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.
Note: This practice has been Archived.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Cancer, Adults
Goal: The goal of this program is to improve early detection of colorectal cancer through regular screening.
Note: This practice has been Archived.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Cancer, Adults
Goal: The goal of this video decision aid is to inform patients of their colorectal cancer screening options and increase screening rates.
Note: This practice has been Archived.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Health Care Access & Quality
Goal: Communicare strives to help patients maintain and improve their health. Through regular doctor's visits and improved medication adherence, patients actively participate in preventive care. Another goal is to reduce the dependence on emergency departments through a free clinic partnership.
Note: This practice has been Archived.
Filed under Good Idea, Community / Civic Engagement, Rural
Goal: The primary goal of the CBIG initiative is two-fold: to systematically change the way young people and adults in our community perceive conflict and how they respond to and resolve disputes.
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Filed under Effective Practice, Economy / Housing & Homes
Goal: Fannie Mae is committed to helping more people achieve the American Dream and to expanding minority homeownership.
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Filed under Good Idea, Community / Social Environment, Families
Goal: The goal of this program is to change the child protection field by demonstrating a new approach to safeguarding children and supporting families. Based on the premise that many people, agencies, and organizations in a community can contribute to children's safety, the initiative addresses child abuse and neglect by raising neighborhood awareness of child safety issues, empowering neighborhood residents to become more involved with families at risk of abusing or neglecting their children, strengthening locally based organizations and helping them form networks concerned with child safety, and fostering policy, practice, and organizational changes within public sector child protective services agencies. This approach is known as community child protection.
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Filed under Effective Practice, Community / Crime & Crime Prevention, Urban
Goal: The goal of this program is to support the creation and sustainability of safer and healthier communities. The Team aims to achieve this objective by facilitating the transfer of skills, knowledge, and resources to public housing residents, Housing Authority staff, and the greater community.
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Filed under Effective Practice, Education / Student Performance K-12, Children, Racial/Ethnic Minorities, Rural
Goal: CYFAR New Communities Project's goal is to bridge the digital divide and offer under served youth in low-income communities experiential learning activities that develop workforce preparation skills.
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Filed under Good Idea, Community / Civic Engagement, Teens
Goal: The goal is to encourage middle and high school students to increase their civic involvement.
Note: This practice has been Archived.
Filed under Effective Practice, Education / Educational Attainment
Goal: The goal of this program was to teach staff the skills necessary to encourage an optimum learning environment for disabled students.