
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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State of the State – 2025

Service-to-Career Pathways Advisory Board

Empowering Progress: Harnessing Skills-Based Strategies to Drive Public Sector Excellence
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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Center for Best Practices Library
Health Workforce Policy Academy Meeting Building a Transformed Health Care Workforce: Moving from Planning to Implementation
Reducing Prescription Drug Abuse: Lessons Learned from an NGA Policy Academy
The Role of Dental Hygienists in Providing Access to Oral Health Care
Governor’s Guide to Mass Evacuation
A Governor’s Guide to Early Literacy: Getting all Students Reading by Third Grade

2012 Maternal and Child Health Update: The Changing Environment of Medicaid/CHIP Coverage for Children and Improving Birth Outcomes

Improving Birth Outcomes in Medicaid
Effect of Provider Payment Reforms on Maternal and Child Health Services
Building a Civilian Cyber Corps

State Sector Strategies Coming of Age: Implications for State Workforce Policymakers
The Role of Nurse Practitioners in Meeting Increasing Demand for Primary Care
Improving Preparedness Through Sharing Public Health and Homeland Security Information
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