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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.

Expanding Access for Medication for Opioid Use Disorder for Justice Involved Individuals

Expanding Access for Medication for Opioid Use Disorder for Justice Involved Individuals

Since 2019, the National Governors Association, in partnership with the American Correctional Association, has supported at least 14 states to ...
Workforce Innovation Network

Workforce Innovation Network

The Workforce Innovation Network will help facilitate innovative state-level policy solutions that improve employment and workforce outcomes. This page should ...
THE STATES’ ROLE IN HIGHER EDUCATION QUALITY ASSURANCE

THE STATES’ ROLE IN HIGHER EDUCATION QUALITY ASSURANCE

The shifting labor force landscape brought on by the COVID-19 crisis made it especially critical that students and taxpayers see ...
State Resilience Assessment and Planning Tool

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, ...
The States’ Role In National Defense

The States’ Role In National Defense

NGA’s homeland security, economic development, education, energy, and cyber experts teamed with state and interagency partners to identify cross-sector policy ...
STATE RESOURCE CENTER ON ENERGY SECURITY

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

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

Reskilling and Recovery Network

The network brought together state and community college leaders with workforce and industry partners to collaboratively identify and scale strategies ...
POLICY ACADEMY ON SCALING WORK-BASED LEARNING

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

STATE ENERGY TOOLKIT

The toolkit offers ideas to help governors respond to trends as they take action in their states in four areas ...
VIRTUAL RESOURCE CENTER FOR PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS

VIRTUAL RESOURCE CENTER FOR PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS

States have a unique role in public health emergency management. They develop policies and authorities that govern strategy and activities ...
RURAL PROSPERITY THROUGH THE ARTS & CREATIVE SECTOR

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 ...