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NCSL Legislative Video Resource Center

The NCSL Video Resource Center is a collection of recorded webinars accessible for on-demand learning.

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What States Should Know About Summer EBT

For the first time in 2024, all states had the option to participate in the Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer for Children program. Summer EBT provides families whose children are eligible for free and reduced-price lunches to receive $40 per child per month over the summer to help cover grocery costs while school is out of session. Join us to hear from the Food and Nutrition Service and No Kid Hungry about lessons learned from the first year of implementation and what your state needs to know about participating in summer 2025. 

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Lay of the Land: A Farm Bill Update

As Congress starts to consider an extension of the farm bill, join NCSL and Capitol Hill staffers as we examine the state of play of this far-reaching piece of legislation that touches everything from crop insurance to nutrition programs.

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Using Rules as Tools

Get a basic understanding of legislative rules of procedure, why you need to know about them, and why they are a building block of legislative institutions. Hear responses to frequently asked questions about the rules, who can answer them and where else you can turn for guidance.

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The Art of Legislative Negotiation

Traditional business and legal negotiation practices have centered on an oppositional, zero-sum game approach that seeks clear winners and losers. But negotiation in the legislative realm is different in many ways, with multiple stakeholders, complex interests and both policy and political considerations to balance. In this workshop, legislators will learn to identify their primary interests, and the interests of their negotiating partner, develop creative options to circumvent roadblocks, preserve relationships with their negotiating partners for future interactions and more. The goal of this training is to develop the skills and creativity necessary to engage in successful negotiation practices that produce more optimal outcomes.

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2024 Roundtable on Evaluating Economic Development Tax Incentives: Evaluating Evaluation Processes

A comprehensive look at improving evaluation processes for economic development tax incentives, focusing on best practices, challenges, and strategies for effective assessments.

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