NGA ISSUE LIBRARY
Our nation’s Governors are dedicated to leading bipartisan solutions that improve citizens’ lives. Through NGA, Governors identify priority issues and deal with matters of public policy and governance at the state, national and global levels. NGA teams work side-by-side with state leaders to identify challenges and develop solutions. View NGA products below, filterable by content type and topic.
THE STATES’ ROLE IN HIGHER EDUCATION QUALITY ASSURANCE
The shifting labor force landscape brought on by the COVID-19 crisis makes it especially critical that students and taxpayers see ...
State Resilience Assessment and Planning Tool
The State Resilience Assessment and Planning Tool was created to help Governors and their staffs assess state resilience, identify gaps, ...
EDUCATE FOR OPPORTUNITY
The NGA Center has partnered with Strada Education Network, to focus on supporting state efforts that connect and align their ...
CHILD AND FAMILY WELL-BEING LEARNING COHORT
The Child and Family Well-Being Learning Cohort is hosted by the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) ...
THE STATES’ ROLE IN NATIONAL DEFENSE
NGA’s homeland security, economic development, education, energy, and cyber experts will team with state and interagency partners to identify cross-sector policy connections ...
STATE RESOURCE CENTER ON ENERGY SECURITY
As the leaders of their states, governors are ultimately responsible for preparing for and responding to energy emergencies in their ...
NGA OUTDOOR RECREATION LEARNING NETWORK
Helping governors and their outdoor recreation staff explore strategies to leverage their unique natural, cultural and historical resources to improve ...
RESKILLING AND RECOVERY NETWORK
Bringing together state and community college leaders with workforce and industry partners to collaboratively identify and scale strategies that give ...
POLICY ACADEMY ON SCALING WORK-BASED LEARNING
The NGA Center for Best Practices, with support from the Siemens Foundation, is assisting states in scaling high quality work-based ...
STATE ENERGY TOOLKIT
The toolkit offers ideas to help governors respond to trends as they take action in their states in four areas ...
REFORMING CHILD WELFARE THROUGH A THREE-BRANCH APPROACH
This Three-Branch Toolkit helps state leaders communicate effectively among branches, understand and respect the complementary roles of each branch, effectively ...
RURAL PROSPERITY THROUGH THE ARTS & CREATIVE SECTOR
Rural America has a robust cultural history that has enriched the nation and its people. Rural America is also beset ...
