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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Promising Practices for State and Territory Disability Data Collection and Usage
This brief outlines promising practices that states and territories can implement to collect disability data to advance health equity. A full list of citations is available in the PDF version ...
2024 State Experts Roundtable on Protecting Energy Infrastructure from Physical Attacks
On September 12, 2024, the National Governors Association (NGA), in partnership with the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC), National Association of State Energy Officials (NASEO), National Conference of ...
Child & Family Services Review Process
On November 20th, the National Governors Association Children and Families team hosted the monthly meeting of the Human Services Policy Advisors Institute, with the Children’s Bureau on the Child & ...
Let’s Get Ready
All Americans should have access to education that prepares them for success in life. As the world changes and technology evolves, ensuring all students graduate with the skills and knowledge necessary for success is increasingly critical for our nation’s economic competitiveness.
As Governors, we lead states facing economic opportunities but also challenges, shortages in workforce, skills mismatch, and widening opportunity gaps that limit true economic mobility for Americans. We must take these indicators as a call to action.
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Actualizing the Promise of Youth Apprenticeship: Lessons Learned from NGA’s Policy Academy to Advance Youth Apprenticeship
This publication highlights key themes from the Policy Academy, recounts Governor-led policy change on youth apprenticeship, and covers what the ...
2024 Governors’ Legal Counsel Convening
The 2024 Governors’ Legal Counsel Convening was held on September 26-27 in Burlington, Vermont. Hosted by the National Governors Association, the event ...
Governors Address Healthcare Labor Shortages
Concerns about healthcare workforce supply and preparing the next generation of the healthcare workforce have been building for several years for a variety ...
Ensuring Energy Security & Resilience for All
Strategies for Governors to address the needs of certain vulnerable individuals during energy emergencies (Download) As states and territories face ...
Governors’ Infrastructure Coordinators Meet in Washington D.C. for Eighth Workshop
On September 25th to 26th 2024, the National Governors Association hosted Infrastructure Coordinators in Washington, D.C. for a two-day workshop ...
Recognizing National Youth Justice Action Month
The National Governors Association is celebrating National Youth Justice Action Month this October. During this period, we recognize the actions ...
Navigating the GenAI Frontier: Strategies for Governors’ Offices
Governors are working to maximize the benefits and mitigate the risks of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and NGA is assisting in ...
2024 Health and Human Services Policy Advisors Institute
The National Governors Association (NGA) welcomed Governors' advisors and policy leaders from thirty-two states and five territories to the annual ...
Governors Working on Workforce Development
The NGA Center for Best Practices will host the 2024 Fall Workforce Development Policy Institute in Mystic, Connecticut at the ...
Announcing the Public Health Emergency Playbook
The National Governors Association (NGA) hosted a webinar to announce the release of the Governors Public Health Emergency Playbook, the ...
2024 Cybersecurity Policy Advisors Network In-Person Convening
The 2024 Cybersecurity Policy Advisors Network In-Person Convening was held on September 18-19th at Google’s offices in Washington, DC. Hosted ...
Insights and Opportunities on Public Sector Skills Based Strategy Efforts
Since 2021, Governors in more than twenty states have taken steps to remove unnecessary bachelor’s degree requirements for jobs in ...
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