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About the Social, Economic & Workforce Programs Division
The NGA Center for Best Practices' Social, Economic & Workforce Programs (SEWP) Division focuses on best practices, policy options, and service delivery improvements across a range of current and emerging issues, including economic development, workforce development, employment services, criminal justice, prisoner reentry, and social services for children, youth, low-income families, and people with disabilities.
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Division Director Mary Jo Waits | profile
Program Director Susan Golonka | profile
Program Director Thomas MacLellan | profile
Program Director Martin Simon | profile
Division News
NGA Center for Best Practices Releases State "Green" Economy Profiles
The NGA Center released a series of reports analyzing emerging "green" economies in each state. The in-depth profiles of each state are available on the NGA Center Web site.
NGA Center Summit Aims to Help States Create Comprehensive Approach to Improving Children's Health
The NGA Center kicked off a first-of-its-kind summit called Building Brighter Futures for Our Children that brings together state teams to develop a coordinated policy agenda among state health, early education and human service systems to ensure better outcomes for our nation’s children.
NGA Center for Best Practices Selects States to Participate in Identity Theft Policy Academy
The NGA Center selected four states – Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota and Ohio – to participate in a policy academy that will assist states in improving how they capture, share and analyze information related to identity theft in an effort to improve investigation and prosecution of these crimes.