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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Opportunity Done Right
Dr. Brandon Tatum In state after state, Governors are getting stuff done. They are streamlining permitting, building workforce partnerships, expanding energy production, and attacking the costs that make everyday life ...
Marketing, Outreach, and Creative Funding for SNAP E&T
Last month the SNAP E&T Policy Academy held a webinar to look at marketing, outreach, and creative funding for SNAP E&T programs. (Download Slides) States and territories continue to prioritize ...
Building the Skills Infrastructure States Need
How NGA and AIR Are Advancing Skills-Based Practices in the Public Sector Across the country, governors and other state leaders are rethinking how they attract, hire, and retain talent. Since ...
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
Fulfilling Ohio’s Adult Learner Promise: Report of the Adult Learner Working Group
NGA’s Educate for Opportunity project held a virtual site visit to Ohio to learn best practices on adult learning on ...
Improving Attainment: Ohio Excels Statewide Action Plan
NGA’s Educate for Opportunity project held a virtual site visit to Ohio to learn best practices for improving attainment on ...
Institutional Debt Forgiveness: Lessons from Michigan
NGA’s Educate for Opportunity project held a virtual site visit to Ohio to learn best practices on institutional debt forgiveness ...
Improving Outcomes and Reducing Cost of Care for Complex Care Populations With Behavioral Health and Social Support Needs: Toolkit for Governors
The toolkit features lessons learned from Arizona and Michigan, who served as models for the participating states, and supplements the ...
The States’ Role In National Defense
NGA’s homeland security, economic development, education, energy, and cyber experts teamed with state and interagency partners to identify cross-sector policy ...
STATE RESOURCE CENTER ON ENERGY SECURITY
As the leaders of their states, governors are ultimately responsible for preparing for and responding to energy emergencies in their ...
NGA OUTDOOR RECREATION LEARNING NETWORK
Helping governors and their outdoor recreation staff explore strategies to leverage their unique natural, cultural and historical resources to improve ...
Water-Energy Nexus Learning Lab
The National Governors’ Association’s (NGA) Governors’ Advisors Energy Policy Institute brought together governors’ energy policy staff to share energy policy ...
Guidance on Reopening Businesses
As stay-at-home orders are being lifted and as pressure mounts to reopen businesses, states should consider the types of regulations ...
Enhancing Our Defense Communities—a Virtual Workshop Series, 2020
Reach and Engage our Defense Communities Our virtual series kicked-off in September with a workshop dedicated to highlighting federal and ...
Protests, Policing, and COVID-19
This memorandum provides strategies for Governors to reduce the risks of spreading COVID-19 during protests while protecting public safety. (View/Download) ...
Expanding Access To Non-Opioid Management Of Chronic Pain
This report synthesizes the existing evidence base for non-opioid therapies, examines Medicaid coverage policies, and identifies barriers and opportunities for ...
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