
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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State of the State – 2025

Service-to-Career Pathways Advisory Board

Empowering Progress: Harnessing Skills-Based Strategies to Drive Public Sector Excellence
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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Outdoor Recreation Webinar on Economy Industry Data
NGA Selects 5 States to Address Managed Care as a Tool to Drive Health System Change

Governors Taking Action by Leading by Example
Eighteenth Annual Intergovernmental Meeting with the U.S. Department of Energy on Nuclear Weapons Waste Cleanup
New Advisor Bootcamp and Annual Water Policy Institute
Child Health, Wellbeing and Safety in Schools Requires All of Us

Webinar: Ebola and Beyond: Legal Preparedness for Outbreaks
States are meeting the challenge of infrastructure. Is Washington listening?

Integrating and Advancing State Prenatal to 3 Policies

RURAL PROSPERITY THROUGH THE ARTS & CREATIVE SECTOR

VIRTUAL RESOURCE CENTER FOR PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
NGA Selects 6 States to Address the Health Care Workforce Needs of a Modern Delivery System
PAST NGA CHAIRS INITIATIVES
- 2023-2024
Gov. Spencer Cox’s Initiative
Disagree Better - 2022-2023
Gov. Phil Murphy’s Initiative
Strengthening Youth Mental Health - 2021-2022
Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s Initiative
K-12 Computer Science Education - View all…