“Strengthening Youth Mental Health: A Governor’s Playbook” Includes Four Key Pillars and 35 Nonpartisan Policy Recommendations. Atlantic City, New Jersey – During the opening session of the National Governors ...
The Council of Governors met July 12, 2023, in Atlantic City, New Jersey, for its 27th Plenary Meeting. The Council serves as a forum for 10 presidentially appointed, bipartisan Governors to engage with key federal officials ...
Improving the permitting process for the delivery of infrastructure projects has come to the fore of late, particularly in the context of recent generational infrastructure investments like the bipartisan Infrastructure ...
National Governors Association to Work with Alabama, Colorado, Indiana, Kansas, North Carolina, and Utah to help them develop and implement policy agendas that advance high-quality youth apprenticeship opportunities. ...
The federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) is providing states with unprecedented amounts of funding to deploy broadband infrastructure, improve affordability and ensure meaningful adoption in ...
Governors’ education policy advisors convened in Phoenix, Arizona to share gubernatorial strategies in top K-12 education priority areas. Advisors learned from each other and national experts during group panels and small ...
Public safety continues to be a priority for states and territories. In 2023, Governors used their State of the State addresses to discuss numerous issues concerning criminal justice and public safety. In particular, ...
Preventing overdose and other drug-related harms is a priority for the nation’s Governors, and the illicit supply of drugs remains more lethal than ever. Economic downturns are linked to adverse outcomes from ...
Governors play a crucial role in supporting outdoor recreation by implementing policies aimed at promoting and enhancing recreational opportunities. Every June, Americans across the country get outside during Great Outdoors ...
The fourth and final roundtable of the National Governors Association 2022-2023 Chair’s Initiative on Strengthening Youth Mental Health was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on May 18, 2023. NGA Chair New Jersey Governor ...
Governors are leveraging the great outdoors to improve health outcomes and bolster state economies. Genetics play a role in one’s health; however, the environment in which one is raised and lives also drives lifelong ...
Skills-based hiring is a method of recruiting employees that prioritizes a candidate’s competencies over more “traditional” qualifications like degrees. This hiring strategy can remove barriers that ...