable to make ends meet ...
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Public Health and Healthcare: Creating a Culture of Accountability and Coordination
Optimal health is reliant on coordinated, and at times, integrated public health and healthcare systems. Public health systems aim to ...
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PAST NGA CHAIRS INITIATIVES
- 2021-2022
Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s Initiative
K-12 Computer Science Education - 2019-2020
Gov. Larry Hogan’s Initiative
Infrastructure: Foundation for Success - 2018-2018
Gov. Steve Bullock’s Initiative
Good Jobs for All Americans - 2017–2018
Gov. Brian Sandoval’s Initiative
Ahead of the Curve: Innovation Governors - View all…