Projects Archive

  • 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 connections to enhance the readiness and resilience of military ...

  • 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 states – and are uniquely positioned to do so. This page should redirect to: ...

  • 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 access to and help promote economic, social and environmental benefits. ...

  • Reskilling and Recovery Network

    The network brought together state and community college leaders with workforce and industry partners to collaboratively identify and scale strategies to give workers the skills necessary to succeed in an economy reshaped by ...

  • 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 learning programs for youth and young adults in STEM-intensive industries such as advanced ...

  • STATE ENERGY TOOLKIT

    The toolkit offers ideas to help governors respond to trends as they take action in their states in four areas — energy efficiency, clean energy, transportation electrification, and cyber and physical protection. This page ...

  • 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 with social and economic challenges. Population migration and persistent poverty are contributing to a ...

  • REFORMING CHILD WELFARE THROUGH A THREE-BRANCH APPROACH

    This Three-Branch Toolkit helps state leaders communicate effectively among branches, understand and respect the complementary roles of each branch, effectively share information and data, navigate differing views and ...

  • Governors Homeland Security Advisors Council

    The NGA Center formed the Governors Homeland Security Advisors Council (GHSAC) to provide an organizational structure through which the homeland security advisors from each state, territory and the District of Columbia can ...