
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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Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2023

September Quarterly Infrastructure Coordinator Workshop

Advancing Equity in the Travel, Tourism, and Outdoor Recreation Sectors

2023 Energy Cybersecurity Resources For Governors’ Advisors
Disagree Better
Americans need to disagree better. And by that we don’t mean that we need to be nicer to each other, although that’s helpful. We need to learn to disagree in a way that allows us to find solutions and solve problems instead of endlessly bickering.
The “exhausted majority” of Americans want this, and the science is clear about interventions that reduce polarization. As doers and builders, Governors are in a unique position to model what healthy conflict looks like.
Governor Spencer Cox’s Disagree Better NGA Chair’s initiative will look at the problems of polarization, elevate the solutions that groups around the country are already implementing, and feature Governors showing what disagreeing better looks like. Through public debates, service projects, public service announcements and a variety of other tactics, Americans will see a more positive and optimistic way of working through our problems.
Program Areas
Center for Best Practices Library

Governors Leading on Skills-Based Hiring to Open Opportunity Pathways

Maternal and Infant Health: Expanding Access and Quality of Care

Infrastructure Coordinator Quarterly Workshop

Green Banks: An Overview for Governors

How Governors Are Addressing Housing Access and Affordability and the Connection to Workforce Success

Prioritizing Resilience: Best Practices on Energy Resilience for Healthcare Facilities

State Levers for Recovery: Alabama, ESSER Impact Showcase

Youth Mental Health: Promoting access and affordability of quality treatment and care

State and Federal Actions to Respond to Xylazine

Youth Mental Health: Messaging for Success

Youth Mental Health and Substance Use

Governors Lead the Way on Behavioral Health Workforce Needs
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- 2022-2023
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Strengthening Youth Mental Health - 2021-2022
Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s Initiative
K-12 Computer Science Education - 2019-2020
Gov. Larry Hogan’s Initiative
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