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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Tax Credits to Drive Family Wellbeing
Northeast Regional Project Delivery Workshop
Membership Monthly – April 2024
Governors Prioritize Behavioral Health in 2024 State of the State Addresses
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 looks at the problems of polarization, elevates the solutions that groups around the country are already implementing, and features 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
Bidders Call/Webinar: NGA-Pew Policy Academy on Business Regulations
Using the Two-Generation Approach to Promote Health and Family Well-Being
A Bridge to Incubating Innovation: Strengthening the Knowledge Exchange & Cross-Sector Collaboration Between Charter & District Schools
Governor’s Action Guide to Achieving Good Jobs for All Americans
Protecting Consumers from Surprise Medical Bills
Governors Advisors Energy Policy Institute
State Cyber Disruption Response Plans
NGA Health to Assist 5 States on Addressing Infectious Diseases Related to Substance Use
State Protection of Critical Energy Infrastructure Information (CEII)
Entrepreneurship in States: Fostering a Startup-Friendly Economy
Public Health Preparedness and Response Workshop for State and Territorial Gubernatorial and Legislative Leaders
State Summit on Opportunity Zones
PAST NGA CHAIRS INITIATIVES
- 2022-2023
Gov. Phil Murphy’s Initiative
Strengthening Youth Mental Health - 2021-2022
Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s Initiative
K-12 Computer Science Education - 2019-2020
Gov. Larry Hogan’s Initiative
Infrastructure: Foundation for Success - View all…