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, Health / Alcohol & Drug Use
The goals of Weed and Seed are to control violent crime, drug trafficking, and drug-related crime and provide a safe environment where residents can live, work, and raise their families.
Filed under Good Idea, Economy / Government Assistance
The goal of this program is to address the lack of stable, affordable housing available to families attempting to transition from welfare to self-sufficiency.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Cancer, Adults, Racial/Ethnic Minorities, Rural
The goal of the WATCH project is to improve diet and colorectal cancer screening rates among African American adults.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Health Care Access & Quality, Adults
The goal of Welvista is to provide prescription medications to those who cannot afford them.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Immunizations & Infectious Diseases
The primary goal of the program is to protect the public from WNV by early detection of WNV and elimination of mosquitoes.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Immunizations & Infectious Diseases, Children
The goal of the WHACK the Flu project was to provide strategies for children to employ to reduce the transmission of communicable diseases to their families and other contacts.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Physical Activity, Adults, Older Adults
The goal of Wheeling Walks is to increase walking among Wheeling, WV residents aged 50-65 years.
Filed under Good Idea, Community / Social Environment, Children
The goal of this program is to help students learn to identify and report sexual abuse.
Filed under Good Idea, Community / Crime & Crime Prevention, Teens, Adults, Families, Urban
Why Murder? works to reform and revitalize communities throughout Baltimore that are torn apart by homicides and the frequent administration of "street justice."
Filed under Good Idea, Community / Governance, Children, Families, Urban
The goal is to reduce the frequency of accidental falls from apartment buildings.