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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Navigating Benefit Cliffs: States and Territories Supporting Economic Mobility
In June 2024, the National Governors Association Children and Families team hosted the monthly Human Services Policy Advisors Institute Call on mitigating benefit cliffs and supporting upward economic mobility. Background ...
Disagree Better: Looking Forward
“In our country today, we’ve gotten really, really good at tearing things down. Building institutions is hard work; tearing them down is easy. We need some architects. We need more ...
First Spouses Convene at Summer Meeting, Join Governor Youngkin in Conversation on Efforts to Raise Awareness about Fentanyl Prevention
During the 2024 NGA Summer Meeting, held in Salt Lake City, Utah First Lady Abby Cox held a meeting with the nation’s First Spouses to focus on efforts Virginia First ...
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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Memo on State Cybersecurity Centers
Since 2015, seven states have publicly established or announced the creation of a state “cybersecurity center,” tasked with implementing key ...
Memo on State Cybersecurity Strategies
This memo provides an overview of state cybersecurity strategies, as well as information technology and homeland security strategies with cybersecurity ...
Memo on State Cybersecurity Governance Bodies
This memo identifies commonalities and differences among the 22 states that established governance bodies tasked with identifying the cyber threats ...
Memo on State Cybersecurity Strategies
This memo provides an overview of state cybersecurity strategies, as well as information technology and homeland security strategies with cybersecurity ...
Revisiting Top Trends in State Economic Development
Since the 2013 publication of Top Trends in State Economic Development, governors’ key advisors have continued to explore and implement ...
A Governor’s Guide to Criminal Justice
Governors play a critical role in ensuring public safety and they oversee the state agencies responsible for implementing those policies ...
Medicaid Health Care Purchasing Compendium
States face the ongoing challenge of managing the costs of their Medicaid programs while ensuring beneficiaries have access to quality ...
Leveraging Gubernatorial Executive Authorities to Maximize Scope of Practice for the Health Care Workforce During an Influenza Pandemic Roundtable
An influenza pandemic has a much broader impact on the population than the typical seasonal flu. Pandemics usually lastlonger and ...
Health Investments that Pay Off: Strategies to Improve Oral Health
Tooth decay is the most common chronic disease among American children. Access to oral health care that could prevent tooth ...
Health Workforce Policy Academy Closing Meeting
October 21-22, 2015 | Washington, D.C.October 22, 2015 Agenda Presentations:October 21 State Team Presentations Moderator: Lauren Block, program director, Health ...
Using Data to Better Serve the Most Complex Patients
Across the country, health care systems continue to grapple with how best to serve patients with the greatest needs. These ...
Tackling Intergenerational Poverty: How Governors Can Advance Coordinated Services for Low-Income Parents and Children
Poverty and long-term unemployment plague Americans of all ages, including parents and their children. The complexity of the issues requires ...
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