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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Public Communications Playbook for Energy Emergencies
This playbook outlines essential strategies for state leaders to manage public communications during and energy emergency. This guidance equips Governors and senior state officials with a simple framework to navigate ...
Let’s Get Ready to Partner on Education
There is broad bipartisan agreement on the importance of preparing students for success and clear recognition that the current system needs improvement. The good news is that there are committed ...
Supporting States in Maternal and Child Health and Healthcare Workforce
In January 2024, the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) launched two projects to support a set of states and territories to strengthen their healthcare workforce and ...
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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New Advisor Bootcamp and Annual Water Policy Institute
The 2019 Water Policy Institute featured innovative policies and approaches along with cross-cutting issues such as health challenges with PFAs ...
Child Health, Wellbeing and Safety in Schools Requires All of Us
Originally published in FoxNews.com. By Chris Sununu and Laura Kelly As students streamed back into classrooms this fall, parents, educators, ...
Webinar: Ebola and Beyond: Legal Preparedness for Outbreaks
Download the webinar here. Description: NGA is excited to announce the launch of a webinar series on Legal Preparedness for ...
States are meeting the challenge of infrastructure. Is Washington listening?
Originally published in the Washington Times. By Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan - - Tuesday, November 19, 2019 ANALYSIS/OPINION: The United ...
Integrating and Advancing State Prenatal to 3 Policies
November 13-15, 2019 | Charleston, SC The NGA Early Care and Education and Human Services Teams hosted six states as ...
RURAL PROSPERITY THROUGH THE ARTS & CREATIVE SECTOR
Rural America has a robust cultural history that has enriched the nation and its people. Rural America is also beset ...
VIRTUAL RESOURCE CENTER FOR PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
States have a unique role in public health emergency management. They develop policies and authorities that govern strategy and activities ...
NGA Selects 6 States to Address the Health Care Workforce Needs of a Modern Delivery System
The National Governors Association (NGA) competitively selected six states -- Connecticut, Michigan, Nevada, New Mexico, New York and Oklahoma -- ...
Maryland Grid Modernization Retreat
Infrastructure policy and technology experts from across the country will join NGA)in Detroit, Michigan, for the second of four Stakeholder ...
Governor’s Pocket Guide to Early Literacy
The 2019 Governor’s Pocket Guide to Early Literacy underscores the importance of early literacy with compelling state examples of outcomes, initiatives ...
Improving Workforce Readiness Through Social-Emotional Skills and School Climate
Oct. 21-22, 2019, Santa Fe, NM The National Governors Association (NGA) Solutions: The Center for Best Practices Education Division (NGA ...
Reforming child welfare through a three-branch approach
Recent developments in the field of child welfare have challenged child welfare professionals to approach the work of promoting child ...
PAST NGA CHAIRS INITIATIVES
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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
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