Promising Practices
The Promising Practices database informs professionals and community members about documented approaches to improving community health and quality of life.
The ultimate goal is to support the systematic adoption, implementation, and evaluation of successful programs, practices, and policy changes. The database provides carefully reviewed, documented, and ranked practices that range from good ideas to evidence-based practices.
Learn more about the ranking methodology.
Filed under Effective Practice, Community / Crime & Crime Prevention, Children, Teens, Urban
The goal of this program is to foster dialog, negotiation, and problem solving between offenders and victims in Oakland.
Filed under Good Idea, Economy / Government Assistance, Racial/Ethnic Minorities
The goal of this program is to provide culturally and linguistically appropriate services for the residents of Hennepin County.
Filed under Good Idea, Community / Transportation, Adults
The goal of the Oklahoma Billboard Control and Removal Program is to comply with the requirements of the Oklahoma Highway Beautification Act by removing non-permitted billboards and regulating the installation of new billboards.
Filed under Good Idea, Community / Social Environment, Families
The OMI is a multi-sector effort to reduce the state's divorce rate, strengthen families, and reduce dependency on government support.
Filed under Effective Practice, Community / Domestic Violence & Abuse, Families
The goal of the On-Call Services program is to provide information about domestic violence and the legal system to survivors of abuse. The program also offers legal advocacy for court hearings and meetings with the police, prosecutor, and other involved attorneys, probation, and others.
Filed under Good Idea, Education / Literacy, Teens, Adults, Women, Men, Older Adults, Racial/Ethnic Minorities, Urban
The goal of One City One Book: San Francisco Reads is to encourage enjoyment of reading, literacy, and community by having San Franciscans read and discuss the same book at the same time.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Children's Health, Children, Teens
The goal of the Open Airways for Schools intervention is to improve asthma control among children in Latino communities in Chicago.
Filed under Effective Practice, Education / School Environment, Children
This program has three goals: (1) to strengthen students' social competency skills in communication, self-control, and interpersonal problem-solving; (2) to promote the creation of growth-fostering relationships among students and between students and the adults in their lives; and (3) to build a sense of community in classrooms and schools by providing a common "language" that fosters communication among students and between students and their teachers and other adults.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Cancer, Adults, Older Adults, Families, Urban
Open Doors to Health promotes colon cancer screening and improves access to screening centers by helping people overcome common barriers to these services.
Filed under Effective Practice, Education / Student Performance K-12, Teens
The goals of the Open Meadow program are 1) to re-engage high risk youth so they will complete their education; and 2) to connect high risk youth to their community in a positive way.