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.
Defining Job Quality for Reemployment and Recovery: State Action Planning Template
This action planning template focuses on actions that state leaders can take to connect jobseekers with high-quality employment and place ...
State Strategies to Prevent Type 2 Diabetes and Manage Diabetes
This issue brief includes key considerations regarding state strategies to address type 2 diabetes prevention and diabetes management. (View/Download) Introduction ...
Ensuring Equitable Access to and Success in Work-Based Learning: A Rhode Island Case Study
Rhode Island’s intentional approach to closing access and attainment gaps in its work-based learning programs is a model that state ...
Memorandum on State Utility Disconnection Moratoriums and Utility Affordability
This memo identifies the range of solutions Governors can deploy to address utility affordability and bill arrearages as the COVID-19 ...
Community Supervision and Treatment of Individuals With Substance Use Disorder
This policy brief highlights the common challenges and opportunities for governors and state officials to inform state and local policy ...
State Strategies for Engaging and Leveraging Primary Care Providers as COVID-19 Vaccinators
This report outlines considerations and examples of strategies for leveraging Primary Care Providers to increase COVID-19 vaccine uptake ...
GHSAC 2020 Annual Report
The Governors Homeland Security Advisors Council (GHSAC) 2020 Annual Report provides an overview of the Council's work in the past ...
Streamlining State Business Regulatory Processes to Support Economic Recovery
This paper explores high-profile state-level changes to regulatory compliance and administrative processes from the past year, and addresses ways to ...
State Solutions for Supporting the Return to Work and Filling Open Jobs
As the economic recovery picks up, governors and state leaders are identifying and addressing barriers that keep their workforce from ...
Broadband Federal Funding Programs
This resource covers federal funding grant programs that have a discreet allocation of funding and are distributed to state and ...
Governor Action Related to Law Enforcement and Policing
In response to public calls for policing reforms and in the wake of recent high-profile civilian deaths due to the ...
Promising Practices to Reduce Maternal Mortality in New Jersey
Nurture NJ is an umbrella that breaks down silos between stakeholders, bringing them together to tackle issues related to maternal ...