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New Mexico Bridge Team Presents to State Policy Officials on Best Practices for Engaging with Hospitals
The National Governors Association (NGA) Center for Best Practices health team welcomed representatives from the New Mexico Bridge project last ...

Let’s Get Ready to Better Measure Success
Let’s Get Ready: Educating All Americans for Success is designed to support Governors in driving innovation to tackle opportunity gaps ...

Let’s Get Ready to Educate for Opportunity
NGA Chair Colorado Governor Jared Polis’ Let’s Get Ready initiative is working with educators, parents and families, students, researchers, and ...

Demystifying Federal Authorities: State Considerations for Addressing Health-Related Social Needs in Medicaid
States are increasingly looking to integrate HRSN initiatives into their Medicaid programs and they now have many options to receive ...

Education for Life – A Conversation with Dr. Steven Levitt
Measuring outcomes is one of the primary goals of NGA Chair Colorado Governor Jared Polis’ “Let’s Get Ready: Educating All ...

Nation’s Governors Implement Policies to Support Veterans
As the country celebrates Veterans Day, the nation’s Governors will mark the occasion by issuing proclamations and holding ceremonies to ...

NGA Holds Biannual Workforce Development Policy Institute in Mystic, Connecticut
With Governors focused on aligning workforce and economic development activities across states, NGA’s biannual Workforce Development Policy Institute brought together ...

Federal, State and Local Coordination is Essential to Cybersecurity
Enhancing cybersecurity comes down to three keys: public, people, and partnerships. That’s the message White House National Cyber Director Harry ...

Governors Address Healthcare Labor Shortages
Concerns about healthcare workforce supply and preparing the next generation of the healthcare workforce have been building for several years for a variety ...

Recognizing National Youth Justice Action Month
The National Governors Association is celebrating National Youth Justice Action Month this October. During this period, we recognize the actions ...

Governors Working on Workforce Development
The NGA Center for Best Practices will host the 2024 Fall Workforce Development Policy Institute in Mystic, Connecticut at the ...

Insights and Opportunities on Public Sector Skills Based Strategy Efforts
Since 2021, Governors in more than twenty states have taken steps to remove unnecessary bachelor’s degree requirements for jobs in ...