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.
Strengthening Employer And Industry Engagement: A Self-Assessment Tool for Youth Apprenticeship Leaders
This self-assessment tool is designed to help youth apprenticeship program administrators and policymakers determine how effectively a program is engaging ...
Building State Capacity to Facilitate Equitable Access to Testing and Treatment for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STDs and TB
This paper includes considerations and approaches to promote equity and improve public health capacity to prevent, detect and respond to ...
Lessons Learned in State Collaboration to Address Substance Use Disorder and Justice-Involved Individuals
This policy brief highlights lessons learned from collaborative efforts in Hawai‘i, Pennsylvania and West Virginia between SAAs and SSAs to ...
Putting Policy Into Practice: State Actions For The Postsecondary Success Of Student Parents
Long before COVID-19, student parents needed a unique set of support systems to aid their efforts in pursuing postsecondary education—issues ...
Modernizing Immunization Information Systems
This issue brief outlines key priorities and considerations for modernizing Immunization Information Systems, including leveraging federal funding available to support ...
Advancing Equitable Access to and Success in Work-Based Learning
The economic and societal instability from COVID-19 revealed the inequities in our education and workforce systems and forced policymakers to ...
Partnering With Tribal Nations For Covid-19 Vaccinations: A Case Study Of Alaska
Alaskan tribal communities and state leaders adapted existing vaccination infrastructure for co-leadership, communication, problem solving, and health care across a ...
State Strategies to Increase COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake in Rural Communities
This papers pulls together considerations and examples of best and promising practices for Governors, including building vaccine confidence through consistent, ...
Creating a More Equitable Workforce System: Opportunities for Governors and States
This brief outlines eight strategies to promote equity throughout the reemployment and workforce service delivery process. (Download) The COVID-19 pandemic ...
Promoting Employment for People With Disabilities Through Statewide Coordination
This guide describes how a collaborative planning process can improve support for workers with disabilities by better coordinating State services ...
Age Boundaries in Juvenile Justice Systems
This brief focuses on emerging trends in raise-the-age efforts across states, including: (1) raising the maximum age of juvenile court ...
Information Campaigns and COVID-19 Vaccine Messaging: Applying Lessons Learned from the 2020 Election
This memorandum identifies and describes several strategies states deployed to counter false information campaigns during the 2020 election and examines ...
