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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Nation’s Governors, First Spouses Mark National Recovery Month
Each September, National Recovery Month is observed to help promote and support new evidence-based treatment and recovery practices, the emergence of a strong and proud recovery community, and the dedication ...
States Capitalize on Federal Infrastructure Investments to Expand Workforce Development
Since 2021, a wave of federal infrastructure investments has provided states with historic levels of funding for economic development and industrial growth. The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), CHIPS ...
2024 Institute for State Criminal Justice and Public Safety Executives
The 2024 Institute for State Criminal Justice and Public Safety Executives was held on September 5-6th in Washington, DC. Hosted by the National Governors Association (NGA) and the National Criminal ...
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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2024 GHSAC Winter Meeting
The Governors Homeland Security Advisors Council (GHSAC) met January 30 - February 1, 2024, in Washington, D.C., for its annual ...
Governors Continue to Use Emergency Powers to Address the Drug Overdose Epidemic
Governors continue to take executive action and use emergency powers to respond to the nation’s drug overdose epidemic. Recently, Governors ...
Governors’ Reimagining Models of Disaster Preparedness and Recovery
At the 2024 NGA Winter Meeting, Hawai‘i Governor Josh Green and Vermont Governor Phil Scott, Co-Chair’s of NGA’s Public Health ...
NGA Supports States to Disrupt the Linkage Between Trauma and Substance Use Disorder
The National Governors Association (NGA) welcomed state teams from New Mexico and West Virginia to Washington, D.C., February 15-16. These ...
State Strategies To Address The Impact Of Covid-19 On Maternal And Child Populations: Behavioral Health
This publication explores strategies Governors and state leaders employed to address the longstanding issues associated with behavioral health among the ...
Governors Share Housing Solutions
No state is immune from housing supply challenges – from residents leaving states due to high costs and low affordability ...
Governors’ Investments to Build a Strong Workforce in Emerging Sectors
Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear and Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon led an Economic Development and Revitalization Task Force meeting to discuss ...
Working Together with Mutual Respect and Dignity
Through the Disagree Better initiative, NGA Chair Utah Governor Spencer Cox believes Governors can play a pivotal role helping all ...
The Farm Bill and Cultivating the Future – 2024 NGA Winter Meeting Task Force Meeting
At the 2024 NGA Winter Meeting, Idaho Governor Brad Little and U.S. Virgin Islands Governor Albert Bryan Jr., Co-Chairs of ...
NGA Welcomes 6 States into Youth Mental Health Policy Academy
Alabama, Hawai`i, Kentucky, New Jersey, Oklahoma, and Virginia will participate in the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA ...
First Spouses Hold Meeting to Raise Awareness of Overdose Prevention Initiatives
At NGA’s 2024 Winter Meeting, the nation’s First Spouses joined together in a session to raise awareness about overdose prevention ...
Working Together for All Americans
In addition to sharing best practices with one another, the NGA Winter Meeting’s location in Washington, DC also offers Governors ...
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
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