
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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At Disagree Better Event, National Security Experts Warn of the Dangers of Toxic Polarization

State and Territory Leaders Meet for the Next Generation of the Healthcare Workforce Summit

Bridging Partisan Divides by Repairing American Institutions

Governors Recognize Suicide Prevention Month
Disagree Better
Americans need to disagree better. And by that we don’t mean that we need to be nicer to each other, although that’s helpful. We need to learn to disagree in a way that allows us to find solutions and solve problems instead of endlessly bickering.
The “exhausted majority” of Americans want this, and the science is clear about interventions that reduce polarization. As doers and builders, Governors are in a unique position to model what healthy conflict looks like.
Governor Spencer Cox’s Disagree Better NGA Chair’s initiative will look at the problems of polarization, elevate the solutions that groups around the country are already implementing, and feature Governors showing what disagreeing better looks like. Through public debates, service projects, public service announcements and a variety of other tactics, Americans will see a more positive and optimistic way of working through our problems.
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Center for Best Practices Library
Revisiting Top Trends in State Economic Development
A Governor’s Guide to Criminal Justice
Medicaid Health Care Purchasing Compendium

Leveraging Gubernatorial Executive Authorities to Maximize Scope of Practice for the Health Care Workforce During an Influenza Pandemic Roundtable
Health Investments that Pay Off: Strategies to Improve Oral Health
Health Workforce Policy Academy Closing Meeting
Using Data to Better Serve the Most Complex Patients
Tackling Intergenerational Poverty: How Governors Can Advance Coordinated Services for Low-Income Parents and Children

Social Impact Bonds for Public Health Programs: An Overview
Enhancing The Role of Fusion Centers in Cybersecurity
Strategies For Improving Outcomes For Justice-Involved Youth
States Work To Improve Energy Efficiency Of Multifamily Buildings
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