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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Cultivating Consensus in Human Services
It's critical for Governors and human services leaders to navigate complex issues, especially when political tension feels high. In some scenarios, successful implementation can rely more on framing and relationship ...
Governors’ Perspectives on Addressing Child Care Needs: Supply and Demand Trends to Watch
Opportunities abound for state-led solutions, and Governors continue to take up the mantle by continuing to prioritize increasing the availability of early care and education. (Download) Ten years ago, Governors’ ...
Let’s Get Ready for International Best Practices in Education
Through Let’s Get Ready!, Governors are working with parents and educators not just to find new answers but to ask new questions. The Vancouver convening provided a valuable opportunity to ...
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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State Trends for Advancing Energy Storage
Advanced energy storage technologies are transforming the U.S. electric power market to one that is more resilient, cleaner and more ...
Building Complex Care Programs: A Road Map for States
Since 2013, the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) Health Division has worked with 10 states and ...
Mid-Course Workshop of the Policy Academy on Power Sector Modernization
November 29–December 1, 2017 | Orlando, FL The National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) hosted the Mid-Course ...
Powering Up: State Trends for Advancing the Use of Energy Storage
Advanced energy storage technologies are transforming the U.S. electric power market to one that is more resilient, cleaner and more ...
Intergovernmental Meeting with the U.S. Department of Energy
November 15–17, 2017 | San Antonio, TX The National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) hosted the 16th ...
Grid Smarts: State Considerations for Adopting Grid Modernization Technologies
Governors can guide the consideration of trade-offs in adopting grid modernization technologies by setting clear policy goals and ensuring that ...
Maternal and Child Health Update 2016
Health care costs continue to rise around the country, and so states are looking for ways to reduce spending while ...
Nuclear Energy Webinar Series
The National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) hosted a webinar series on nuclear energy. As nuclear power ...
Human Capital Learning Lab
October 23–24, 2017 | New Orleans, LA The National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) hosted the Human ...
Transportation Electrification Webinar Training Series
The National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) hosted a webinar series on converging trends in transportation electrification ...
Energy Innovation Summit
October 4–5, 2017 | Denver, CO The world is changing rapidly, with innovative technologies affecting our way of life and ...
State Approaches to Implementing Community-Based Alternatives to Incarceration for Youth Involved in the Justice System
In many states, governors have led bipartisan juvenile justice reform to improve youth outcomes and public safety. Guiding those efforts ...
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