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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Governors Prioritizing Postsecondary Strategies: Multiple Pathways Highlighted in 2025 State and Territory Addresses
Governors across the country made clear that postsecondary education remains central to their policy agendas in their 2025 State and Territory addresses—including State of the State, Inaugural, and Budget speeches ...
Membership Monthly – April 2025
Updates from the NGA Membership Team for April 2025. For more about the programs below and a list of upcoming events please email NGA at: membership@nga.org. ABOVE: Virginia Governor Glenn ...
Workforce Investments for A Robust Health Ecosystem
To help commemorate National Public Health Week 2025, this publication is part of an NGA series that explores policies, programs and considerations to improve population health. Addressing health needs through ...
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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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 ...
Future Workforce Now State Policy Forum for Action
NGA welcomed participants to explore and build on the Future Workforce Now policy framework that has been created and develop policy ...
America’s Governors Are Strengthening and Protecting Our States’ Critical Infrastructure
Originally published in the Detroit News By Gretchen Whitmer and Larry Hogan As the East Coast cleans up from hurricanes, ...
Emergency Management Assistance Compact: Legal Considerations in 90 Minutes
The second webinar will be led by representatives from states participating in Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC), who will explain ...
Infrastructure Stakeholder Summit II: Strengthening Security and Resiliency: Protecting America’s Critical Infrastructure
Infrastructure policy and technology experts from across the country will join NGA)in Detroit, Michigan, for the second of four Stakeholder ...
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