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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2026 Energy Resilience Roundtable for U.S. Territories, Alaska & Hawaiʻi
Energy supports daily life, economic opportunity, and public safety, and its importance is never clearer than when the power goes out. That is why ensuring resilient, reliable and affordable energy ...
NGA statement regarding 530A Accounts Auto-Enrollment
National Governors Association Chair Maryland Governor Wes Moore and Vice Chair Indiana Governor Mike Braun today issued the following statement regarding 530A Accounts Auto-Enrollment “We applaud the Administration for taking ...
Addressing the Cost of Care: Child Care Access and Affordability
Across the country, Governors are working to bring down the cost of living for everyday Americans, and improving child care access and affordability remains a key priority in those efforts ...
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
Delivering Workforce System Employment and Training Services Remotely
Summary Across the United States, American Job Centers (AJCs) provide a range of assistance to jobseekers, students, and businesses. Due ...
State Commerce/Economic Development Actions & Initiatives For COVID-19
Summary This resource details the work that governors and state officials in economic development organizations have done in the wake ...
Economic Recovery Planning & Resources to Support Businesses and Local Communities
Businesses and economies across the world are feeling the impact of COVID-19. Despite having a robust economy just over a ...
Overview of Section 1135 and Section 1115 Waivers
On March 13, President Trump issued an emergency declaration under both the National Emergencies Act and the Robert T. Stafford ...
Adjustments to Work-Based Learning in Response to COVID-19
Education and training programs across the country have been interrupted as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19). Work-based learning programs ...
Summer Camps and Summer Learning Opportunities
As states shift their focus from the immediate emergency of COVID-19 school closures toward the reopening of schools and educational ...
Planning for Concurrent Emergencies
Background Given the protracted nature of the COVID-19 pandemic, states will likely experience additional, simultaneous emergencies concurrent with additional outbreaks ...
Information and Guidance on Supporting On-demand Workers through the COVID-19 Crisis
Introduction This memo provides governors and state officials with an overview of the key issues related to on-demand workers during ...
Update on COVID-19 Treatment Development
Introduction COVID-19 treatment development is moving at an unprecedented pace across the world and resulting therapeutics may be critical to ...
Reopening Institutions of Higher Education
Nearly all higher education institutions are at least partially closed and have shifted to online instruction during the spring semester ...
Cost Share Considerations for FEMA Public Assistance Grants
There are many grant programs available through federal agencies to support disaster response and recovery activities. On March 13, 2020 ...
The Defense Production Act & Executive Action Taken in Response to COVID-19
The Defense Production Act (DPA) [50 U.S.C. 4501 et seq] grants the president a broad set of authorities to influence ...
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