NGA Center for Best Practices
NGA Center for Best Practices teams develop innovative solutions to today’s most pressing public policy challenges. The NGA Center is the only research and development firm that directly serves the nation’s Governors.
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2026 Energy Resilience Roundtable for U.S. Territories, Alaska & Hawaiʻi
Energy supports daily life, economic opportunity, and public safety, and its importance is never clearer than when the power goes out. That is why ensuring resilient, reliable and affordable energy ...
NGA statement regarding 530A Accounts Auto-Enrollment
National Governors Association Chair Maryland Governor Wes Moore and Vice Chair Indiana Governor Mike Braun today issued the following statement regarding 530A Accounts Auto-Enrollment “We applaud the Administration for taking ...
Addressing the Cost of Care: Child Care Access and Affordability
Across the country, Governors are working to bring down the cost of living for everyday Americans, and improving child care access and affordability remains a key priority in those efforts ...
Reigniting the American Dream
Every American should have the opportunity to build a life of purpose, to strengthen their community, and to help shape a nation defined not only by prosperity, but by potential realized. Yet across our very diverse states, too many people have lost faith in this opportunity. They’ve faced too many obstacles, encountered too many closed doors, and given up the hope of a brighter future. We can do better.
Reigniting the American Dream is more than an initiative. It’s an invitation for every U.S. governor to take action.
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Center for Best Practices Library
Increasing Utilization of COVID-19 Monoclonal Antibodies: Considerations and Promising Practices for States
As Governors focus on vaccinating as many individuals as possible, COVID-19 antibody treatments will continue to play an important role ...
COVID-19 Vaccines and Emerging Viral Variants
The brief addresses the effectiveness of existing and upcoming vaccines against emerging COVID-19 viral variants and provides considerations for Governors ...
Resource Center For State Cybersecurity
The significant and continued growth of cyber-attacks against the United States makes cybersecurity a critical issue for all governors. To ...
Governors Hogan and Whitmer Testify on Importance of Infrastructure Investment
Governors struck a resoundingly bipartisan tone before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, speaking to the urgency of investing ...
Case Study: Building Strong Brains Tennessee
The COVID-19 pandemic may be increasing Adverse Childhood Experiences and trauma and demonstrates the importance of responding to them at ...
Promoting Outdoor Recreation Through Health Policy
Park Rx programs are being adopted by a small group of physicians all over the country who are prescribing the ...
Strategies for Advancing Equity Through State Education Budgets During & Beyond COVID
This webinar explores opportunities, challenges, and strategies for governors as they create and move forward state education budgets during and ...
Expanding Access for Medication for Opioid Use Disorder for Justice Involved Individuals
From 2019 to 2021, the National Governors Association, in partnership with the American Correctional Association, supported at least 14 states ...
Governors Propose Infrastructure Investments to Support Long Term Economic Recovery
As the nation’s economy looks to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, states are positioned to maximize the benefits from infrastructure ...
The Road Ahead: A Summary of State Economic Recovery Agendas
The COVID-19 pandemic and resulting economic crisis have posed exceptional challenges for states. This brief summarizes the proactive economic recovery ...
Governors Start 2021 by Expanding Access to Broadband
Governors are proposing record levels of investments in broadband infrastructure. by Jake Varn, Policy Analyst, Infrastructure Tens of millions of ...
COVID-19 Vaccine Communications Resources
Communication is a critical component of successful distribution, administration, and uptake of COVID-19 vaccines. Governors recognize the importance of effective ...
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