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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Navigating Benefit Cliffs: States and Territories Supporting Economic Mobility
In June 2024, the National Governors Association Children and Families team hosted the monthly Human Services Policy Advisors Institute Call on mitigating benefit cliffs and supporting upward economic mobility. Background ...
Disagree Better: Looking Forward
“In our country today, we’ve gotten really, really good at tearing things down. Building institutions is hard work; tearing them down is easy. We need some architects. We need more ...
First Spouses Convene at Summer Meeting, Join Governor Youngkin in Conversation on Efforts to Raise Awareness about Fentanyl Prevention
During the 2024 NGA Summer Meeting, held in Salt Lake City, Utah First Lady Abby Cox held a meeting with the nation’s First Spouses to focus on efforts Virginia First ...
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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North/Central Regional Transportation Electrification Workshop
The National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) hosted the North/Central Regional Transportation Electrification Workshop in Kansas City, ...
State Strategies for Averting Early Deaths
Death by suicide is a complex individual, relational and public health problem. The incidence of such deaths over the past ...
Policy Update: State Policy Support for Nuclear Generation
This policy scan summarizes recent state policy actions to support nuclear generation, recognizing the ability of nuclearpower to reliably meet ...
Water 101: Webinar for New Advisers
The webinar covers the types of policy assistance that NGA offers, gives new advisers some insights into their jobs from ...
Governor’s Guide to Homeland Security (An Update)
The Homeland Security & Public Safety Division has assembled best practices for governors and their homeland security policy staff in ...
Washington Leaders Must Heed the Signs—Infrastructure Investment is Overdue
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH By Scott D. Pattison In recent weeks, Americans have watched in horror and ...
New Governors Energy Policy Advisers Webinar (Part 2)
NGA’s Energy, Infrastructure & Environment (EIE) Division hosted a series of events in early 2019 for new energy advisers. This ...
National Institute on Scaling Work-Based Learning
Date: April 8-10, 2019 Location: Point Clear, Alabama Abstract: National Governors Association Solutions: The Center for Best Practices (NGA Solutions) ...
Leveraging Data to Unleash Innovation & Curb the Opioid Epidemic
In the complex fight against the opioid overdose epidemic, states can use data to identify critical needs, direct resources and ...
Emerging Trends in the Evolving Opioid Epidemic
While the opioid overdose epidemic justifiably dominates national and state-level headlines, a significant issue is re-emerging for governors and policymakers ...
Opioid Reference Guide for New Administrations
Developed by the NGA Center through a survey and extensive consultation with senior state officials and other national experts, our ...
NGA Opioid Summit for New Administrations
NGA hosted the Opioid Summit for New Administration in Washington, D.C. Public health and public safety officials from 33 states ...
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