Each year, the Chair of the National Governors Association runs an initiative aimed at doing what Governors do best: improving the lives of the American people. Launched last year at the 2024 NGA Summer Meeting, Colorado ...
The Council of Governors held its 31st Plenary Meeting July 24, 2025, in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in conjunction with the 2025 National Governors Association (NGA) Summer Meeting. Council of Governors co-chairs North ...
Mental illness – which includes a wide range of conditions that affect mood, thinking, and behavior, such as anxiety disorders, depression, and schizophrenia – affects 1 in 5 adults in the U.S. annually. Serious mental ...
After a fireside chat on preparing students of all ages for workforce success, and a panel discussion featuring insights from Dr. Richard V. Reeves and Dr. Oon Seng Tan, the last session of the Vancouver Let’s Get Ready! ...
Through Let’s Get Ready!, Governors are working with parents and educators not just to find new answers but to ask new questions. The Vancouver convening provided a valuable opportunity to collaborate with international ...
The conviction that every student can succeed is one of Let’s Get Ready’s core tenets. As achievement gaps between top-performing students and students needing support widen, Let’s Get Ready has examined solutions ...
Across the country, Governors are driving a new phase of healthcare transformation—one that positions healthy food as a reimbursable, clinically relevant intervention to address chronic disease. While the connection ...
At NGA, we take best practices seriously, with dedicated teams who work with state policy leaders and other experts to foster information sharing between states and develop innovative solutions to public policy challenges. ...
The following letter to editor, regarding “Have We Quit on Learning?,” originally appeared in the New York Times on May 25, 2025 To the Editor: Governors are rising up — not giving up — on education as we know it. ...
The number of older adults in the U.S. is growing at a faster rate than any other age group and continues to be a population of focus for states and territories. The former Surgeon General of the United States warned of the ...
As part of the 2024 Policy Academy to Drive Thriving Youth Mental Health, the National Governors Association supported the development of a Youth Advisory Council, where the six state teams selected youth advisors to work ...
On May 16, NGA’s Health Equity Learning Network held a webinar focused on ways states and territories can address food insecurity through nutrition programs. The webinar featured remarks from Wyoming First Lady Jennie ...